Table 45-3
Clothing, department and other general merchandise stores — Selected ratios

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Clothing, department and other general merchandise stores — Selected ratios
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.909 0.933 0.790 0.655 0.579
Profit margin (percent) 4.5 4.5 3.9 4.8 4.0
Return on equity (percent) 14.8 13.1 9.7 12.5 9.1
Return on capital employed (percent) 9.9 8.9 7.3 9.3 7.9
Working capital (ratio) 1.226 1.264 1.406 1.441 1.549
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.377 0.410 0.477 0.491 0.503
Inventory turnover (ratio) 5.312 5.276 5.415 5.405 5.349
Receivables turnover (ratio) 43.834 40.827 41.507 35.782 39.757
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 29.4 29.1 29.0 27.9 26.4
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 3.3 6.2 0.3 5.4 1.4
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 3.1 6.2 0.9 4.4 2.2
Operating profit, year-over-year change 8.3 5.6 -12.9 31.5 -15.3
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 0.0 -3.7 3.3 11.9 17.1
Taxes, year-over-year change -9.1 -5.1 3.0 7.8 10.8
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