Table 18-3
Basic chemical manufacturing — Selected ratios

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Basic chemical manufacturing — Selected ratios
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.170 0.652 0.693 0.681 0.708
Profit margin (percent) 10.6 3.9 6.7 10.5 13.2
Return on equity (percent) 16.5 4.4 3.1 13.7 14.5
Return on capital employed (percent) 10.6 4.0 3.2 9.7 10.1
Working capital (ratio) 1.279 1.264 1.245 1.227 1.950
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.837 0.872 0.875 0.921 1.445
Inventory turnover (ratio) 10.567 13.515 12.290 15.321 14.582
Receivables turnover (ratio) 8.103 9.192 9.040 9.124 9.142
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 30.1 29.1 29.2 27.9 23.6
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 9.1 14.5 -3.3 14.2 19.2
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 8.7 23.0 -6.1 9.6 15.6
Operating profit, year-over-year change 12.5 -57.6 65.5 77.8 50.3
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 1.1 0.6 -30.3 46.5 163.5
Taxes, year-over-year change -4.7 -2.5 -29.7 39.4 122.4
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