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Westpac Banking Corporation provides various banking and financial services in Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. Its financial services include lending, deposit taking, payments services, investment portfolio management and advice, unit trust and superannuation fund management, insurance services, leasing, general finance, foreign exchange, and money market services. Its personal banking operations comprise provision of home loans; secured and unsecured personal loans; credit cards; various bank accounts, including savings accounts, day to day accounts, and term deposits; investment and superannuation products; various life, property, and causality insurance products; foreign exchange; travelers checks; private banking; premium wealth services; and financial advisory services. The company's business banking services include provision of business accounts, day to day transaction solutions, pay roll solutions, and various packaged solutions; short-term and long-term finance, equipment and insurance finance, credit check reports, invoice finance, and property finance; credit cards; merchant services; insurance for business assets; investment and superannuation products; advisory solutions; international trade and payments; and agriculture finance. Its corporate banking activities include solutions for foreign exchange, interest rate derivatives, commodity exposures, and fixed interest/debt securities; provision of capital, including equity, quasi-equity, loans, bonds, and securitization; transaction services; import and export trade banking; investments, including structured investments, managed investments, corporate superannuation, and socially responsible investments; and commercial cards, including purchasing cards and corporate cards. As of September 30, 2008, Westpac operated 1,089 branches and approximately 2,700 ATMs. The company, formerly known as the Bank of New South Wales, was founded in 1817 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	109.74
Volume	120778
Volume Avg	31070
52 Week High	138.57
52 Week Low	89.41
PE	9.42
PE (group average)	27
EPS Year	11.77
EPS change Q/Q	-100%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	23.81%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	-100%
EPS change Y/Y	-40.63%
REV change Q/Q	-100%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	10%
EPS next Q est	0.00
EPS next Y est	11.28
Divident Annual	8.23
Dividend Yield	7.5%