Table 1-6
Summary table — Return on equity (ROE) by industries

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Summary table — Return on equity (ROE) by industries
  2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
  percent
Total all industries 8.5 10.7 11.4 10.1 10.5
Total finance and insurance industries 7.4 9.5 9.7 9.3 10.1
Banking and other depository credit intermediation 7.9 9.1 11.9 11.7 11.6
Local credit unions 5.9 7.8 8.3 6.5 6.0
Non-depository credit intermediation 4.4 11.5 8.0 7.4 6.1
Central credit unions 13.2 9.6 5.6 7.9 6.6
Financial transactions processing, loan brokers and other activities related to credit intermediation 11.1 12.0 9.8 13.5 14.1
Securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage 10.7 11.2 4.4 1.3 5.4
Securities and commodity exchanges and other financial investment activities 7.0 10.3 9.4 8.9 11.7
Life, health and medical insurance carriers 7.3 6.8 7.0 6.0 5.8
Property and casualty insurance carriers 9.5 9.7 11.1 13.1 10.7
Agencies, brokerages and other insurance related activities 19.6 20.9 23.3 22.2 23.0
Total non-financial industries 9.0 11.1 12.1 10.4 10.6
Agriculture, fishing, hunting, trapping and support activities 9.5 13.1 15.9 14.2 13.6
Forestry, logging and support activities 0.4 6.1 8.8 12.5 12.4
Oil and gas extraction and support activities 1.4 7.1 3.5 0.4 -0.2
Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas) 6.3 7.8 6.0 4.1 3.4
Utilities 13.2 14.3 10.0 5.7 9.4
Construction 18.2 18.8 19.2 20.0 19.5
Food and soft drink manufacturing 13.9 14.7 12.7 9.3 11.5
Alcoholic beverage and tobacco manufacturing 31.4 24.4 15.4 13.6 12.5
Clothing, textile and leather manufacturing 4.9 5.2 10.5 12.0 14.0
Wood product manufacturing -2.5 4.6 0.4 5.2 7.1
Paper manufacturing -0.9 10.7 0.0 5.6 7.0
Printing and related support activities -0.7 4.5 4.8 3.5 8.0
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 4.6 6.0 10.7 4.6 9.6
Basic chemical manufacturing 3.1 13.7 14.1 14.9 15.5
Resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial and synthetic fibres and filaments manufacturing 0.7 23.5 18.7 -1.5 13.6
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing 6.3 10.0 9.0 5.8 2.1
Soap, agriculture, paint and other chemical products manufacturing 14.1 13.8 19.1 13.9 12.2
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 4.7 8.4 4.5 12.2 12.3
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 8.4 10.6 11.6 11.0 9.8
Primary metal manufacturing -1.1 8.0 -0.7 -8.3 -5.2
Fabricated metal product and machinery manufacturing 7.8 9.7 14.2 14.8 15.4
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 14.8 14.5 13.2 1.4 -20.1
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 4.9 8.0 7.6 9.4 12.6
Motor vehicle and trailer manufacturing 2.1 10.6 23.6 -32.5 33.5
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing -3.7 5.3 4.4 6.5 10.1
Air, rail and ship products and other transportation equipment manufacturing 2.9 18.8 38.4 30.7 13.6
Furniture and related product manufacturing 4.0 7.0 7.8 5.6 8.0
Miscellaneous manufacturing 6.9 11.6 10.4 13.0 12.2
Food, beverage, tobacco and farm product merchant wholesalers 16.1 23.6 19.8 17.2 19.8
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers 13.7 2.5 6.1 13.6 6.2
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories merchant wholesalers 7.1 12.5 15.3 12.1 14.2
Building material and supplies merchant wholesalers 8.9 12.1 12.6 14.0 12.7
Farm, construction, forestry, mining and other industrial machinery and equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers 9.0 13.1 20.5 19.8 15.4
Computer, communications and other machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers 14.6 13.6 14.5 12.8 13.0
Miscellaneous merchant wholesalers 10.4 14.6 14.9 12.6 11.1
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 15.9 17.1 16.2 15.8 14.2
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliance stores 8.9 18.2 17.5 14.1 14.5
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 10.7 8.9 4.8 6.6 8.9
Food and beverage stores 48.7 47.0 43.7 41.3 36.8
Gasoline stations 17.8 13.3 17.2 17.2 16.8
Clothing, department and other general merchandise stores 9.7 12.5 8.8 9.8 8.2
Miscellaneous retailers 19.0 20.1 16.1 16.0 8.5
Air transportation 6.7 11.9 0.0 0.0 90.5
Rail, truck, water and other transportation 15.6 18.3 13.8 15.2 14.5
Pipelines, warehousing and transportation support activities 9.5 10.5 10.4 10.3 10.0
Publishing industries (except Internet) 5.1 14.5 -9.8 -10.6 4.7
Broadcasting, motion pictures, sound recording and information services 4.5 11.8 10.5 7.9 7.7
Telecommunications 13.7 15.8 19.5 19.4 16.2
Real estate 10.1 13.2 15.6 16.8 13.6
Automotive, machinery and equipment and other rental and leasing 10.8 12.7 15.0 13.7 15.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 7.1 -22.1 21.2 17.2 18.4
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 10.4 13.3 14.6 13.5 12.7
Educational, health care and social assistance services 23.6 26.0 27.9 28.8 31.6
Arts, entertainment and recreation 68.8 73.8 94.9 83.9 70.0
Accommodation services 8.7 12.3 10.3 14.5 15.0
Food services and drinking places 19.9 25.3 26.1 23.7 28.6
Repair, maintenance and personal services 11.4 13.0 13.7 14.0 13.0
Note(s):
ROE = (profit before extraordinary gains) / (total equity)
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