Table 42-3
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers — Selected ratios

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Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers — Selected ratios
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.000 0.900 0.738 0.647 0.570
Profit margin (percent) 6.1 5.4 4.1 4.8 3.2
Return on equity (percent) 18.2 15.2 10.7 8.9 4.6
Return on capital employed (percent) 10.9 9.7 8.0 6.8 4.5
Working capital (ratio) 1.437 1.525 1.667 1.703 1.666
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.572 0.611 0.738 0.713 0.713
Inventory turnover (ratio) 5.786 5.845 5.700 5.464 5.290
Receivables turnover (ratio) 13.759 13.901 13.978 13.655 12.344
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 29.7 25.4 26.8 26.1 23.9
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 1.9 4.1 -2.7 3.3 -0.3
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 1.9 4.8 -1.4 2.5 1.3
Operating profit, year-over-year change 2.2 -7.1 -26.6 20.9 -32.7
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 5.8 -18.8 13.7 0.7 -19.9
Taxes, year-over-year change 4.0 -30.0 18.6 -1.4 -26.1
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