Mrs. Ruland's Advanced Placement United States History Class
Unit 11 — Boom and Bust, 1920-1941
STOCK TABLES EXPLAINED
Consolidated trading comprises trades on the New York, American, Philadelphia, Boston, Midwest, Cincinnati, and Pacific Stock Exchanges. Also included are trades in listed stocks reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers and Instinet. Quotations are transmitted by the Associated Press.
The abbreviation of a company's name is followed by the current annual dividend per share, which is based on the latest quarterly or semiannual declaration, unless otherwise noted. Yld stands for yield, or the percentage return represented by the annual dividend at the current stock price. PE refers to the price-earnings ratio, that is, the number of times by which the company's latest 12-month earnings must be multiplied to obtain the current stock price.
Sales 100's refers to the volume of shares in consolidated trading. Thus, 150 in the sales column would mean 15,000 shares traded. A z preceding the volume figure means the sales are stated in full.
Stock prices are stated in dollar amounts; thus, 50¼ means $50.25. The 52-Week High and Low columns show the highest and the lowest price of the stock in consolidated trading during the preceding 52 weeks. The High, Low, and Last columns refer to the week's trading prices. A u in the High column indicates a new 52-week high. A d in the Low column indicates a new 52-week low. Chg. is the difference--plus, minus or no change--between the week's last reported price and the previous week's closing price.
An s indicates a split or stock dividend of 25 percent or more has been paid. The stock's yearly price range has been adjusted from the old stock. v-Trading halted on primary stock.
Special or extra dividends are indicated by the following footnotes:
a-Also extra or extras. b-Annual rate plus stock dividend. c-Liquidating dividend. e-Declared or paid in the preceding 12 months. g-Dividend and earnings in Canadian money. No yield or PE shown because the stock trades in U.S. dollars. h-Temporary exception to Nasdaq qualifications. I-Declared or paid after stock dividend or split-up. j-Paid this year, dividend omitted, deferred or no action taken at last dividend meeting. k-Declared or paid this year on a cumulative issue with dividends in arrears. n-New issue. pp-Holder owes one installment of purchase price. r-Declared or paid in the preceding 12 months plus stock dividend. t-Paid in stock in preceding 12 months, estimated cash value on ex dividend or ex distribution date.
Other footnotes: cld-Called. x-Ex dividend, that is any dividend payable on the stock is payable to the seller, not the buyer. y-Ex dividend and sales in full. x-dis-Ex distribution. xr-Ex rights. xw-Without warrants. ww-With warrants. wd-When distributed. wi-When issued. nd-Next day delivery. vi-in bankruptcy or receivership or being reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act, or securities, assumed by such companies.
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