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Table 71-3
Repair, maintenance and personal services — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2003  2004 2005 2006  2007
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.756 0.767 0.730 0.722 0.679
Profit margin (percent) 3.1 4.0 4.5 5.7 5.6
Return on equity (percent) 5.4 8.8 10.3 12.9 12.3
Return on capital employed (percent) 4.8 6.6 7.7 9.7 8.8
Working capital (ratio) 1.494 1.426 1.488 1.534 1.563
Quick ratio (ratio) 1.183 1.147 1.199 1.252 1.299
Inventory turnover (ratio) 13.871 14.067 13.856 14.148 14.928
Receivables turnover (ratio) 10.312 9.109 9.069 9.239 9.206
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 20.9 20.6 19.2 20.1 20.4
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 24.2 24.2 23.8 23.5 23.0
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 1.7 7.3 5.2 3.7 5.0
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 2.8 6.3 4.6 2.4 5.2
Operating profit, year-over-year change -24.0 38.8 18.8 31.9 2.8
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 0.3 15.9 11.7 22.8 8.8
Taxes, year-over-year change -5.8 15.9 9.3 20.8 6.4