hisah wrote:Silently returns to profitability after a slow recovery. Strange though to see it pay total dividend of 12 (interim 6 + final 6) vs EPS of 9.80. Unless the management is very optimistic going forward.
Div yield is 7.5% at current price of 160. Dividend yield chasers will fancy this.
@aguy - are you still accumulating? 130 - 140 has solid support. Year low is 135, still a long way to recovery zones above 200.
I've been sitting tight for a while here. my laggards are waking up.
Correction, not a return to profitability, it was profitable before. but it has snapped the losing streak, the first time in 2 yrs that profit hasn't dropped.
The dividend payout puzzles me. last year 9.00/ share. this year 12.00 in total higher than EPS.
Their retained earnings are 17 bn??? im i the one reading wrong? this could explain the payouts.
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