Growth Company $19.72 $22.20 $24.04 $26.18 $29.05
We are a growth company $19.72 $22.20 $24.04 $26.18 $29.05 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Equity Per Share We are Commercial Metals Company 1999 Annual Report 3 Financial Highlights 4 Letter to Stockholders 16 Manufacturing 24 Recycling 28 Marketing and Trading 35 Financial Review 65 Directors and Officers 66 Operations 68 Divisions and Subsidiaries Commercial Metals Company and subsidiaries manufacture, recycle and market steel and metal products and related materials through a network of over 115 locations. The Manufacturing group includes 4 steel minimills, 19 steel fabrication plants, 4 steel joist plants, a castellated and cellular beam fabricator, 4 steel fence post manufacturing plants, a heat treating plant, a railcar rebuilding facility, 18 concrete-related product warehouses, an industrial products supply company, a railroad salvage company and a copper tube mill. Recycling operations include 44 metal processing plants across the Sunbelt. Through its network of 17 trading offices around the world, the Company markets and trades primary and secondary metals, steel, ores, concentrates, industrial minerals, ferroalloys, chemicals and industrial products used in a variety of industries. Growth in .2 Financial Highlights Year ended August 31, (in thousands, except share data) 1999 1998 % Increase Net sales $ 2,251,442 $ 2,367,569 (5) Net earnings 47,120 42,714 10 Diluted earnings per share 3.22 2.82 14 Cash flows from operations 102,870 93,450 10 Net working capital 290,660 247,437 17 Cash dividends per share .52 .52 — Cash dividends paid
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