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Table 68-3
Arts, entertainment and recreation — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.810 1.433 1.349 1.593 1.570
Profit margin (percent) 21.8 21.1 20.6 20.3 21.0
Return on equity (percent) 86.1 67.6 62.7 68.8 65.8
Return on capital employed (percent) 33.1 30.0 29.3 28.5 27.7
Working capital (ratio) 0.849 1.045 0.991 0.988 0.998
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.730 0.931 0.889 0.883 0.897
Inventory turnover (ratio) 49.751 52.327 57.351 53.105 55.218
Receivables turnover (ratio) 19.948 16.631 18.439 20.893 22.260
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 23.6 20.8 18.7 12.7 17.9
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 28.8 28.6 26.8 27.3 26.2
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 3.5 -0.6 6.1 3.0 1.8
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 2.9 0.3 6.8 3.4 0.8
Operating profit, year-over-year change 5.5 -3.5 3.2 1.6 5.7
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 11.0 -7.4 -4.2 8.7 3.0
Taxes, year-over-year change 12.3 -8.7 -11.1 9.8 -1.1