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Table 64-3
Automotive, machinery and equipment and other rental and leasing — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 2.981 1.904 1.962 1.975 1.835
Profit margin (percent) 8.8 9.7 11.2 10.7 11.7
Return on equity (percent) 12.8 13.0 17.6 16.0 13.2
Return on capital employed (percent) 5.6 6.8 8.4 7.8 7.1
Working capital (ratio) 0.561 0.836 0.934 0.880 0.904
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.495 0.711 0.795 0.760 0.773
Inventory turnover (ratio) 13.352 14.398 13.760 13.992 13.724
Receivables turnover (ratio) 5.822 5.598 5.551 5.203 5.694
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 37.5 22.3 24.0 22.1 21.8
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 34.7 30.6 30.6 29.3 27.8
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 8.3 -1.8 8.4 -1.7 4.8
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 7.7 -2.8 6.6 -1.2 3.6
Operating profit, year-over-year change 15.2 7.5 25.2 -5.8 14.3
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 134.3 -31.3 24.5 -1.6 9.4
Taxes, year-over-year change 152.0 -48.4 22.8 -5.1 0.9