tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584696203336871201.post7638522808819193463..comments2008-06-10T14:25:54.927-07:00Dividend Growth Investorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197290990687067072noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584696203336871201.post-15217636919366558992008-06-10T14:25:00.000-07:002008-06-10T14:25:00.000-07:00Dan,<BR/><BR/>Actually I get my data from morningstar. <BR/>The eps for 2006 is 1.12 and for 2007 2.31 <BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by.Dividend Growth Investorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197290990687067072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584696203336871201.post-45159198437572988132008-06-10T13:20:00.000-07:002008-06-10T13:20:00.000-07:00Yahoo and ValueLine show last year's earnings as $2.84 (with this year's estimates at $3.20-ish). ValueLine shows the highest payout ratio in the last decade at 46% back in 2006. They also show the lowest ROE as 24.6% back in 2004.<BR/><BR/>FWIW, I bought some recently at 51.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05435130605897044410noreply@blogger.com