Table 16-3
Printing and related support activities — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios


Table summary
This table displays the results of selected ratios 2006,  2007, 2008, 2009 and  2010, calculated using percentage change units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  2006  2007 2008 2009  2010
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.535 0.614 0.814 0.412 0.473
Profit margin (percent) 5.6 4.2 4.3 2.2 6.0
Return on equity (percent) 3.7 2.6 -4.9 -0.7 5.2
Return on capital employed (percent) 3.6 2.8 -1.7 0.8 4.7
Working capital (ratio) 1.176 1.126 0.841 1.987 1.988
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.918 0.894 0.664 1.734 1.750
Inventory turnover (ratio) 15.921 17.951 16.535 16.689 17.579
Receivables turnover (ratio) 6.598 6.919 7.237 3.011 2.943
Income taxes to taxable income
(percent)
28.6 28.2 24.5 24.6 25.1
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year
change
-1.7 -2.7 -1.2 -8.3 -2.8
Operating expenses, year-over-year
change
-1.7 -1.4 -1.3 -6.3 -6.6
Operating profit, year-over-year
change
-2.7 -25.8 0.0 -53.9 169.5
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year
change
0.6 -1.4 -17.7 -19.4 28.6
Taxes, year-over-year change -11.5 -2.7 -30.2 -18.5 35.8
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