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Capital Ratios by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2021
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| Industry Name | Number of firms | Acc Rec/ Sales | Inventory/Sales | Acc Pay/ Sales | Non-cash WC/ Sales |
| Advertising | 61 | 42.54% | 3.69% | 44.67% | -0.57% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 72 | 20.83% | 31.39% | 9.18% | 43.56% |
| Air Transport | 17 | 4.50% | 3.96% | 7.08% | 1.70% |
| Apparel | 51 | 13.41% | 21.26% | 10.27% | 24.96% |
| Auto & Truck | 19 | 5.60% | 9.42% | 16.34% | -6.94% |
| Auto Parts | 52 | 18.75% | 11.07% | 16.14% | 13.84% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 7 | 0.00% | 0.20% | NA | NA |
| Banks (Regional) | 598 | 0.00% | 1.18% | NA | NA |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 23 | 11.36% | 17.38% | 17.38% | 15.25% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 41 | 12.46% | 7.11% | 28.88% | -9.54% |
| Broadcasting | 29 | 22.15% | 2.47% | 3.12% | 15.71% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 39 | 139.64% | 0.15% | NA | NA |
| Building Materials | 42 | 15.47% | 11.05% | 8.86% | 15.45% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 169 | 17.19% | 2.31% | 7.51% | 13.84% |
| Cable TV | 13 | 7.86% | 0.27% | 8.03% | -1.35% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 48 | 12.49% | 14.56% | 10.85% | 15.78% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 5 | 12.76% | 16.12% | 10.75% | 17.68% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 97 | 17.61% | 16.18% | 12.77% | 21.29% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 29 | 7.57% | 9.58% | 11.46% | 7.75% |
| Computer Services | 116 | 16.58% | 4.72% | 9.93% | 12.09% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 52 | 8.72% | 4.73% | 17.65% | -9.08% |
| Construction Supplies | 46 | 13.81% | 18.18% | 11.74% | 17.23% |
| Diversified | 29 | 13.65% | 10.83% | 15.80% | 1.48% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 547 | 19.50% | 9.76% | 16.02% | 13.14% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 287 | 19.63% | 14.39% | 8.48% | 26.23% |
| Education | 38 | 11.49% | 2.49% | 6.66% | 7.47% |
| Electrical Equipment | 122 | 18.58% | 13.27% | 10.32% | 21.00% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 22 | 13.14% | 17.22% | 15.00% | 13.26% |
| Electronics (General) | 157 | 18.68% | 15.60% | 13.88% | 20.52% |
| Engineering/Construction | 61 | 26.61% | 1.05% | 9.85% | 17.94% |
| Entertainment | 118 | 12.48% | 3.02% | 11.99% | 0.65% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 86 | 14.77% | 1.30% | 6.13% | 9.56% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 32 | 7.83% | 15.33% | 10.20% | 13.00% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 235 | 2615.98% | 0.37% | NA | NA |
| Food Processing | 101 | 7.59% | 10.88% | 11.19% | 5.27% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 5.39% | 6.87% | 6.95% | 5.38% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 40 | 14.32% | 14.54% | 15.33% | 10.60% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 25 | 25.64% | 4.34% | 24.41% | -158.25% |
| Healthcare Products | 265 | 17.53% | 17.29% | 7.86% | 25.16% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 129 | 5.69% | 4.20% | 13.94% | -5.33% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 139 | 21.18% | 8.51% | 6.92% | 23.07% |
| Homebuilding | 30 | 1.17% | 68.62% | 4.50% | 66.10% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 32 | 13.52% | 2.45% | 6.26% | 3.37% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 66 | 13.51% | 6.87% | 7.25% | 15.67% |
| Household Products | 140 | 9.24% | 10.81% | 13.52% | 8.85% |
| Information Services | 77 | 17.99% | 0.20% | 6.08% | 6.79% |
