Great Offshore quoting ex-dividend

Great Offshore in its board meeting held on May 25, 2012 has recommended a dividend of Rs 2.50 per equity share of Rs 10 each (i.e. at 25%) on its paid up equity share capital, subject to the approval of members at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. The dividend will be paid within the prescribed time after the Annual General Meeting, to shareholders who are entitled to the same.

Great Offshore touched an intraday high of Rs 97.80 and an intraday low of Rs 94. At 14:42 hrs the share was quoting at Rs 95.75, down Rs 0.50, or 0.52%.
 
It was trading with volumes of 56,010 shares. In the previous trading session, the share closed up 2.01% or Rs 1.90 at Rs 96.25.

The company's trailing 12-month (TTM) EPS was at Rs 29.08 per share. (Jun, 2012). The stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio was 3.29. The latest book value of the company is Rs 253.27 per share. At current value, the price-to-book value of the company was 0.38. The dividend yield of the company was 2.61%.