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Table 18-3
Basic chemical manufacturing — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.053 1.257 1.921 1.170 0.903
Profit margin (percent) 10.3 10.5 10.3 10.6 6.9
Return on equity (percent) 8.5 5.8 -10.2 16.5 7.3
Return on capital employed (percent) 6.0 5.7 0.4 10.6 5.3
Working capital (ratio) 1.341 1.536 1.213 1.279 1.252
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.949 1.156 0.781 0.837 0.850
Inventory turnover (ratio) 10.199 11.323 10.086 10.567 11.944
Receivables turnover (ratio) 7.490 7.180 7.616 8.103 7.950
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 23.8 29.6 32.2 26.5 30.0
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 32.8 33.1 31.7 30.1 30.6
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change -21.7 10.8 -2.2 9.1 4.4
Operating expenses, year-over-year change -29.2 10.5 -1.9 8.7 8.7
Operating profit, year-over-year change 859.3 13.0 -4.3 12.5 -32.0
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 48.8 9.8 1.9 1.1 -4.2
Taxes, year-over-year change 18.0 9.2 -4.7 -4.7 -2.5