Table 1-4
Summary table — Return on equity and return on capital employed, selected ratios

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Summary table — Return on equity and return on capital employed, selected ratios
Table summary
This table displays the data of selected ratios of return on equity and return on capital employed. The row headers provide information on the industry groups. The column headers provide a quarterly breakdown for the five quarters covered in this tabulation. The values are reported in percentages.
  Third quarter 2012 Fourth quarter 2012 First quarter 2013 Second quarter 2013 Third quarter 2013
  percent
Return on equity  
Total, all industries 10.8 9.4 10.3 9.8 10.4
Total, non-financial industries 11.0 9.7 10.8 9.9 10.5
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 14.4 14.6 13.4 13.3 13.5
Oil and gas extraction and support activities -0.8 -2.8 1.1 1.6 1.8
Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas) 7.7 5.7 6.0 6.2 4.6
Utilities 8.9 7.3 9.4 10.2 9.8
Construction 19.1 20.2 18.0 17.7 18.0
Manufacturing 10.6 4.3 9.9 8.9 8.6
Wholesale trade 16.7 16.0 15.8 14.2 13.8
Retail trade 10.6 12.4 11.8 5.6 11.3
Transportation and warehousing 14.4 6.7 11.4 14.3 14.4
Information and cultural industries 15.8 20.7 14.4 13.2 15.2
Real estate and rental and leasing 14.7 18.7 13.5 12.3 12.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 19.2 20.1 18.8 17.9 17.6
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 14.8 16.9 14.1 9.4 15.7
Educational, health care and social assistance services 32.3 32.7 33.4 32.2 34.9
Arts, entertainment and recreation 19.6 14.6 14.7 14.7 14.8
Accommodation and food services 8.1 17.7 11.6 11.3 9.0
Repair, maintenance and personal services 17.5 16.6 16.9 17.6 17.3
Total, finance and insurance industries 10.1 8.8 9.2 9.2 10.3
Non-depository credit intermediation 4.8 4.8 4.6 6.2 6.1
Insurance carriers and related activities 9.0 8.1 8.4 7.4 11.0
Activities related to credit intermediation 10.5 13.1 11.0 11.0 10.1
Depository credit intermediation 11.9 8.8 9.5 10.3 10.6
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities 10.4 10.3 10.5 10.2 10.5
Return on capital employed  
Total, all industries 7.0 6.5 6.9 6.6 6.9
Total, non-financial industries 7.2 6.6 7.2 6.7 6.9
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 8.4 8.4 8.0 7.9 8.0
Oil and gas extraction and support activities 0.6 -0.7 1.7 2.1 2.2
Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas) 5.6 4.3 4.6 4.7 3.7
Utilities 6.2 5.5 6.6 7.0 6.7
Construction 8.6 9.3 8.9 9.3 8.4
Manufacturing 7.3 4.0 7.2 6.5 6.0
Wholesale trade 10.1 9.9 9.8 9.3 9.1
Retail trade 7.8 9.1 8.2 4.6 8.1
Transportation and warehousing 8.4 5.8 7.2 7.9 8.1
Information and cultural industries 9.7 12.6 9.3 8.8 9.7
Real estate and rental and leasing 7.6 9.4 7.4 6.7 6.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 12.1 12.7 12.5 12.0 11.6
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 9.3 10.6 9.3 6.6 9.5
Educational, health care and social assistance services 20.2 20.4 20.2 19.7 21.4
Arts, entertainment and recreation 8.0 5.7 7.5 6.6 7.2
Accommodation and food services 4.4 7.2 5.6 5.6 5.0
Repair, maintenance and personal services 10.1 9.8 9.8 10.1 10.1
Total, finance and insurance industries 6.8 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.9
Non-depository credit intermediation 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.2
Insurance carriers and related activities 7.8 7.6 7.4 6.4 9.3
Activities related to credit intermediation 8.4 9.5 7.8 8.5 7.6
Depository credit intermediation 7.7 6.2 6.5 7.0 7.2
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities 7.1 7.0 7.1 7.0 7.3
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