this headline was corrected ar 644 am et because the original version incorrectly said the 2021 earnings before tax figure was eur1181 billion the correct figure is eur 1606 billion bmw ag on thursday proposed a higher dividend payout after 2021 earnings and revenue rose significantly in the last year the auto maker said aftertax profit jumped to 1246 billion euros 1380 billion from eur386 billion the year earlier profit before tax rose to eur1606 billion from eur522 billion revenue for the year rose to eur11124 billion from eur9899 billion thanks to a higher percentage of highrevenue vehicles positive productmix effects and improved pricing bmw said it is proposing a dividend of eur580 per share of common stock which compares with eur190 for the year before and eur582 per share of preferred stock up from eur192 the yearprior