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Table 66-3
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.487 1.316 1.141 1.135 1.081
Profit margin (percent) 4.0 4.7 5.0 5.3 4.7
Return on equity (percent) 15.8 19.1 20.4 15.4 13.4
Return on capital employed (percent) 8.3 10.1 11.5 8.6 8.2
Working capital (ratio) 1.217 1.348 1.395 1.301 1.375
Quick ratio (ratio) 1.157 1.282 1.325 1.241 1.303
Inventory turnover (ratio) 66.335 64.356 58.415 59.789 53.104
Receivables turnover (ratio) 8.230 8.266 7.916 7.620 7.962
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 22.9 21.8 22.1 24.3 24.8
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 27.6 28.0 28.1 27.8 26.1
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 8.5 11.0 6.5 7.5 11.5
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 8.4 10.1 6.2 7.2 12.2
Operating profit, year-over-year change 13.3 32.8 12.7 14.4 -1.7
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 16.4 15.3 21.6 17.1 10.1
Taxes, year-over-year change 14.3 17.6 20.5 18.4 4.0