United States Steel: A Corporation with a SoulCotter, Arundel
History
United States Steel: A Corporation with a Soul
Cotter, Arundel
United States Steel Corporation
Net profits from April 1, 1901 to December 31, 1919 $1,732,070,796
Deductions; special reserves, etc. 32,227,566
Balance of profits 1,699,843,230
Preferred dividends paid (131¼ per cent.) 496,391,722
Common dividends paid (89½ per cent.) 454,908,882
Total dividends paid 951,300,604
Surplus profits 748,542,626
Appropriations for capital expenditures, etc. 280,494,424
Balance of profits carried to surplus account 468,048,202
Summary of undivided surplus:
Surplus or working capital provided at organization $ 25,000,000
Balance of surplus accumulated to Dec., 1919 468,048,202
Total undivided surplus 493,048,202
Appropriated surplus 280,494,424
Total appropriated and undivided surplus 773,542,626
Table of number of common stockholders as shown by the Corporation’s
books each quarter since organization in 1901. These figures indicate
how the Corporation’s junior stock has been widely distributed and how
it has grown in favor with investors in recent years particularly.
YEAR 4TH QTR. 3D QTR. 2D QTR. 1ST QTR.
1920 95,776 90,952 87,229 83,583
1919 73,318 73,456 74,071 78,018
1918 72,779 65,862 63,507 61,044
1917 51,689 44,789 43,482 42,564
1916 37,720 40,430 41,156 41,910
1915 45,767 51,169 55,907 56,825
1914 52,785 50,195 47,695 47,221
1913 46,460 44,398 41,324 38,679
1912 34,213 34,645 35,106 36,555
1911 35,011 31,472 29,853 29,235
1910 28,850 28,910 24,435 22,033
1909 18,615 16,861 17,342 21,522
1908 21,093 24,804 27,439 29,563
1907 28,435 20,513 18,539 15,975
1906 14,723 14,879 [D]---- 17,525
1905 20,075 [D]---- [D]---- 24,531
1904 33,395 35,706 [D]---- 36,980
1903 37,237 34,997 28,987 26,830
1902 24,636 21,321 19,640 17,723
1901 15,887 13,318 ---- ----
[D] No figures available.
PRODUCTION (GROSS TONS)
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