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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (9895)	11/30/2011 3:53:53 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34328

RIG, Transocean, the dominant global deep-water oil driller: The obvious problems with RIG are: 1. inconsistent dividend history. I'm making the assumption management means their recent commitment to becoming a dividend stock. 2. payout ratio way too high. The past year's earnings were affected by the BP/Macondo spill. This, I'm assuming, is a non-recurring event. Looking at their long-term earnings, and assuming deepwater drilling is a LT growth industry, the current dividend is sustainable. Message 27796446