Originally Posted by
Baa_Baa
A lot is said about EPS but in the RV sector they all have poor dividend returns compared to CPI and other established payers, with OCA the best, SUM and RYM the worst. EPS is nothing if it cannot be realised by an investor without having to sell their stock. All RV's need to realise that their investor returns are less than can be achieved by a bank term deposit (yes, it's changed fairly quickly but it is what it is). I'd not weight my investment in the RV's, which I have diversified across the sector, by EPS, as I have no intention of realising the EPS by selling my shares. Such a conundrum, EPS is a useless measure if it cannot be realised by anything other than disposing of the asset/equity. If EPS doesn't reflect in earnings distributions, then EPS is a bogus measure. OCA is still the highest paying dividend, the others are pathetic by comparison, consuming their EPS in growth and ignoring their shareholders interests in income, forcing the focus onto share price and the awkward realisation of that by having to sell to achieve it, and be taxed and fee'd, rather than underlying profit and constant growing distributions.