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Table 43-3
Food and beverage stores — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.946 0.892 0.865 0.919 0.836
Profit margin (percent) 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.1 6.1
Return on equity (percent) 55.1 52.1 48.3 52.5 50.3
Return on capital employed (percent) 30.4 29.7 27.9 29.0 29.0
Working capital (ratio) 1.052 1.119 1.132 1.107 1.169
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.382 0.421 0.432 0.447 0.453
Inventory turnover (ratio) 19.559 19.470 18.934 19.751 18.957
Receivables turnover (ratio) 61.616 63.092 58.167 63.830 59.327
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 27.8 27.1 28.3 19.5 25.8
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 31.5 32.1 31.3 37.7 32.6
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 22.7 3.2 1.5 4.1 3.9
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 24.1 3.4 1.3 4.4 3.9
Operating profit, year-over-year change 5.8 0.5 4.5 -0.2 4.3
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 21.6 -3.6 -16.0 -35.2 40.1
Taxes, year-over-year change 9.5 -1.1 -16.9 -21.0 19.9