Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1960)

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VOL. 16: No. 49 23 Financial Reports of TV-Electronics Companies These are latest reports as obtained daring the last week. Dash indicates the information was not available at press time. Parentheses denote loss. Company Period Sales Pre-Tax Earnings Net Earnings Per Common Share Common Shares Ampex 1960—6 mo. to Oct. 31 $32,244,000 $ 361,000 $0.05 7,278,230 1959 — 6 mo. to Oct. 31 31,480,000 1,780,000 .25^ 7,217,943" 1960 — qtr. to Oct. 31 15,876,000 17,000 7,278,230 1959 — qtr. to Oct. 31 16,685,000 954,000 .13" 7,217,943" Automatic Radio Mfg. 1960 — year to Sept. 30 15,075,687 $3,536,152 1,766,152 .95 144,450 1959 — year to Sept. 30 13,871,695 3,796,395 1,849,561 .99 144,450 Desilu Productions 1960—26 wks. to Oct. 29 8,462,495 242,917 120,917 .10 1,155,940 1959—26 wks. to Oct. 31 10,717,953 936,608 507,108 .44 1,155,940 1960 — qtr. to Oct. 29 5,903,717 322,314 .28 1,155,940 1959— qtr. to Oct. 31 6,917,979 242,058= .21 1,155,940 Federal Pacific Electric 1960 — qtr. to Sept. 30^ 24,369,179 839,084 479,384 .IP 1959 — qtr. to Sept. 30 17,191,510 1,109,394 — Lab for Electronics 1960 — 6 mo. to Oct. 28 20,725,000^’ 911,000= 1.30 700,628 1959 — 6 mo. to Oct. 28 17,205,000 4213,000 .81 5.25,022 Microwave Associates 1960 — year to Sept. 30 8,691,500 633,800= .64 1959 — year to Sept. 30 6,670,487 384,492 .39 Perkin-Elmer 1960 — qtr. to Oct. 31 5,391,363 278,500 138,710 .11 1,247,148 1959 — qtr. to Oct. 31 3,246,721 116,246 55,550 .05 1,146,238 20th Century-Fox 1960 — s39 wks. to Sept. 24 86,647,036 3,732,729" 1.57 2,383,286 1959 — 39 wks. to Sept. 24 85,933,864 2,930,532 1.25 2,338,536 Notes: ^Adjusted for Jan.-1960 3-for-l split. -Record. ^Includes Cor preferred dividends. ^Includes non-recurring income of $735,614 from nell-Dubilier and Pioneer Electric, acquired after Sept. 30, 1959. ‘After insurance on death of an employe. Reports & comments available: Amphenol-Borg Electronics, review, Fahnestock & Co., 65 Broadway, N.Y. 6 • General Precision Equipment, study, Cohen, Simonson & Co., 25 Broad St., N.Y. 4 • MGM, research bulletin, Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, 25 Broad St., N.Y. 4; review by Hooker & Faye, 221 Montgomery St, San Francisco 4 • Hazeltine, review, Penington, Colket & Co., 70 Pine St., N.Y. 5 • Sperry Rand, analysis, Laidlaw & Co., 25 Broad St., N.Y. 4 • Davega Stores, prospectus, Amos Treat & Co., 79 Wall St., N.Y. 5. Ling-Temco Electronics common stock may be traded on an unlisted basis on the Philadelphia-Baltimore and Midwest stock exchanges under SEC-approved application. Common Stock Dividends Corporation Period Amt. . Payable Stk. of Record Bendix ■ Q $0.60 Dec. 28 Dec. 10 British Industries . . . . . Q .12% Dec. 21 Dec. 12 British Industries ... .25 Dec. 21 Dec. 12 