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Table 67-3
Educational, healthcare and social assistance services — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.901 0.810 0.770 0.681 0.693
Profit margin (percent) 12.5 12.9 13.1 13.9 16.4
Return on equity (percent) 21.3 20.4 19.1 24.4 25.1
Return on capital employed (percent) 13.3 13.4 13.1 16.1 16.1
Working capital (ratio) 1.429 1.471 1.538 1.596 1.741
Quick ratio (ratio) 1.357 1.399 1.478 1.538 1.692
Inventory turnover (ratio) 59.222 60.213 69.687 70.315 82.715
Receivables turnover (ratio) 12.485 12.862 12.172 11.911 12.048
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 18.3 19.3 20.0 19.5 18.4
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 21.1 20.6 20.9 20.8 18.8
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 6.2 9.1 6.7 10.8 6.6
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 4.6 8.6 6.4 9.8 3.5
Operating profit, year-over-year change 19.0 12.9 8.4 17.6 25.5
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 17.5 13.7 23.3 28.0 20.7
Taxes, year-over-year change 15.2 10.9 24.4 27.0 9.4