If there are some blue chip stocks that I would snap up in a further draw down, Sembcorp Industries (SCI) would be one of them.
For a bit of its total return history you can view it here.
Sembcorp is undergoing some sort of mini transformation. It owns 60% of SGX listed Sembcorp Marine (SMM), which builds oil rigs and drill ships. This have become its main profit generator and made it a darling among speculator.
In recent years, Sembcorp have aggressively try to build up its utilities portfolio. What happens is that SMM generates the cash flow, pays out the dividend to SCI, SCI leverages on this to build and develop utilities around the world.
Utilities are probably more recurring in cash flow, and perhaps they are preparing for the inevitable when the oil rig craze die down.
The recent 2 quarters have evidently show the cash flow from ......