Consider the following information taken from the stockholders€™ equity section:

Required:
1. Calculate the following (Note: Round answers to two decimal places):
Stockholder Payout Stockholder Profitability
Dividend yield ............Return on common equity
Dividend payout ............ EPS
Total payout
Stock repurchase payout
2. Assume last year€™s ratios were:
Stockholder Payout Stockholder Profitability
Dividend yield: 2.31% ........ Return on common equity: 37.41%
Dividend payout: 13.65% ....... EPS: $6.12
Total payout: 78.59%
Stock repurchase payout: 64.94% and the current year industry averages are:
Stockholder Payout Stockholder Profitability
Dividend yield: 2.50% ........ Return on common equity: 44.44%
Dividend payout: 15.10% ........ EPS: $6.48
Total payout: 55.10%
Stock repurchase payout: 40.00%
How do you interpret the company€™s payout and profitability performance?

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(dollar amount in thousands) 2012 2011 $1,0002,000 Preferred stock Common stock, 230,000,000 and 176,000,000 shares issued in 2012 and 2011, respectively Additional paid-in capital-common stock Retained earnings Accumulated other comprehensive [loss income Treasury stock (37,000,000 and 19,000,000 1,760 432,000 4,604,600 3,700,000 147,000 2,300 567,000 454,600) shares in 2012 and 2011, respectivelyl at cost 750,000) (975,000) Total stockholders equity $2,970,300 $3,307,760 Additional Information (all numbers in thousands other than per share information) 2012 Weighted average common shares ou Price per share at year end Net income Preferred dividends Common dividends Common dividends per share Stock repurchases tstanding 200,000 $58.30 $1,584,000 $50,000 $300,000 $1.50 $850,000