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Capital Ratios by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2016
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| Industry Name | Number of firms | Acc Rec/ Sales | Inventory/Sales | Acc Pay/ Sales | Non-cash WC/ Sales |
| Advertising | 44 | 46.16% | 5.08% | 50.73% | -0.54% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 92 | 16.20% | 21.50% | 8.89% | 27.61% |
| Air Transport | 20 | 4.07% | 2.25% | 5.14% | 3.48% |
| Apparel | 63 | 12.35% | 19.59% | 6.38% | 27.82% |
| Auto & Truck | 19 | 3.60% | 8.33% | 15.26% | -1.35% |
| Auto Parts | 65 | 15.35% | 7.95% | 12.89% | 10.10% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 9 | 0.00% | 0.92% | NA | NA |
| Banks (Regional) | 644 | 0.00% | 3.37% | NA | NA |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 22 | 14.30% | 22.56% | 15.01% | 24.56% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 43 | 11.17% | 5.47% | 18.23% | 1.02% |
| Broadcasting | 29 | 19.81% | 2.72% | 3.58% | 20.47% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 42 | 147.21% | 0.03% | NA | NA |
| Building Materials | 39 | 13.46% | 12.04% | 9.81% | 16.92% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 159 | 18.08% | 1.84% | 6.37% | 15.68% |
| Cable TV | 19 | 7.31% | 0.31% | 6.03% | 9.46% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 42 | 13.15% | 12.46% | 7.07% | 19.13% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 9 | 13.98% | 16.20% | 10.43% | 20.98% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 104 | 15.82% | 14.71% | 10.79% | 20.67% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 38 | 7.38% | 7.07% | 9.33% | 5.70% |
| Computer Services | 118 | 14.17% | 5.26% | 9.24% | 11.10% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 64 | 11.21% | 3.83% | 13.70% | 4.97% |
| Construction Supplies | 52 | 12.38% | 16.50% | 10.01% | 16.64% |
| Diversified | 26 | 13.77% | 9.39% | 13.13% | 5.68% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 411 | 17.83% | 9.55% | 11.16% | 20.33% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 157 | 17.77% | 13.49% | 7.05% | 25.28% |
| Education | 40 | 12.29% | 2.36% | 6.00% | 11.23% |
| Electrical Equipment | 120 | 17.56% | 12.42% | 10.16% | 20.27% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 25 | 15.29% | 15.13% | 12.93% | 18.81% |
| Electronics (General) | 167 | 15.26% | 15.65% | 12.11% | 21.07% |
| Engineering/Construction | 51 | 21.76% | 1.23% | 8.15% | 15.00% |
| Entertainment | 84 | 18.04% | 3.93% | 8.50% | 12.06% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 97 | 14.80% | 1.14% | 5.79% | 11.04% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 37 | 7.16% | 11.95% | 9.21% | 12.09% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 272 | 2861.40% | 1.10% | NA | NA |
| Food Processing | 89 | 7.91% | 10.94% | 8.70% | 8.71% |
| Food Wholesalers | 14 | 6.53% | 7.03% | 5.98% | 7.79% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 30 | 13.64% | 15.28% | 13.90% | 13.85% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 28 | 16.86% | 1.12% | 19.51% | 13.16% |
| Healthcare Products | 254 | 16.23% | 16.09% | 6.64% | 26.49% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 127 | 6.27% | 3.83% | 15.55% | -3.42% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 126 | 19.08% | 8.76% | 6.65% | 24.10% |
| Homebuilding | 34 | 2.14% | 82.08% | 4.89% | 79.71% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 58 | 20.19% | 1.86% | 5.59% | 19.76% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 73 | 8.34% | 3.35% | 5.91% | 4.83% |
| Household Products | 134 | 9.13% | 10.37% | 9.82% | 14.12% |
| Information Services | 70 | 17.72% | 1.17% | 6.27% | 1.62% |
