Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1960)

Record Details:

Title:
Weekly television digest
Date:
Jan-Dec 1960
Publisher:
Washington D.C. : Triangle Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1960)
Leaf #:
000456
Language:
English
Subjects:
Television -- Periodicals, Television broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals.
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
A weekly digest of brief reports tracking recent developments in the U.S. television marketplace. Published out of Washington, D.C. with much more focus on the retail of TV sets than the other D.C.-based trade paper, BROADCASTING. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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SANGAMO ELECTRIC CO. (NYSE) Capitalization Debt: $3,910,000 note. Common: $5 par. 1,615,208 share.s. 2-for-l stock split to be made May 3; figures adjusted accordingly. Pre-tax Net Net Per Total Price Year Sales Earnings Profit Share Dividends Assets Range 1950 $ 24,496,846 $ 3,970,403 $ 2,105,403 $1.79 $ .87% $ 17.953,512 9% 6% 1951 32,426,908 4,827,886 1,827,886 1.31 .75 26,380,144 11 % 10 1952 39,753,567 4,454,162 2,014,162 1.44 .75 28,235,498 12-9 1953 . 37,037,072 3,972.623 1.967,623 1.41 .75 27,386,920 13 % 10% 1951 35,560,615 3,425.944 1,600,944 1.00 .75 28,446,821 14 % 11 ’/a 1955 37,910,588 5,611,978 2,731,978 1.71 .75 31,985,465 16 12% 1956 __ 44,277,105 5,616,731 2,751,731 1.72 .79 38,467,849 18% 14% 1957 47,076,671 5,774,432 2,789,432 1.75 .90 37,910,881 1978 14% 1958 43,107,000 3,293,225 1,668,000 1.04 .72 40,202,365 18% 12% 1959 _ 52,857.459 5,892,415 3,027,415 1.88 .79 45,574,712 25 % 17% 1960 .22% 22Va 1878 SEEBURG CORF. (ASE) Year ending October 31 Capitalization Debt: $5,130,200. 514% conv. sub. debentures, due Aug. 1979 Common: $1 par, 1,264.033 shares 1950(a) $ 24,551,000 $ 1,551,607 $ 884,528 $1.49 $ .80 $ 9.525.108 18 10% 1951(a) 21,746,000 962,651 470,028 .80 .60 9,608,632 13% 8% 1952(a) 13,698,900 249.936(d) 249,936 (d) .43(d) .30 8,966,120 9% 6 1953(a) 15.347,900 67.373(d) 67,373 (d) .12(d) none 8,805,348 7% 3% 1954(a) — 12,695,764 445.953(d) 445,953 (d) .77(d) none 7,712.473 4% 3% 1955(a) 11,603,523 924.537(d) 924,537 (d) 1.59(d) none 6.601,456 4% 2% 1956(a) (C)— — 7,682,717 185,343 185.343 .19 none 9,502.782 8% 3 1957 26,626,625 516,763 516,763 .46 none 15.169,615 7% 3% 1938(b) 22.936,886 562,683 562,683 .50 none 10,745,967 14% 3% 1959 22,632,567 1,929,770 1,929,770 1.64 none 14,664,785 25 % 13 1960 (4 mo.) 8.130,927 804,621 804,621 .64 none 25 % 16% (a) Port Pitt Brewing Co. to Oct. 23, 1956 then name changed to Port P itt Industries, Inc. (b) Present name adopted April 30, 1958. (c) Includes Jacob Siegel Co. and Windsor Co. from April 24. date of acquisition. (d) Deficit. SERVO CORP. OF AMERICA (ASE) Capitalization Debt: $1,072,808, notes; $993,000, convertible subordinated debenture 6s. d Common: $1 par, 676,181 shares $ 860,27.5 S 47,084 780.460 25,784 1.098.747 58,786 1,290,514 50,393 1954 3..501.528 $ 298,913 150,533 1955 4.134.478 553,106 269,783 1956 3,. 5.50. 445 454,437 210,995 1957 3.729.136 608,880(d) 618,069 1958 4.003.133 541.741 244,741 1959 _ _ _ . 5.607.410 328,496 166,496 1960. (a) Privately owned. 1974. ; .10 (a) .05 . .. (a) .12 . (a) .10 . . (a) .30 . (a) .55 $ .05 $ 2,870,091 5% 5 .41 .20 3,539,305 7% 5 1.11(d) .15 3,082,676 8 3% .41 none 3,490,943 21 3% .25 none 4,803.962 43% 14% none 24 % 14 >4 SERVOMECHANISMS INC. (ASE) Capitalization Debentures: $1,699,500, 5% convertible, due 1966 Common: 20 cents par, ^9,855 shares 1950 $ 2.364.818 $ 416,764 $ 199,397 1951 8.374.043 1,295,207 412,207 1952 10.151.587 798,313 276,025 1953 13.332.746 846,441 305,089 1954 12, .509, 024 1,338,926 503,296 1955— — 12.412.7.56 921,716 441,367 1956 18.138.280 1.324,268 615,606 1957 . 23.591.781 593,276 308.776 1958 17,314.483 90,649(d) 43,094 1959 -. 1960 15,137,629 387.394(d) 194,968 N.A. Not available, (d) Deficit. $ .40 $ .75 $ 4,552,164 N.A. .82 1.50 6.120,378 N.A. .36 .30 5,654,568 5'/4 3% .40 .40 6,530,721 7% 5 .66 .40 6,521,102 14% 5% .58 .40 7,478,124 13% 8% .81 .40 11,215,454 13% 8% .41 .40 13,519,473 12% 6% .05(d) 5% stk. 10,008,027 11% 6% .24(d) none 9,217,332 18% 9 none 12 8% SIEGLER CORP. (NYSE) Year ending June SO Capitalization Debt: $4,125,000, senior notes $ 500,000, junior notes $ 661,300 convertible subordinated debenture 5Vi!S, due 1966 $ 273,984 mortgage and other notes Common: $1 par, 1,639.602 shares 1950(a) -. $ 2,540,018 $ 343.932 $ 204,286 1951(a) 3,532,564 754,312 379,568 1952 3,698,466 282,530 140,530 1953 22.997,505(e) 820.663(e) 411,598 1954 24,510.584(6) 1,467,091(6) 737.531 1955 29,287,827(6) 2,429,932(6) 1,111,569 1956 — 47,119.300(6) 3.316,099(6) 1,704,880 1957 68,164,267(e) 3.142.827(e) 1,560,026 1958 72,955.449 2,442.950 1,215,930 1959 77,074,442 3,929.222 2,203,022 I960 (6 mo.) 45,059,831 3,426,757 1,758,878 $ .39 (b) (b) (b) .73 (b) (b) (b) (e) (e) (e) .27 .89(e) 1.60(e) 1.80(e) (b) (b) (b) $ .15(f) $ 5, 881.884(f) 14 10% (f) (e) 1.61(e) .80(f) 15,436,832(f) 21% 12%(f) (e) 1.34(e) .80(f) 37.123,247(6) 21 % 12% .80 .60 39,899.636 32% 12% 1.36 .40 + 3% Stk. 40,955,652 45 % 23% 1.07 .10 40>/4 29% (a) Year ending Dec. 31. (b) Privately owned until July 12, 1955. , , j ^ (e) Pro-forma combining Siegler, Unitronics and Hufford Corp., these companies having merged Sept. 13, 1957. (f) Siegler only. -22