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Table 41-3
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliance stores — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.514 1.027 0.932 0.930 0.998
Profit margin (percent) 2.8 2.6 3.2 3.5 4.0
Return on equity (percent) 11.8 9.0 12.0 12.7 9.0
Return on capital employed (percent) 7.5 7.5 9.1 8.7 7.0
Working capital (ratio) 1.341 1.454 1.457 1.454 1.446
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.625 0.685 0.701 0.693 0.638
Inventory turnover (ratio) 6.425 5.983 6.151 6.235 6.119
Receivables turnover (ratio) 14.680 17.398 17.545 17.085 17.471
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 24.5 23.2 23.2 22.5 23.4
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 26.4 25.5 25.6 25.5 24.6
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change -0.5 5.3 6.1 6.5 3.5
Operating expenses, year-over-year change -0.7 5.5 5.4 6.2 3.0
Operating profit, year-over-year change 5.1 -1.3 30.3 15.1 17.3
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 2.5 2.2 10.9 14.4 10.3
Taxes, year-over-year change -0.3 -1.1 11.0 13.6 6.7