Table 10-2
Wholesale trade — Statement of changes in financial position, selected seasonally adjusted items and selected financial ratios

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Wholesale trade — 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 5,359 6,153 2,958 4,816 6,621
Net profit 4,852 4,522 4,353 4,604 4,386
Non-cash items -120 1,040 -1,719 -222 1,464
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 1,402 1,430 1,439 1,527 1,433
Future income tax 135 111 89 89 69
Working capital -1,327 614 -2,476 -1,083 -525
Other non-cash items -330 -1,115 -772 -755 487
Prior period cash transactions 626 591 324 434 772
Cash from financing activities 1,350 -1,167 1,268 671 2,949
Increase in deposits 0 0 0 0 0
Borrowings from affiliates 1,445 -1,039 692 -24 1,348
Borrowings from non-affiliates -582 -691 67 985 -265
Loans and other borrowings -508 -266 92 1,041 -254
Bankers' acceptances and paper -99 -236 9 55 -103
Bonds and debentures 36 -304 -53 -123 50
Mortgages -11 116 18 12 42
Equity 487 563 508 -290 1,866
Total cash available 6,709 4,986 4,225 5,487 9,570
Applications  
Cash applied to investment activities 589 -225 301 -447 1,713
Investments in affiliates 755 -83 27 -401 1,869
Portfolio investments -90 -556 242 35 -170
Loans -76 413 31 -81 14
Mortgage loans 8 -3 1 1 4
Non-mortgage loans -84 416 30 -82 11
Cash applied to fixed assets 1,121 293 896 985 2,218
Cash applied to dividends 1,951 2,292 1,613 1,630 2,480
Total applications of cash 3,661 2,360 2,810 2,168 6,412
Increase or decrease in cash 3,048 2,626 1,415 3,319 3,159
Selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue 151,911 153,716 146,935 148,377 150,456
Operating profit 5,837 5,889 5,788 5,698 5,918
Profit before extraordinary gains 4,763 4,684 4,793 4,335 4,310
Net profit 4,763 4,684 4,793 4,335 4,325
Percentage change of selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue 0.9 1.2 -4.4 1.0 1.4
Operating expenses 0.7 1.2 -4.5 1.1 1.3
Operating profit 5.9 0.9 -1.7 -1.6 3.9
Selected financial ratios  
Profit margin (%) 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.9
Return on equity (%) 16.7 16.0 15.8 14.2 13.8
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.868 0.840 0.767 0.774 0.764
Return on capital employed (%) 10.1 9.9 9.8 9.3 9.1
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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