Table 9-3
Utilities — Selected ratios

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Utilities — Selected ratios
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 2.547 2.555 2.539 2.571 2.533
Profit margin (percent) 14.5 13.7 15.0 15.5 16.2
Return on equity (percent) 16.0 14.9 13.2 14.3 14.9
Return on capital employed (percent) 8.5 7.6 6.9 7.3 7.4
Working capital (ratio) 1.175 1.212 1.344 0.890 0.274
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.799 0.907 0.892 0.752 0.233
Inventory turnover (ratio) 21.754 23.559 21.875 19.386 20.164
Receivables turnover (ratio) 7.550 7.899 7.606 7.378 8.039
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 37.7 28.6 27.4 26.3 14.7
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 4.3 12.2 -17.4 -1.7 -0.7
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 4.2 13.3 -18.6 -2.3 -1.5
Operating profit, year-over-year change 4.8 5.8 -9.6 1.6 3.8
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change -5.5 24.8 33.4 -31.3 400.2
Taxes, year-over-year change -1.1 -5.4 29.2 -30.6 156.2
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