Table 8-2
Construction — Statement of changes in financial position, selected seasonally adjusted items and selected financial ratios

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Statement of changes in financial position, selected seasonally adjusted items and selected financial ratios
  Third quarter 2009 Fourth quarter 2009 First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 Third quarter 2010
  millions of dollars
Statement of changes in financial position  
Cash from operating activities 1,158 2,371 1,038 655 -186
Net profit 3,021 2,828 1,410 1,286 2,569
Non-cash items -1,870 -494 -259 -344 -2,872
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 1,502 1,409 1,272 1,371 1,430
Future income tax -68 18 -50 -22 56
Working capital -970 95 516 -678 -1,226
Other non-cash items -2,333 -2,017 -1,998 -1,014 -3,133
Prior period cash transactions 6 37 -113 -287 117
Cash from financing activities 2,442 582 -2,125 1,373 2,369
Increase in deposits 0 0 0 0 0
Borrowings from affiliates 790 186 -749 656 990
Borrowings from non-affiliates 1,359 481 -1,164 563 1,154
Loans and other borrowings 532 81 -285 291 777
Bankers' acceptances and paper 35 -10 29 -70 8
Bonds and debentures 231 55 -120 43 62
Mortgages 560 355 -787 298 307
Equity 292 -85 -213 153 225
Total cash available 3,599 2,953 -1,088 2,028 2,183
Applications  
Cash applied to investment activities 329 512 -1,099 121 541
Investments in affiliates 309 430 -562 -4 414
Portfolio investments 114 93 -213 106 96
Loans -93 -12 -325 18 30
Mortgage loans -97 -23 -314 -5 10
Non-mortgage loans 4 12 -11 23 20
Cash applied to fixed assets 863 271 618 271 507
Cash applied to dividends 981 1,092 995 970 863
Total applications of cash 2,173 1,875 514 1,361 1,911
Increase or decrease in cash 1,426 1,078 -1,601 666 272
Selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue 63,378 63,130 63,511 65,005 64,077
Operating profit 3,077 2,889 2,258 1,948 2,127
Profit before extraordinary gains 2,712 2,683 2,205 1,858 2,072
Net profit 2,712 2,683 2,205 1,858 2,072
Percentage change of selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue 2.2 -0.4 0.6 2.4 -1.4
Operating expenses 1.9 -0.1 1.7 2.9 -1.8
Operating profit 8.9 -6.1 -21.8 -13.7 9.2
Selected financial ratios  
Profit margin (%) 4.9 4.6 3.6 3.0 3.3
Return on equity (%) 18.5 17.5 14.8 12.4 13.6
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.589 1.529 1.520 1.550 1.544
Return on capital employed (%) 8.4 7.9 6.8 6.0 6.6
Note(s):
-  A common (generic) financial statement presentation format is used for all industries and for aggregate totals. As a result, some financial series that do not apply to certain industries will be shown with zero values.
-  All data in this table are unadjusted unless otherwise specified.
-  Figures may not add due to rounding.