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 ....... 264,453
Price per share ................... $ 70.47
Net income ....................1,123,153
Preferred dividends ................ 80,000
Common dividends ................ 212,914
Common dividends per share ............. 0.81
Stock repurchases .................1,061,968

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: 1.05% Return on common equity: 34.26%
Dividend payout: 15.80% EPS: $3.51
Total payout: 75.00%
Stock repurchase payout: 59.20%
and the current year industry averages are:
Stockholder Payout Stockholder Profitability
Dividend yield: 0.76%% Return on common equity: 23.81%
Dividend payout: 42.35% EPS: $1.23
Total payout: 88.37%%
Stock repurchase payout: 46.02%
How do you interpret the company's payout and profitabilityperformance?

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(dollar amount in thousands) 2010 2009 Preferred stock Common stock, 334,328,193 and $1,000 $ 1,000 330,961,869 shares issued in 2010 and 2009, respectively Paid-in capital in excess of par Retained earnings Accumulated other comprehensive 3,343 766,382 5,460,629 3,310 596,239 4,630,390 (loss) income (206,662) 58,653 Treasury stock (76,275,837 and 56,960,213 shares in 2010 and 2009, respectively) at cost Total stockholders' equity $ 2,756,737 $ 3,083,605