Table 8-2
Construction — Statement of changes in financial position, selected seasonally adjusted items and selected financial ratios

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Construction — Statement of changes in financial position, selected seasonally adjusted items and selected financial ratios
Table summary
This table displays the statement of changes in financial position, selected seasonally adjusted items, percentage change of selected seasonally adjusted items and selected financial ratios. The row headers provide information on the different accounts or items in this tabulation. The column headers provide a quarterly breakdown for the five quarters covered in this tabulation. The values are reported in either millions of dollars or in percentages.
  Third quarter 2012 Fourth quarter 2012 First quarter 2013 Second quarter 2013 Third quarter 2013
  millions of dollars
Statement of changes in financial position  
Cash from operating activities 2,009 2,666 2,372 1,513 1,848
Net profit 4,036 4,585 3,257 3,259 4,288
Non-cash items -2,157 -1,893 -891 -1,622 -2,360
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 1,613 1,657 1,456 1,504 1,527
Future income tax 46 80 43 46 35
Working capital -1,089 -357 -624 -1,813 -673
Other non-cash items -2,727 -3,274 -1,766 -1,360 -3,250
Prior period cash transactions 130 -26 5 -124 -80
Cash from financing activities 405 1,855 -624 1,269 2,002
Increase in deposits 0 0 0 0 0
Borrowings from affiliates -566 810 387 -573 362
Borrowings from non-affiliates 815 648 -1,635 1,490 1,352
Loans and other borrowings 303 197 -1,181 1,273 610
Bankers' acceptances and paper -31 136 -40 18 51
Bonds and debentures 19 91 12 22 87
Mortgages 523 224 -426 177 604
Equity 156 397 624 353 287
Total cash available 2,414 4,522 1,748 2,782 3,850
Applications  
Cash applied to investment activities 224 1,083 135 277 773
Investments in affiliates 218 1,023 203 244 614
Portfolio investments 7 65 204 36 143
Loans -1 -5 -272 -3 15
Mortgage loans -29 -23 -238 -14 -4
Non-mortgage loans 28 18 -34 11 20
Cash applied to fixed assets 774 424 119 532 1,058
Cash applied to dividends 1,046 1,557 1,162 974 1,081
Total applications of cash 2,045 3,064 1,415 1,784 2,912
Increase or decrease in cash 369 1,458 333 999 938
Selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue 66,628 67,409 65,863 66,539 67,247
Operating profit 4,166 4,436 4,151 4,006 4,034
Profit before extraordinary gains 3,689 4,074 3,762 3,766 3,923
Net profit 3,689 4,074 3,762 3,766 3,923
Percentage change of selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue 2.2 1.2 -2.3 1.0 1.1
Operating expenses 2.2 0.8 -2.0 1.3 1.1
Operating profit 2.3 6.5 -6.4 -3.5 0.7
Selected financial ratios  
Profit margin (%) 6.2 6.6 6.3 6.0 6.0
Return on equity (%) 19.1 20.2 18.0 17.7 18.0
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.386 1.350 1.277 1.270 1.264
Return on capital employed (%) 8.6 9.3 8.9 9.3 8.4
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.
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