Table 1-5
Summary table — Return on capital employed (ROCE) by industries

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Summary table — Return on capital employed (ROCE) by industries
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
  percent
Total all industries 8.7 6.7 5.8 6.7 7.2
Total finance and insurance industries 9.1 5.7 5.1 5.5 5.4
Banking and other depository credit intermediation 12.5 6.6 6.2 6.6 6.2
Local credit unions 8.6 7.1 4.9 5.8 5.8
Non-depository credit intermediation 4.6 3.4 2.9 3.6 3.2
Central credit unions 7.2 -0.6 10.1 7.9 5.5
Financial transactions processing, loan brokers and other activities related to credit intermediation 7.0 7.5 7.4 8.6 7.0
Securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage 9.7 5.0 6.2 7.6 4.9
Securities and commodity exchanges and other financial investment activities 10.6 6.3 5.1 6.8 6.8
Life, health and medical insurance carriers 6.9 7.1 6.5 6.2 6.2
Property and casualty insurance carriers 16.2 8.3 9.3 9.5 10.0
Agencies, brokerages and other insurance related activities 15.1 12.3 12.0 13.6 15.0
Total non-financial industries 8.6 7.0 6.0 7.2 8.0
Agriculture, fishing, hunting, trapping and support activities 8.0 9.1 5.8 7.5 8.7
Forestry, logging and support activities 5.4 7.2 1.7 4.8 6.3
Oil and gas extraction and support activities 6.5 6.1 2.3 5.9 3.1
Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas) 8.1 5.6 4.8 5.7 4.8
Utilities 8.5 7.6 6.9 7.3 7.4
Construction 11.7 10.5 8.3 8.7 9.2
Food and soft drink manufacturing 9.4 9.9 9.7 9.9 8.7
Alcoholic beverage and tobacco manufacturing 6.8 13.3 15.5 14.4 14.2
Clothing, textile and leather manufacturing 2.0 3.3 3.4 3.8 6.3
Wood product manufacturing 1.0 0.1 -0.5 4.0 1.9
Paper manufacturing -1.5 -1.0 2.8 7.2 2.5
Printing and related support activities 2.8 -1.7 0.8 4.3 4.4
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 18.8 14.7 3.8 5.6 8.9
Basic chemical manufacturing 10.6 4.0 3.2 9.7 10.1
Resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial and synthetic fibres and filaments manufacturing 11.0 -0.3 1.8 16.7 13.0
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing 11.5 6.2 5.2 7.6 5.0
Soap, agriculture, paint and other chemical products manufacturing 11.9 11.5 9.1 9.5 15.2
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 5.3 1.1 3.8 5.9 3.6
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 10.9 8.6 6.2 8.2 9.3
Primary metal manufacturing 6.7 -0.7 1.4 6.9 6.4
Fabricated metal product and machinery manufacturing 7.4 9.1 5.8 6.9 10.4
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 5.7 7.0 9.6 9.3 9.2
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 3.4 1.3 1.1 1.9 2.1
Motor vehicle and trailer manufacturing 1.8 -21.3 3.1 6.5 17.7
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing 4.4 -1.3 -1.9 4.7 4.2
Air, rail and ship products and other transportation equipment manufacturing 6.9 2.6 2.5 9.9 14.2
Furniture and related product manufacturing 4.1 4.5 3.5 5.3 5.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing 7.7 7.3 4.8 7.7 7.5
Food, beverage, tobacco and farm product wholesaler-distributors 8.2 9.2 9.7 13.4 11.8
Petroleum product wholesaler-distributors 9.3 9.0 8.1 3.3 5.8
Motor vehicle and parts wholesaler-distributors 8.3 7.4 5.3 7.1 7.9
Building material and supplies wholesaler-distributors 10.5 9.9 6.6 8.5 8.8
Farm, construction, forestry, mining and other industrial machinery and equipment and supplies wholesaler-distributors 10.1 8.7 5.6 8.1 12.7
Computer, communications and other machinery and equipment wholesaler-distributors 10.7 4.6 7.4 6.7 7.2
Miscellaneous wholesaler-distributors 9.0 7.9 7.4 10.0 9.2
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 5.8 5.8 6.7 7.0 7.0
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliance stores 8.6 6.8 6.4 11.1 11.4
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 10.9 9.7 8.0 6.8 4.5
Food and beverage stores 29.0 30.0 29.8 29.1 30.5
Gasoline stations 12.3 14.2 10.9 8.9 11.9
Clothing, department and other general merchandise stores 9.9 8.9 7.3 9.3 7.9
Miscellaneous retailers 13.1 12.8 12.0 12.7 9.3
Air transportation 15.8 6.0 3.4 7.2 9.4
Rail, truck, water and other transportation 9.7 6.1 9.9 12.0 9.6
Pipelines, warehousing and transportation support activities 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.8 7.1
Publishing industries (except Internet) 9.0 4.1 4.8 9.8 -2.1
Broadcasting, motion pictures, sound recording and information services 11.2 7.6 4.2 7.4 8.4
Telecommunications 11.0 8.3 9.3 10.2 12.1
Real estate 8.2 6.3 5.4 6.5 7.6
Automotive, machinery and equipment and other rental and leasing 7.8 7.0 6.0 6.9 8.1
Professional, scientific and technical services 6.3 5.5 5.3 -10.0 13.3
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 8.6 7.5 7.3 8.8 9.1
Educational, healthcare and social assistance services 16.1 16.1 15.3 16.6 18.1
Arts, entertainment and recreation 28.5 29.3 27.0 29.4 29.9
Accommodation services 8.5 6.6 4.6 5.6 5.5
Food services and drinking places 9.3 9.5 8.0 8.6 9.5
Repair, maintenance and personal services 9.4 8.8 7.7 8.5 9.4
Note(s):
ROCE = (profit before extraordinary gains + interest on borrowings net of tax) / (borrowings + loans and accounts with affiliates + total equity)
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