BuLrerin No. 20 
PREFERRED STOCK 
TABLE Va. — —16TaT BouTTIES RATIO 
Frequency distribution of the ratios of preferred stock to total assets 
of 200 public utility companies, 1915-1024 
Ratio | 
Groups 
00-039 
04-079 
28-119 
12-150 
16-199 
20-239 
24-279 
28-310 
32-359 
36-300 
Ratio . | 
Frequencies 
1. « 
150 
157 
118 
62 
37 
26 
iy 
Cumulative 
Frequencies 
289 
130 
596 
714 
776 
R13 
839 
R58 
Percentage | 
Distribution 
-54 
48 
5.30 
15.75 
7.23 
4.31 
3.03 
2.21 
Cumulative 
Percentages 
19.35 
33.69 
51.17 
69.47 
83.22 
90.45 
04.76 
97.79 
100.00 
Average: 
Approximated Mode 
PREFERRED STOCK 
TABLE Vb—"T6TAL BOOTIES RATIO BY 
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION 
Frequency distributions of the ratios for public utility 
companies by territorial divisions 
Ratio 
Groups 
East 
Fre- Per- 
quencies ! centages | 
Totals... . 
771 
100 
00-039 
04-079 
08-119 
12-159 
16-199 
20-239 
24-279 1. 
28-319 10 
32-359 | ° 
36-399 1 
6.27 
18.45 
9.96 
15.88 
16.62 
18.08 
4.05 
3.60 
2.95 
4.06 
Middle West y 
West 
South 
Fre- | Per- 
quencies | centages 
Fre- | Per. Fre- | Per- 
quencies ' centages | quencies | centages 
100. 
307 
100 
93 
.65 
15.36 
10.92 
59 19.21 
29 9.45 
30 9.77 
18 5.86 
13 4.23 
2.61 
9.79 
15.99 
24.48 
11.19 
20 
36 
3€ 
22 
6.87 
1.53 
15.26 
27.48 
26.72 
17.56 
.76 
2.29 
1.53 
20 | 
12.59 
11.88 
13.98 
2.10 
3 
q 
2 
0 
Averages: 
Approximated Mode