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Table 36-3
Building material and supplies wholesaler-distributors — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.877 0.890 0.800 0.729 0.723
Profit margin (percent) 4.6 4.4 5.1 5.0 4.9
Return on equity (percent) 18.9 17.5 18.3 15.7 14.5
Return on capital employed (percent) 11.5 10.8 11.8 10.5 9.7
Working capital (ratio) 1.605 1.594 1.690 1.839 1.857
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.926 0.931 0.968 1.079 1.105
Inventory turnover (ratio) 7.234 7.544 6.956 7.137 6.905
Receivables turnover (ratio) 7.052 7.069 7.088 7.113 7.101
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 29.5 29.3 29.6 29.6 28.7
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 31.5 31.0 31.2 30.5 28.9
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 14.4 6.8 5.4 1.0 3.8
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 12.7 7.0 4.6 1.1 3.9
Operating profit, year-over-year change 64.6 2.4 22.1 -0.3 1.0
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 65.8 1.8 25.5 -6.3 12.1
Taxes, year-over-year change 66.8 0.5 25.6 -8.2 6.2