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Table 24-3
Primary metal manufacturing — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.578 0.540 0.457 0.322 1.220
Profit margin (percent) 10.7 9.6 13.7 11.5 10.3
Return on equity (percent) 8.1 8.1 14.5 7.0 -6.2
Return on capital employed (percent) 6.4 6.7 11.6 6.7 -0.6
Working capital (ratio) 1.520 1.548 1.592 1.469 1.472
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.894 0.999 1.105 1.002 1.018
Inventory turnover (ratio) 6.212 6.267 6.520 6.938 6.803
Receivables turnover (ratio) 6.550 6.230 5.321 4.631 3.895
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 16.4 22.5 21.1 7.9 6.7
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 32.9 34.2 33.3 31.8 30.8
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 22.3 5.5 11.2 -0.4 6.2
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 13.0 6.7 6.2 2.2 7.7
Operating profit, year-over-year change 288.8 -5.0 58.9 -16.4 -5.0
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 55.4 22.8 116.0 -46.1 -37.9
Taxes, year-over-year change 54.6 24.2 105.8 -50.1 -39.8