| Insurance (General) | 21 | 27.27% | 0.00% | 83.45% | -15.44% |
| Insurance (Life) | 26 | 17.16% | 0.00% | 26.08% | 1.35% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 55 | 17.52% | 0.00% | 93.99% | -52.80% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 348 | 21.44% | 0.01% | NA | NA |
| Machinery | 125 | 17.99% | 14.86% | 9.49% | 23.31% |
| Metals & Mining | 86 | 8.64% | 19.65% | 13.46% | 14.30% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 22 | 11.56% | 10.05% | 11.07% | 6.66% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 3 | 9.91% | 7.89% | 14.25% | 5.39% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 278 | 11.81% | 3.04% | 11.24% | 1.29% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 57 | 8.94% | 3.89% | 5.66% | 6.97% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 135 | 9.16% | 8.99% | 8.66% | 11.41% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 13.72% | 11.58% | 12.70% | 7.23% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 15 | 10.37% | 15.35% | 9.75% | 15.40% |
| Power | 55 | 15.09% | 6.46% | 13.50% | 2.57% |
| Precious Metals | 93 | 2.87% | 15.56% | 4.69% | 11.99% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 29 | 13.80% | 4.20% | 6.88% | 11.60% |
| R.E.I.T. | 238 | 95.49% | 0.51% | 17.35% | 89.65% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 25 | 4.41% | 13.20% | 4.47% | -3.41% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 | 29.14% | 291.09% | 11.59% | 301.01% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 61 | 14.93% | 0.31% | 8.31% | 14.01% |
| Recreation | 69 | 14.64% | 13.95% | 9.87% | 15.66% |
| Reinsurance | 2 | 17.06% | 0.00% | 35.31% | -7.60% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 79 | 5.85% | 2.68% | 4.54% | 2.84% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 30 | 2.79% | 17.66% | 9.91% | 10.95% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 15 | 1.23% | 15.46% | 11.78% | 4.46% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 85 | 11.91% | 13.93% | 9.10% | 15.54% |
| Retail (General) | 17 | 0.85% | 11.04% | 10.93% | 0.06% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 14 | 1.05% | 5.86% | 5.24% | -0.20% |
| Retail (Online) | 75 | 4.87% | 6.30% | 15.08% | -3.70% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 85 | 3.19% | 13.55% | 12.50% | 4.75% |
| Rubber& Tires | 3 | 18.65% | 17.24% | 17.38% | 13.63% |
| Semiconductor | 70 | 12.86% | 13.27% | 6.92% | 17.44% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 40 | 18.84% | 18.87% | 7.01% | 27.82% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 11 | 12.29% | 5.90% | 8.02% | 8.57% |
| Shoe | 11 | 11.16% | 16.73% | 7.25% | 20.38% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 101 | 12.96% | 0.37% | 2.39% | 5.41% |
| Software (Internet) | 36 | 11.60% | 0.01% | 3.87% | 10.58% |
| Software (System & Application) | 388 | 16.13% | 0.95% | 5.75% | 13.15% |
| Steel | 32 | 11.48% | 18.13% | 7.71% | 21.69% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 16 | 13.50% | 3.21% | 6.51% | 10.99% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 96 | 19.28% | 6.74% | 6.98% | 16.84% |
| Telecom. Services | 58 | 14.19% | 0.50% | 16.82% | 1.18% |
| Tobacco | 15 | 7.00% | 22.25% | 5.03% | 13.10% |
| Transportation | 21 | 14.03% | 0.35% | 6.47% | 7.97% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 6 | 8.09% | 2.98% | 7.99% | 1.65% |
| Trucking | 35 | 11.56% | 0.28% | 5.74% | 6.07% |
| Utility (General) | 16 | 12.26% | 6.44% | 8.30% | 9.01% |
| Utility (Water) | 17 | 15.46% | 1.98% | 8.04% | 16.95% |
| Total Market | 7582 | 51.32% | 8.14% | 95.91% | -36.10% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 6253 | 11.49% | 9.01% | 11.23% | 8.28% |