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Table 51-3
Broadcasting, motion pictures, sound recording and information services — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.272 1.379 1.019 0.942 1.443
Profit margin (percent) 6.6 9.3 9.0 10.0 8.5
Return on equity (percent) 7.6 15.3 9.0 18.6 13.2
Return on capital employed (percent) 5.0 8.8 6.5 11.2 7.2
Working capital (ratio) 1.177 1.033 1.184 1.308 1.138
Quick ratio (ratio) 1.050 0.893 1.030 1.164 1.038
Inventory turnover (ratio) 17.736 14.429 14.547 16.254 17.925
Receivables turnover (ratio) 3.594 4.138 3.851 4.327 3.711
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 18.9 23.9 25.5 24.0 29.6
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 36.0 34.2 36.6 31.9 36.7
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 4.1 12.6 -1.3 8.9 -5.6
Operating expenses, year-over-year change -0.6 9.4 -1.0 7.6 -4.0
Operating profit, year-over-year change 214.2 58.1 -4.2 21.8 -20.0
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 19.7 4.5 -1.9 32.3 37.9
Taxes, year-over-year change 11.7 -0.9 2.7 14.9 58.4