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CAPITAL STOCK
TABLE Ha.— TOTAL EQUITIES RATIO
Frequency distribution of the ratios of Capital Stock to Total
Equities of 200 public utility companies, 1915-1924

Ratio
Groups

00-079
08-159
16-239
24-210

32-399
40-479
48-559
56-630

64-719
72-799
80-879
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Ratio | Cumulative i Percentage
Frequencies Frequencies Distribution

i53
394

6.15
14 64

310
264
239
nd

694
958
1197
{401

19.65
16.73
15.15
12.92

79
56
22
20

1480
1536
1558
1578

5.01
3.55
1.39
L.27

Cumulative
Percentages

3..a
9.69
4 33

43.98
60.71
75.86
88.78

93.79
97.34
98.73
100.00

Average:
Aporoximated Mode .417

CAPITAL STOCK
TABLE IlIb.— TOTAL EQUITIES RATIO BY GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
Frequency distributions of the ratios for public utility companies
bv territorial divisions

Ratio
(3rouns

Totala

00-079
08-159
16-239
24-319

32-399
40-479
48-559
56-630

64-719
72-799
80-879
R050

Foot

Frequencies

~41

Percentages

100

3
2
63
135

1
2.07
8.50
18.22
18.08
14.03
14.71
11.88
32 4.32
28 3.78
12 1.62
R 1 0K

134
104
109
RR

Middle West

Fre- | Perquencies
 centages
430 100

..59
3.19
2.96
12.07
25.06
19.37
13.21
14.81

ho
13
53

10
25
58
ARS

22 5.01
6 1.37
3 .68
A .68

West.

Frequencies


Percentages

100

240

0
/
20
30
24
zl
40
2Y

2.92
8.33
12.50
14.17
8.75
16.66
15.42

20 8.33
19 7.92
4 1.67
8 3.33

South

Fre- | Perquencies
 | centages
158! 100.

1
]12

163
8 93

32
54
?-20.25


34.19
20.25
RR RAK

5 3.16
3 1.90
3 1.90
1 63

Averages:
Anoroximated Mode .413