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Table 46-3
Miscellaneous retailers — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.402 0.961 0.889 0.920 0.948
Profit margin (percent) 3.7 4.7 5.9 5.3 5.1
Return on equity (percent) 23.6 20.3 21.7 21.7 21.3
Return on capital employed (percent) 12.5 12.5 13.8 13.1 12.9
Working capital (ratio) 1.456 1.443 1.451 1.404 1.502
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.701 0.699 0.728 0.663 0.706
Inventory turnover (ratio) 7.955 7.776 7.737 7.340 7.577
Receivables turnover (ratio) 21.495 19.838 18.516 19.226 19.407
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 23.8 29.8 22.0 22.9 20.5
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 25.9 28.0 27.6 26.9 23.5
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 4.8 11.7 4.7 16.7 7.5
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 5.1 10.5 3.4 17.5 7.8
Operating profit, year-over-year change -1.5 41.7 30.5 4.4 2.6
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 18.0 32.4 2.9 16.4 2.6
Taxes, year-over-year change 18.2 42.3 1.4 13.4 -9.5