Sustainability of dividendWhen the earnings were about $6/share, the divident payout rate (the portion of the earnings distributed in the form of dividends) was about 42%. That was sustainable. Now most analysts are estimating that the earnings will be closer to $5/share for the next few quarters. If this is correct, and if the dividend remains unchanged, the payout rate will be over 51%, which is much less sustainable. LB may try to ride out the next few quarters until the earnings start grwoing again, or it might have to cut the dividend (with predictable results on the share price).