Table 65-3
Professional, scientific and technical services — Selected ratios

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Professional, scientific and technical services — Selected ratios
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.560 0.674 0.657 0.949 0.856
Profit margin (percent) 5.7 5.7 6.2 8.8 9.1
Return on equity (percent) 8.1 7.4 7.1 -22.1 22.3
Return on capital employed (percent) 6.3 5.5 5.3 -10.0 13.3
Working capital (ratio) 1.518 2.209 1.939 1.668 1.577
Quick ratio (ratio) 1.426 2.117 1.857 1.584 1.494
Inventory turnover (ratio) 28.547 27.087 29.495 30.547 27.655
Receivables turnover (ratio) 4.440 4.228 4.697 4.813 4.764
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 23.3 22.1 22.4 21.6 21.0
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 11.8 3.9 -2.5 7.9 4.1
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 10.9 3.9 -3.0 4.9 3.7
Operating profit, year-over-year change 29.7 4.0 6.2 53.3 7.8
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 20.7 8.9 -4.2 16.4 11.1
Taxes, year-over-year change 20.5 3.3 -3.3 11.7 8.3
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