duminda, the problem with Divs and EPS is that they are all based on historicals, you have to get your own info re forecasts which tend to be more significant, particularly in this environment where it seems the market is recovering and dividends should be improving.
of more import should be the Company's dividend policy which can often be inferred from historicals, e.g. a tendency to pay around 5% of the price at the cut off date, and if these divs are franked or otherwise.
