Table 48-3
Rail, truck, water and other transportation — Selected ratios

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Rail, truck, water and other transportation — Selected ratios
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.928 1.195 0.998 0.804 0.968
Profit margin (percent) 7.3 7.4 7.1 8.7 7.8
Return on equity (percent) 15.1 8.9 15.6 18.3 15.2
Return on capital employed (percent) 9.7 6.1 9.9 12.0 9.6
Working capital (ratio) 1.074 1.066 1.182 1.300 0.695
Quick ratio (ratio) 1.010 1.002 1.112 1.246 0.667
Inventory turnover (ratio) 84.191 85.161 80.933 89.084 88.239
Receivables turnover (ratio) 7.706 8.053 8.380 7.705 6.623
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 28.9 27.0 26.6 26.0 23.8
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 1.7 2.9 -12.2 2.4 10.9
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 3.0 2.8 -11.9 0.6 12.1
Operating profit, year-over-year change -12.4 4.9 -16.2 26.3 -1.0
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change -4.2 2.9 -26.7 18.0 17.2
Taxes, year-over-year change -10.3 -3.5 -27.6 14.6 7.5
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