Consider the following information taken from the stockholders' equity section:

Additional Information (all numbers in thousands other than per share information):
Weighted average common shares outstanding .......204,000
Price per share ...................... $ 65.31
Net income ........................ 1,224,600
Preferred dividends .................... 65,000
Common dividends ..................... 255,000
Common dividends per share ............... 1.25
Stock repurchases .....................775,000

Required:
1. Calculate the following:
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: 23.65% EPS: $6.12
Total payout: 88.59%
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: 25.83% EPS: $6.48
Total payout: 95.10%
Stock repurchase payout: 69.27%
How do you interpret the company's payout and profitabilityperformance?

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dollar amount in thousands) 2009 2008 Preferred stock Common stock, 230,000,000 and $ 1,000 $ 2,000 176,000,000 shares issued in 2009 and 2008, respectively Paid-in capital in excess of par Retained earnings Accumulated other comprehensive 2,300 567,000 4,604,600 1,760 432,000 3,700,000 (loss) income (454,600) 147,000 Treasury stodk (37,000,000 and 19,000,000 shares in 2009 and 2008, respectively) at cost (1750000) 75,000) $3,307,760 Total stockholders' equity