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CHART 33—FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE CarrraL-Stock-To-TorAL-EQUITIES
Ratios oF Pusric UtiLity COMPANIES BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRICTS
panies with 5-9 millions of equities, 10-49 millions of equities, and
those with 50 millions of equities and over.
Chart 3c shows that the small companies have a flat type of dis-
tribution, that the companies with 10-49 millions of equities have a
slightly peaked distribution, and that the companies with over 50
millions of equities have a tall distribution with narrower spread. The
mode for each of these distributions is located in a different ‘class
interval.
Companies with Companies with Compantes with
Total Equities Total Equities Total Equities
of 5-9 of 10-49 of 50 millions
mallions millions and over
Class interval... ... Lo. .48-.559 .40-.479 .32-.399
Modal ratio. ................ .515 .442 .354
Concentration about the mode 489, 57% 649,
From these figures, it is plain that the smaller companies use a
substantially greater proportion of stock than the larger size companies.
For the companies with 5-9 millions of equities the typical ratio is .515,
slightly more than half of the total equities being composed of stocks.
In the larger companies the ratio decreases. indicating that the larger