Table 1-6
Summary table — Return on equity (ROE) by industries

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Summary table — Return on equity (ROE) by industries
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
  percent
Total all industries 13.3 10.1 8.5 10.7 11.8
Total finance and insurance industries 13.3 8.2 7.4 9.5 9.9
Banking and other depository credit intermediation 14.7 8.6 7.9 9.1 11.8
Local credit unions 11.3 9.1 5.9 7.8 8.3
Non-depository credit intermediation 9.4 5.4 4.4 11.5 8.3
Central credit unions 5.8 -4.6 13.2 9.6 6.6
Financial transactions processing, loan brokers and other activities related to credit intermediation 11.1 10.4 11.1 12.0 9.8
Securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage 17.8 3.8 10.7 11.2 5.6
Securities and commodity exchanges and other financial investment activities 15.7 8.8 7.0 10.3 10.0
Life, health and medical insurance carriers 7.9 8.0 7.3 6.8 7.0
Property and casualty insurance carriers 16.5 8.4 9.5 9.7 10.2
Agencies, brokerages and other insurance related activities 23.1 19.7 19.6 20.9 23.4
Total non-financial industries 13.3 10.9 9.0 11.1 12.6
Agriculture, fishing, hunting, trapping and support activities 13.5 15.8 9.5 13.1 15.1
Forestry, logging and support activities 6.8 9.7 0.4 6.1 9.3
Oil and gas extraction and support activities 7.9 7.6 1.4 7.1 3.0
Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas) 10.3 6.9 6.3 7.8 6.5
Utilities 16.0 14.9 13.2 14.3 14.9
Construction 27.1 24.1 18.2 18.8 19.7
Food and soft drink manufacturing 13.6 15.0 13.9 14.7 12.9
Alcoholic beverage and tobacco manufacturing 9.2 25.0 31.4 24.4 20.9
Clothing, textile and leather manufacturing 0.4 3.3 4.9 5.2 11.5
Wood product manufacturing -1.2 -2.4 -2.5 4.6 1.2
Paper manufacturing -8.5 -10.0 -0.9 10.7 0.9
Printing and related support activities 2.6 -4.9 -0.7 4.5 4.9
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 21.7 19.9 4.6 6.0 10.8
Basic chemical manufacturing 16.5 4.4 3.1 13.7 14.5
Resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial and synthetic fibres and filaments manufacturing 24.6 -7.7 0.7 23.5 19.5
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing 16.4 7.3 6.3 10.0 6.1
Soap, agriculture, paint and other chemical products manufacturing 18.5 20.3 14.1 13.8 24.0
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 5.8 -1.3 4.7 8.4 4.3
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 14.7 12.1 8.4 10.6 12.0
Primary metal manufacturing 7.0 -6.3 -1.1 8.0 7.9
Fabricated metal product and machinery manufacturing 10.7 13.4 7.8 9.7 15.3
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 8.0 10.3 14.8 14.5 13.2
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 6.5 5.9 4.9 8.0 9.4
Motor vehicle and trailer manufacturing -1.9 -90.7 2.1 10.6 23.8
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing 4.7 -3.4 -3.7 5.3 4.8
Air, rail and ship products and other transportation equipment manufacturing 9.5 2.0 2.9 18.8 37.0
Furniture and related product manufacturing 4.1 5.3 4.0 7.0 8.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing 11.5 10.9 6.9 11.6 11.1
Food, beverage, tobacco and farm product wholesaler-distributors 13.7 16.1 16.1 23.6 20.4
Petroleum product wholesaler-distributors 14.8 16.6 13.7 2.5 6.2
Motor vehicle and parts wholesaler-distributors 13.8 11.5 7.1 12.5 15.0
Building material and supplies wholesaler-distributors 15.7 14.7 8.9 12.1 13.2
Farm, construction, forestry, mining and other industrial machinery and equipment and supplies wholesaler-distributors 15.7 16.6 9.0 13.1 19.8
Computer, communications and other machinery and equipment wholesaler-distributors 19.0 6.4 14.6 13.6 14.0
Miscellaneous wholesaler-distributors 13.3 11.6 10.4 14.6 13.8
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 14.5 14.1 15.9 17.1 15.6
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliance stores 12.6 8.8 8.9 18.2 18.3
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 18.2 15.2 10.7 8.9 4.6
Food and beverage stores 52.5 51.2 48.7 47.0 54.2
Gasoline stations 20.6 24.3 17.8 13.3 17.6
Clothing, department and other general merchandise stores 14.8 13.1 9.7 12.5 9.1
Miscellaneous retailers 21.7 21.0 19.0 20.1 15.6
Air transportation 31.2 8.6 6.7 11.9 0.0
Rail, truck, water and other transportation 15.1 8.9 15.6 18.3 15.2
Pipelines, warehousing and transportation support activities 10.8 10.4 9.5 10.5 10.6
Publishing industries (except Internet) 14.6 3.1 5.1 14.5 -8.4
Broadcasting, motion pictures, sound recording and information services 18.6 13.8 4.5 11.8 12.3
Telecommunications 16.9 12.9 13.7 15.8 19.3
Real estate 17.7 12.8 10.1 13.2 15.1
Automotive, machinery and equipment and other rental and leasing 16.0 12.9 10.8 12.7 15.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 8.1 7.4 7.1 -22.1 22.3
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 15.4 11.5 10.4 13.3 13.7
Educational, healthcare and social assistance services 24.4 25.1 23.6 26.0 28.2
Arts, entertainment and recreation 68.8 74.5 68.8 73.8 70.6
Accommodation services 16.9 14.4 8.7 12.3 11.5
Food services and drinking places 28.7 25.1 19.9 25.3 25.7
Repair, maintenance and personal services 14.7 13.3 11.4 13.0 14.4
Note(s):
ROE = (profit before extraordinary gains) / (total equity)
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