Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Price Range of Shares
USO’s shares have traded on the NYSE Arca under the symbol “USO” since November 25, 2008. Prior to trading on the NYSE Arca, USO’s shares traded on the American Stock Exchange (the “AMEX”) under the symbol “USO” since its initial public offering on April 10, 2006 until November 24, 2008.
As of December 31, 2020, USO had approximately 400,759 holders of shares.
Dividends
USO has not made and does not currently intend to make cash distributions to its shareholders.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
USO does not purchase shares directly from its shareholders. In connection with its redemption of baskets held by Authorized Participants, USO redeemed 344 baskets (comprising 34,400,000 shares) and 1,089 baskets (comprising 108,888,897 shares) for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2020, respectively. Monthly redemptions for the last three months are detailed below.
Total Number of
Average Price Per
Period
Shares Redeemed
Share
10/1/20 to 10/31/20
12,500,000
$
28.69
11/1/20 to 11/30/20
13,600,000
29.53
12/1/20 to 12/31/20
8,300,000
32.18
Total
34,400,000
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Financial Highlights (for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016)
(Dollar amounts in 000’s except for per share information)
Year ended
Year ended
Year ended
Year ended
Year ended
December 31, 2020
December 31, 2019*
December 31, 2018*
December 31, 2017*
December 31, 2016*
Total assets
$
3,688,480
$
1,213,916
$
1,485,351
$
2,148,805
$
3,283,178
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on futures transactions, inclusive of commissions
$
(1,893,758)
$
449,670
$
(313,109)
$
72,487
$
674,231
Net income (loss)
$
(1,905,182)
$
473,456
$
(291,275)
$
78,972
$
666,553
Weighted average limited partnership shares
114,667,411
15,155,959
17,125,822
31,652,808
40,333,197
Net income (loss) per share
$
(69.20)
$
25.59
$
(19.95)
$
2.98
$
5.45
Net income (loss) per weighted average share
$
(16.61)
$
31.24
$
(17.01)
$
2.49
†
$
16.53
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
$
2,585,467
$
1,026,973
$
1,223,160
$
1,846,631
$
2,920,518
* Adjusted to give effect to the reverse share split of 1-for-8 effected on April 28, 2020.
† Amount is greater than $0.005.
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