Table 51-3
Broadcasting, motion pictures, sound recording and information services — Selected ratios

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Broadcasting, motion pictures, sound recording and information services — Selected ratios
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.942 1.368 1.271 1.277 0.929
Profit margin (percent) 10.0 9.5 9.0 11.2 11.8
Return on equity (percent) 18.6 13.8 4.5 11.8 12.3
Return on capital employed (percent) 11.2 7.6 4.2 7.4 8.4
Working capital (ratio) 1.308 1.104 1.270 1.091 1.277
Quick ratio (ratio) 1.164 1.007 1.220 1.053 1.233
Inventory turnover (ratio) 16.254 18.790 49.335 54.906 53.232
Receivables turnover (ratio) 4.327 3.802 4.390 4.304 4.094
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 31.9 33.5 28.6 27.4 25.6
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 8.9 -3.4 -4.2 4.5 7.5
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 7.6 -2.9 -3.6 2.0 6.7
Operating profit, year-over-year change 21.8 -8.4 -10.0 30.3 13.9
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 32.3 53.5 -29.7 15.7 15.5
Taxes, year-over-year change 14.9 60.6 -39.6 12.4 6.1
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