Table 44-3
Gasoline stations — Selected ratios

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Gasoline stations — Selected ratios
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.076 1.062 1.022 0.948 0.793
Profit margin (percent) 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.9 2.2
Return on equity (percent) 20.6 24.3 17.8 13.3 17.6
Return on capital employed (percent) 12.3 14.2 10.9 8.9 11.9
Working capital (ratio) 1.313 1.427 1.386 1.408 1.546
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.889 0.993 0.948 0.979 1.070
Inventory turnover (ratio) 33.631 37.796 31.813 32.519 33.562
Receivables turnover (ratio) 40.910 45.855 43.727 31.798 31.451
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 24.3 23.4 23.1 22.9 23.3
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 12.4 11.1 -9.8 14.6 19.8
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 12.6 10.9 -9.8 14.9 19.5
Operating profit, year-over-year change 4.5 20.3 -9.9 2.2 35.4
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 26.5 10.1 -2.0 -0.3 40.9
Taxes, year-over-year change 29.5 6.3 -3.3 -1.3 43.5
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