FACTS FOR INVESTORS.
BUSINESS IN SYDNEY. BREWERIES AXD GAS PAY BEST. • P Mio°n n ? arison - net P rofits earn «* in elation to capital employed bv Sydnev ' he" 8 rJ?™ 8 1 ? M . is horded by the classifications of Stock h*ll a T secu r ities - on the balance<heet figures for 1926, and with reserves included with capital in each case cala" ations show that brewery had 't n g f S lr at,o V th ? net P'onts constitut ing 11.44 per cent of capital and reserves compan.es, with 10.04 per cent were : ™*t b 'ghest, follows by soft goods stores ' <vith 9.46 per cent. Figures for the bank yroup include all the Australian banks ; >nd, with a total capital many timls in ? xcess of the total in other trading coneins, the percentage was 7.44. Steamship |nt ei ests earned 6.39 per cent on the capfal in use. this being the lowest rate .hough only slurhtly in excess of insurance n «f; fn e ° ta l S . a , nd ratios are sho ™ n the Following tables: — Capital and Reserves. Net Profits. T\C. £ c Ranks 69.857,437 5,204,318 744 Steamship .. 6,899,359 441.54S 6.39 insurance ... 7,171,203 476.966 652 . as 4,884,451 490,269 10.04 ; Brewery .... 5,859,076 668,193 11.44 soft Goodg *. 4,267,804 403,760 8.46 <
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1927, Page 4
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