Table 43-3
Food and beverage stores — Selected ratios

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Food and beverage stores — Selected ratios
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.919 0.805 0.725 0.703 0.894
Profit margin (percent) 6.1 7.4 7.7 7.8 8.1
Return on equity (percent) 52.5 51.2 48.7 47.0 54.2
Return on capital employed (percent) 29.0 30.0 29.8 29.1 30.5
Working capital (ratio) 1.107 1.169 1.215 1.309 1.240
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.447 0.452 0.517 0.700 0.711
Inventory turnover (ratio) 19.751 16.108 16.140 16.091 16.712
Receivables turnover (ratio) 63.830 51.116 52.118 54.461 29.893
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 37.7 28.5 28.2 27.3 26.0
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 4.1 -11.6 1.2 0.6 3.2
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 4.4 -12.9 1.0 0.4 2.9
Operating profit, year-over-year change -0.2 8.5 4.1 2.5 6.8
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change -35.2 67.1 17.4 6.8 2.0
Taxes, year-over-year change -21.0 25.0 12.2 5.2 -3.6
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