Table 15-2
Professional, scientific and technical services — Statement of changes in financial position, selected seasonally adjusted items and selected financial ratios

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Statement of changes in financial position, selected seasonally adjusted items and selected financial ratios
  Third quarter 2009 Fourth quarter 2009 First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 Third quarter 2010
  millions of dollars
Statement of changes in financial position  
Cash from operating activities 1,453 4,137 2,155 1,148 1,275
Net profit 1,280 1,408 2,489 2,714 2,487
Non-cash items 469 2,185 133 -1,181 -895
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 821 803 866 874 861
Future income tax -38 -50 -114 -54 -107
Working capital -121 2,075 763 -34 18
Other non-cash items -193 -643 -1,381 -1,967 -1,668
Prior period cash transactions -296 544 -467 -384 -317
Cash from financing activities 290 2,639 -2,019 -220 -390
Increase in deposits 0 0 0 0 0
Borrowings from affiliates -420 1,180 -158 -220 -103
Borrowings from non-affiliates -56 -2 -149 163 -31
Loans and other borrowings 57 -118 -95 97 -1
Bankers' acceptances and paper 73 -123 -34 -15 32
Bonds and debentures -189 144 9 82 -44
Mortgages 2 95 -28 -1 -19
Equity 766 1,461 -1,712 -163 -256
Total cash available 1,742 6,776 136 928 885
Applications  
Cash applied to investment activities -505 2,992 -1,101 315 -727
Investments in affiliates -691 3,114 -1,164 395 -618
Portfolio investments -159 63 89 -85 -102
Loans 345 -185 -26 4 -7
Mortgage loans -5 1 -3 -4 -6
Non-mortgage loans 350 -186 -24 9 -1
Cash applied to fixed assets 730 551 576 393 783
Cash applied to dividends 395 705 394 429 652
Total applications of cash 620 4,248 -130 1,137 709
Increase or decrease in cash 1,123 2,528 267 -209 176
Selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue 29,743 31,061 30,335 31,130 30,761
Operating profit 1,959 1,896 2,082 2,072 1,943
Profit before extraordinary gains 1,341 1,557 2,397 2,328 2,307
Net profit 1,341 1,557 2,397 2,328 2,307
Percentage change of selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue -1.7 4.4 -2.3 2.6 -1.2
Operating expenses -2.3 5.0 -3.1 2.8 -0.8
Operating profit 8.7 -3.2 9.8 -0.5 -6.2
Selected financial ratios  
Profit margin (%) 6.6 6.1 6.9 6.7 6.3
Return on equity (%) 7.2 8.0 12.1 11.6 11.5
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.739 0.724 0.710 0.691 0.686
Return on capital employed (%) 4.9 5.2 7.9 8.6 8.0
Note(s):
-  A common (generic) financial statement presentation format is used for all industries and for aggregate totals. As a result, some financial series that do not apply to certain industries will be shown with zero values.
-  All data in this table are unadjusted unless otherwise specified.
-  Figures may not add due to rounding.