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Table 44-3
Gasoline stations — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.408 1.392 1.298 1.076 1.062
Profit margin (percent) 1.2 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.2
Return on equity (percent) 7.6 18.0 21.1 20.6 24.2
Return on capital employed (percent) 6.5 11.0 13.1 12.3 14.2
Working capital (ratio) 1.219 1.263 1.264 1.313 1.427
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.769 0.819 0.842 0.889 0.993
Inventory turnover (ratio) 29.411 31.839 33.578 33.631 37.937
Receivables turnover (ratio) 47.929 45.766 45.463 40.910 46.019
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 16.8 15.6 13.5 16.5 12.4
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 24.9 25.0 23.7 24.3 23.4
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 5.8 12.2 9.8 12.4 11.5
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 6.0 11.3 9.5 12.6 11.4
Operating profit, year-over-year change -9.9 85.2 22.8 4.5 20.2
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change -2.8 9.7 2.0 26.5 10.0
Taxes, year-over-year change -5.1 9.6 -3.6 29.5 6.3