| Insurance (General) | 20 | 16.51% | 0.00% | 30.69% | 36.56% |
| Insurance (Life) | 25 | 12.92% | 0.00% | 10.24% | 8.50% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 53 | 19.32% | 0.00% | 65.44% | -21.09% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 145 | 17.08% | 0.09% | NA | NA |
| Machinery | 130 | 16.27% | 14.31% | 8.23% | 22.80% |
| Metals & Mining | 114 | 6.14% | 20.15% | 13.24% | 13.14% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 24 | 13.11% | 9.07% | 12.74% | 9.99% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 7 | 9.53% | 5.90% | 13.39% | 3.82% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 351 | 12.62% | 2.68% | 14.17% | 5.97% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 79 | 7.42% | 3.07% | 6.47% | 2.43% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 143 | 7.92% | 7.97% | 6.09% | 10.26% |
| Packaging & Container | 25 | 12.88% | 12.51% | 13.03% | 10.07% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 20 | 10.73% | 11.76% | 8.26% | 15.69% |
| Power | 73 | 13.03% | 6.87% | 8.25% | 10.82% |
| Precious Metals | 113 | 2.23% | 19.18% | 6.13% | 15.07% |
| Publshing & Newspapers | 39 | 13.95% | 3.65% | 5.97% | 11.80% |
| R.E.I.T. | 221 | 59.36% | 1.00% | 18.02% | 55.26% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 21 | 10.51% | 105.21% | 7.32% | 93.27% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 12 | 8.95% | 12.87% | 6.17% | 17.29% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 55 | 18.06% | 0.06% | 12.34% | 12.35% |
| Recreation | 65 | 14.81% | 12.67% | 7.56% | 20.87% |
| Reinsurance | 3 | 14.93% | 0.00% | 27.87% | 1.68% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 83 | 3.56% | 2.38% | 4.46% | 1.87% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 26 | 2.43% | 17.25% | 8.66% | 11.13% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 5 | 1.32% | 15.93% | 9.88% | 7.08% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 83 | 11.92% | 13.63% | 7.84% | 17.85% |
| Retail (General) | 19 | 0.87% | 13.15% | 9.60% | 3.94% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 17 | 1.30% | 5.51% | 5.03% | 0.42% |
| Retail (Online) | 39 | 5.94% | 7.32% | 12.44% | 0.23% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 124 | 5.12% | 13.56% | 8.26% | 9.63% |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 | 15.24% | 15.23% | 14.19% | 15.24% |
| Semiconductor | 87 | 11.29% | 12.06% | 7.33% | 20.62% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 46 | 16.91% | 15.45% | 9.27% | 24.95% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 11 | 12.73% | 4.34% | 8.12% | 10.42% |
| Shoe | 11 | 11.91% | 15.85% | 7.14% | 21.74% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 17 | 13.82% | 2.84% | 5.18% | 26.34% |
| Software (Internet) | 308 | 12.37% | 0.08% | 2.66% | 13.25% |
| Software (System & Application) | 241 | 13.68% | 2.08% | 4.94% | 11.45% |
| Steel | 36 | 9.65% | 16.08% | 6.33% | 19.69% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 19 | 11.05% | 3.19% | 14.68% | 2.67% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 121 | 15.96% | 6.23% | 5.10% | 18.53% |
| Telecom. Services | 65 | 10.81% | 0.53% | 15.39% | -2.11% |
| Tobacco | 20 | 6.83% | 20.85% | 3.20% | 14.15% |
| Transportation | 21 | 12.66% | 0.54% | 5.40% | 8.08% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 12 | 8.26% | 3.01% | 7.23% | 3.99% |
| Trucking | 26 | 11.39% | 0.37% | 8.14% | 4.90% |
| Unclassified | 3 | 5.34% | 0.00% | 34.78% | -15.03% |
| Utility (General) | 20 | 12.91% | 6.63% | 8.80% | 6.69% |
| Utility (Water) | 18 | 16.65% | 1.30% | 8.82% | 7.12% |
| Total Market | 7480 | 47.71% | 7.85% | 74.78% | -17.28% |