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Table 34-3
Petroleum product wholesaler-distributors — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.032 1.060 1.003 1.020 1.172
Profit margin (percent) 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.7
Return on equity (percent) 19.9 19.6 16.0 14.8 16.6
Return on capital employed (percent) 12.0 11.5 10.1 9.3 8.9
Working capital (ratio) 1.178 1.248 1.129 1.190 1.274
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.967 1.023 0.896 0.955 1.037
Inventory turnover (ratio) 51.733 47.318 47.391 44.354 56.541
Receivables turnover (ratio) 14.253 13.246 14.918 13.855 18.615
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 22.1 25.5 28.4 22.1 8.3
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 34.2 31.4 30.3 30.0 27.8
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 26.3 32.0 13.1 -13.6 51.8
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 25.8 32.2 13.1 -13.7 52.2
Operating profit, year-over-year change 98.4 20.8 7.6 1.2 5.2
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 48.9 18.8 20.0 2.8 -13.3
Taxes, year-over-year change 61.6 7.8 15.4 1.8 -19.9