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Several of the also-rans did impressively well. The fastest sales increases were made by American Petrofina, up 114.8%, and by Iowa Beef Packers, whose 114.6% gain was due largely to increased capacity. Amerada Petroleum, in 355th place, had the highest profit margin for the sixth consecutive year-30.2% of sales-thanks largely to its low overhead. When it came to return on invested capital, Avon led with 34.3%, followed closely by Gillette's 34.1%, General Dynamics 32.2%, Smith Kline & French's 30.9% . On the average, the 500 earned better than 6% on sales and 9% on invested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Industry: Top Money | 7/10/1964 | See Source »

...Amerada Petroleum 500 117 58,500 Canadian Superior Oil 1,000 13 13,000 Dome Petroleum Ltd. 2,000 12 24,000 Superior Oil of California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mcnamara'S Portfolio: McNAMARA'S PORTFOLIO | 4/5/1963 | See Source »

...Chance No. 1 strike is no accident, but the almost inevitable climax to one of the greatest oil rushes in history. Besides Western Minerals, companies like California Standard, Amerada, Shell, Texaco and Midland have grabbed up 130 million acres in the area to stake millions on electronically corroborated hunches that underneath the permafrost lies one of the world's greatest oil pools. The rush has even pushed into the remote Arctic Archipelago, where at least ten companies have asked for exploration permits. Companies with household names such as Richfield are planning to explore places with exotic names such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: New Gold in the Yukon | 8/31/1959 | See Source »

QUARTERLY EARNINGS 1st 2nd (in millions) METALS Aluminium Ltd. $ 5.3 5.1 Anaconda 6.1 4.6 OILS Amerada 5.6 4.3 Getty Oil 7.1 .9 AIRCRAFTS United Aircraft 11.5 10.8 General Dynamics 9.9 10.2 MISC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Earnings Zigzag | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

...letter of intent from Conorada Petroleum Corp. (Continental Oil Co., Ohio Oil Co., Amerada Petroleum Corp.) to invest $100 million in much the same way as Pan American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Killing the Sacred Cow | 8/4/1958 | See Source »

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