Table 46-3
Miscellaneous retailers — Selected ratios

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Miscellaneous retailers — Selected ratios
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.920 0.888 0.798 0.765 0.910
Profit margin (percent) 5.3 5.5 5.5 6.1 5.7
Return on equity (percent) 21.7 21.0 19.0 20.1 15.6
Return on capital employed (percent) 13.1 12.8 12.0 12.7 9.3
Working capital (ratio) 1.404 1.469 1.634 1.636 1.612
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.663 0.729 0.803 0.821 0.840
Inventory turnover (ratio) 7.340 7.660 7.402 7.418 7.657
Receivables turnover (ratio) 19.226 18.145 19.647 19.416 17.947
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 26.9 25.1 25.1 24.4 23.7
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 16.7 -5.8 1.8 2.0 4.9
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 17.5 -6.0 1.9 1.3 5.4
Operating profit, year-over-year change 4.4 -1.6 0.4 13.9 -2.0
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 16.4 3.3 5.7 9.7 26.6
Taxes, year-over-year change 13.4 -2.8 5.1 6.9 22.7
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