Corning Glass . Q .37 V2 Dec. 27 Dec. 12 Corning Glass . . Ex. .50 Dec. 27 Dec. 12 Heli-Coil . . SA .30 Dec. 15 Dec. 9 Internatl. Resistance , , . Ex. .12% Dec. 29 Dec. 15 MGM • Q .40 Jan. 13 Dec. 16 Radio Condenser . . . . , .07% Dec. 20 Dec. 5 RCA • Q .25 Jan. 23 Dec. 16 RCA , . stk. 2% Jan. 30 Dec. 16 Standard Kollsman Ind. Stk. 3% Dec. 30 Dec. 19 Standard Radio Ltd. . . . Q .20 Jan. 10 Dec. 20 Teletray Electronics . . . Stk. 33%% Dec. 22 Dec. 5 Times-Mirror , . Stk. 4% Jan. 16 Dec. 15 Times-Mirror . Q .10 Dec. 23 Dec. 7 20th Century-Fox . . . . • Q .40 Dec. 30 Dec. 16 Wells-Gardner . Q .30 Dec. 15 Dec. 8 Zenith .-. . . .40 Dec. 29 Dec. 9 2jenith i . . . . i . ; . . . , . . Ex. .50 Dec. 29 Dec. 9 Zenith .. Sp.- -.50 Jan. 27 • Jan. • 6 OVER-THE-COUNTER COMMON STOCK QUOTATIONS Thursday, December 1, 1960 Electronics TV-RadiosAppliances Amusements The following quotations, obtained in part from the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc., do not represent actual transactions. They are intended as a guide to the approximate range within which these securities could have been bought or sold at time of compilation. stock Bid Asked Stock Bid Asked Acoustica Associates _ 17ti 19 Vs Magnetic Amp. Aerovox _ 7% 8% Magnetics Inc. 774 8% Allied Radio 22 23ys Maxson (W.L. i 7% 8 Astron Corp. 1% 1% Meredith Pub. 40 43% Baird Atomic 20% 22% Metropolitan Bcstg. 18% 17% British Industries 15% 16% Milgo Electronics 1674 17% CGS Labs _ 7 8% Narda Microwave _ _ 4 4% Cetron 3% 4% Nuclear of Chicago _ 34% 37 Control Data Corp. 47 50% Official Films 2% 2% Cook Elec. _ _ 12 13% Pacific Automation 478 4% Craig Systems 16 17% Pacific Mercurv 6% 7% Dictaphone 30 32% Perkin-Elmer 41 44 Digitronics 21 23% Philips Lamp 154% 160 Vi Eastern Ind. 14% 15% Pyramid Electric 2% 3% Bitel-McCullough 14% 15% Radiation Inc. 20% 2274 Elco Corp. 13% HVa Howard W. Sams 39% 42% Electro Instruments 18 20% Sanders Associates 2974 31% Electro Voice 8% 9% Silicon Transistor 47s 5% Electronic Associates _ 28 30% Soroban Engineering _ 33% 3778 Erie Resistor _ _ _ 7% 8% 14% 18% 16% 20% Executone _ 26 29% Speer Carbon Farrington Mfg. 27 29% Sprague Electric 45% 48% Fischer & Porter 18% 19% Sterling TV 1% 1% FXR __ _ 36 3978 11% 32% 1278 35% General Devices 8% 9% Taylor Instrument G-L Electronics 7% 8% Technology Inst. 6% 8% Granco Products 3 3% Tele-Broadcasters % 1-3/16 Gross Telecasting Haydu 19% 1/16 26% 21% % Telechrome _ © t o 1174 878 11% Hewlett-Packard 28 Telemeter High Voltage Eng. 150 160 Time Inc. 65% 69 Infrared Industries 17 18% Tracerlab _ _ _ 8% 9% International Rectifier 23 2478 United Artists 5% 6% Interstate Engineering 20% 22% United Control 17 1878 Itek _ _ 52 56% Universal Trans. 1 1% Jerrold . _ 7 7% Vitro 9% 10% ■ Lab for Electronics T.pI iTtC. 48 4% 51% 5% Vocaline 2% 3-1/16 18 19% IVA 14% LFE Inc. _ Wometco Ent. — Magna Theater 2 2%