Table 48-3
Rail, truck, water and other transportation — 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) 0.996 0.928 1.195 0.998 0.811
Profit margin (percent) 8.4 7.3 7.4 7.1 8.7
Return on equity (percent) 19.3 15.1 8.9 15.6 18.4
Return on capital employed (percent) 12.0 9.7 6.1 9.9 12.1
Working capital (ratio) 0.986 1.074 1.066 1.182 1.232
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.925 1.010 1.002 1.112 1.166
Inventory turnover (ratio) 89.901 84.191 85.161 80.933 89.553
Receivables turnover (ratio) 8.736 7.706 8.053 8.380 7.822
Income taxes to taxable income
(percent)
30.5 28.9 27.0 26.6 26.0
  percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year
change
12.5 1.7 2.9 -12.2 3.3
Operating expenses, year-over-year
change
11.6 3.0 2.8 -11.9 1.5
Operating profit, year-over-year
change
23.8 -12.4 4.9 -16.2 26.9
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year
change
64.4 -4.2 2.9 -26.7 18.2
Taxes, year-over-year change 81.1 -10.3 -3.5 -27.6 14.9
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