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Table 6-3
Forestry, logging and support activities — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.924 1.282 1.313 1.249 1.008
Profit margin (percent) 4.6 4.0 4.2 3.2 1.8
Return on equity (percent) 10.8 9.9 11.0 6.8 9.6
Return on capital employed (percent) 7.8 6.9 7.5 5.4 7.1
Working capital (ratio) 1.056 1.050 1.078 1.116 1.122
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.831 0.825 0.879 0.937 0.944
Inventory turnover (ratio) 20.008 19.322 21.947 24.643 22.098
Receivables turnover (ratio) 13.419 12.694 12.604 12.357 11.803
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 14.0 15.9 14.8 16.4 9.4
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 20.8 20.6 21.7 21.1 19.5
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 7.4 5.9 -4.4 -7.1 -12.6
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 5.6 6.6 -4.7 -6.1 -11.3
Operating profit, year-over-year change 63.2 -8.3 1.1 -29.9 -50.8
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 20.4 -0.9 16.0 -12.3 -17.4
Taxes, year-over-year change 23.8 -1.9 18.2 -14.2 -21.4