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Table 29-3
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.552 0.511 0.463 0.424 0.477
Profit margin (percent) 6.5 5.5 4.3 4.1 1.4
Return on equity (percent) 12.4 8.6 3.8 4.7 -3.4
Return on capital employed (percent) 9.0 7.1 4.0 4.4 -1.4
Working capital (ratio) 1.291 1.137 1.220 1.213 1.552
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.990 0.870 0.907 0.893 1.212
Inventory turnover (ratio) 14.569 14.307 14.547 13.477 11.679
Receivables turnover (ratio) 6.171 5.647 6.405 5.883 5.561
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 23.2 31.1 33.2 33.3 38.0
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 28.6 29.6 30.5 30.4 26.2
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 3.6 -2.3 3.2 -8.7 -12.2
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 4.3 -1.3 4.6 -8.6 -9.7
Operating profit, year-over-year change -5.1 -17.4 -20.2 -11.7 -69.6
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change -12.3 -3.9 -5.1 2.4 -60.1
Taxes, year-over-year change -12.5 -0.5 -2.9 1.6 -65.3