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Summary table — Return on equity and return on capital employed, selected ratios

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Summary table — Return on equity and return on capital employed, selected ratios
Table summary
This table displays the data of selected ratios of return on equity and return on capital employed. The row headers provide information on the industry groups. The column headers provide a quarterly breakdown for the five quarters covered in this tabulation. The values are reported in percentages.
  Second quarter 2013 Third quarter 2013 Fourth quarter 2013 First quarter 2014 Second quarter 2014
  percent
Return on equity  
Total, all industries 10.0 10.6 10.6 10.6 11.5
Total, non-financial industries 10.3 11.1 11.1 11.0 12.0
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 14.1 15.4 14.3 13.4 13.6
Oil and gas extraction and support activities 1.2 3.4 -2.1 3.2 5.1
Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas) 4.9 3.5 2.9 4.5 4.5
Utilities 11.2 4.7 6.6 10.0 10.0
Construction 19.0 21.2 19.2 17.2 19.3
Manufacturing 9.6 8.7 12.8 10.8 12.0
Wholesale trade 13.7 13.2 12.7 13.3 15.3
Retail trade 5.7 12.8 12.9 10.8 9.0
Transportation and warehousing 17.0 17.9 13.1 12.6 20.0
Information and cultural industries 12.8 11.7 13.1 13.8 15.7
Real estate and rental and leasing 13.1 14.4 14.2 12.7 10.7
Professional, scientific and technical services 18.6 19.3 21.0 19.5 20.3
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 7.7 14.0 27.3 15.7 16.0
Educational, health care and social assistance services 28.4 31.7 30.0 28.7 29.2
Arts, entertainment and recreation 10.0 14.1 3.8 9.2 7.6
Accommodation and food services 16.5 15.3 16.4 14.4 14.1
Repair, maintenance and personal services 20.1 19.7 18.2 19.9 20.4
Total, finance and insurance industries 9.3 9.2 9.5 9.6 10.4
Non-depository credit intermediation 6.4 4.8 5.6 6.2 6.4
Insurance carriers and related activities 7.4 6.6 9.9 7.8 11.0
Activities related to credit intermediation 13.7 9.9 16.1 13.0 12.4
Depository credit intermediation 10.3 10.7 9.1 11.2 10.2
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities 10.1 10.5 10.4 9.9 11.1
Return on capital employed  
Total, all industries 6.7 6.9 7.1 7.0 7.4
Total, non-financial industries 6.8 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.6
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 8.2 9.0 8.5 7.7 7.9
Oil and gas extraction and support activities 1.9 3.2 -0.2 3.1 4.2
Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas) 3.8 3.0 2.6 3.6 3.7
Utilities 7.7 4.4 5.2 6.9 7.0
Construction 9.6 9.5 9.1 9.1 9.2
Manufacturing 6.9 6.3 8.8 7.7 8.2
Wholesale trade 8.8 8.3 8.3 8.7 9.8
Retail trade 4.8 8.6 9.0 7.5 6.5
Transportation and warehousing 8.4 9.2 7.8 7.0 9.9
Information and cultural industries 8.8 8.3 8.9 8.8 9.3
Real estate and rental and leasing 6.9 7.5 7.4 6.8 5.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 12.7 12.6 13.1 12.4 13.3
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 5.5 8.8 16.5 10.2 10.6
Educational, health care and social assistance services 18.8 21.3 19.9 19.1 19.2
Arts, entertainment and recreation 6.0 7.7 3.5 6.2 4.9
Accommodation and food services 7.5 7.0 7.1 7.0 6.8
Repair, maintenance and personal services 11.5 11.5 10.9 12.0 12.3
Total, finance and insurance industries 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.5 6.9
Non-depository credit intermediation 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.5
Insurance carriers and related activities 6.4 5.8 9.0 6.9 9.6
Activities related to credit intermediation 9.3 7.3 10.5 8.2 8.7
Depository credit intermediation 6.9 7.2 6.2 7.4 6.8
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities 6.9 7.2 7.3 7.0 7.6
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