Table 33-3
Food, beverage, tobacco and farm product wholesaler-distributors — Selected ratios

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Food, beverage, tobacco and farm product wholesaler-distributors — Selected ratios
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.112 1.112 0.929 0.933 0.900
Profit margin (percent) 3.2 3.2 3.4 4.2 4.6
Return on equity (percent) 13.7 16.1 16.1 23.6 20.4
Return on capital employed (percent) 8.2 9.2 9.7 13.4 11.8
Working capital (ratio) 1.260 1.305 1.330 1.275 1.229
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.693 0.675 0.722 0.874 0.780
Inventory turnover (ratio) 13.734 12.728 13.167 13.130 12.175
Receivables turnover (ratio) 10.613 11.091 12.506 11.890 11.633
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 30.0 28.9 28.5 27.4 25.7
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 2.9 10.1 4.4 -0.9 9.2
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 2.5 10.1 4.3 -1.7 8.7
Operating profit, year-over-year change 18.3 10.0 8.0 24.1 20.5
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 11.9 19.8 6.0 21.0 18.2
Taxes, year-over-year change 7.6 15.4 4.7 16.2 10.8
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