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Capital Ratios by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2017
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| Industry Name | Number of firms | Acc Rec/ Sales | Inventory/Sales | Acc Pay/ Sales | Non-cash WC/ Sales |
| Advertising | 41 | 45.94% | 4.62% | 53.25% | -3.57% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 96 | 16.65% | 21.45% | 9.27% | 25.99% |
| Air Transport | 18 | 4.23% | 2.08% | 5.36% | 0.66% |
| Apparel | 58 | 12.26% | 19.07% | 5.93% | 26.03% |
| Auto & Truck | 15 | 6.58% | 8.47% | 15.60% | -2.43% |
| Auto Parts | 63 | 16.25% | 9.09% | 13.64% | 12.00% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 10 | 0.00% | 0.64% | NA | NA |
| Banks (Regional) | 645 | 0.00% | 2.58% | NA | NA |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 25 | 13.84% | 24.07% | 16.68% | 24.01% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 36 | 11.39% | 5.63% | 21.72% | -3.04% |
| Broadcasting | 30 | 21.93% | 3.14% | 2.68% | 22.03% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 45 | 166.68% | 0.11% | NA | NA |
| Building Materials | 41 | 12.20% | 10.97% | 8.85% | 14.69% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 165 | 19.09% | 1.88% | 6.47% | 15.86% |
| Cable TV | 14 | 8.72% | 0.41% | 7.42% | 2.85% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 45 | 15.83% | 13.45% | 9.37% | 20.55% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 8 | 17.10% | 17.69% | 12.80% | 21.62% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 100 | 16.19% | 14.61% | 10.90% | 20.93% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 38 | 8.42% | 7.09% | 9.82% | 7.42% |
| Computer Services | 117 | 15.23% | 5.13% | 8.94% | 11.88% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 55 | 9.45% | 3.94% | 16.73% | -1.68% |
| Construction Supplies | 51 | 12.49% | 16.28% | 10.00% | 15.72% |
| Diversified | 24 | 15.86% | 11.91% | 12.83% | 7.07% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 426 | 16.95% | 7.67% | 11.12% | 15.51% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 164 | 18.60% | 13.50% | 6.79% | 20.01% |
| Education | 36 | 12.61% | 1.46% | 6.25% | 9.38% |
| Electrical Equipment | 119 | 17.85% | 12.93% | 10.07% | 20.98% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 24 | 15.99% | 13.15% | 14.13% | 18.04% |
| Electronics (General) | 164 | 15.36% | 15.07% | 12.20% | 17.86% |
| Engineering/Construction | 48 | 22.66% | 1.64% | 9.12% | 15.08% |
| Entertainment | 79 | 18.52% | 3.80% | 8.72% | 11.29% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 89 | 15.31% | 1.22% | 5.53% | 10.63% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 37 | 7.23% | 12.69% | 9.99% | 10.00% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 258 | 2708.80% | 0.97% | NA | NA |
| Food Processing | 87 | 7.48% | 10.76% | 9.25% | 6.48% |
| Food Wholesalers | 16 | 6.48% | 6.20% | 6.23% | 6.24% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 30 | 14.00% | 15.78% | 14.06% | 14.05% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 25 | 15.20% | 0.75% | 12.62% | -15.25% |
| Healthcare Products | 254 | 16.42% | 14.46% | 6.31% | 22.37% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 121 | 6.22% | 3.71% | 16.15% | -4.92% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 125 | 19.41% | 10.02% | 6.91% | 22.95% |
| Homebuilding | 33 | 1.02% | 75.66% | 4.43% | 72.33% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 38 | 13.75% | 2.08% | 5.06% | 11.23% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 69 | 7.58% | 3.22% | 6.50% | 0.13% |
| Household Products | 129 | 9.51% | 10.86% | 11.81% | 15.29% |
| Information Services | 64 | 18.57% | 0.98% | 7.46% | -2.12% |
| Insurance (General) | 19 | 18.67% | 0.00% | 27.90% | 37.92% |
| Insurance (Life) | 22 | 13.04% | 0.00% | 10.59% | 13.22% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 50 | 19.64% | 0.00% | 72.87% | -25.60% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 156 | 17.61% | 0.05% | NA | NA |
| Machinery | 127 | 16.89% | 14.48% | 8.78% | 21.86% |
| Metals & Mining | 97 | 6.93% | 19.07% | 12.42% | 27.22% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 24 | 12.74% | 9.16% | 12.49% | 9.39% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 7 | 11.76% | 7.19% | 14.78% | 5.11% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 330 | 14.39% | 3.27% | 14.77% | 2.33% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 78 | 9.76% | 4.99% | 8.09% | 6.64% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 148 | 10.44% | 9.86% | 9.31% | 11.15% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 12.90% | 12.27% | 12.61% | 11.36% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 23 | 9.60% | 13.30% | 8.00% | 15.00% |
| Power | 68 | 14.79% | 7.09% | 9.86% | 9.11% |
| Precious Metals | 109 | 2.16% | 18.49% | 5.16% | 33.49% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 37 | 14.70% | 4.55% | 7.50% | 11.36% |
| R.E.I.T. | 238 | 55.95% | 0.73% | 13.55% | 56.38% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 18 | 10.72% | 70.31% | 4.89% | 61.59% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 | 10.52% | 11.37% | 5.72% | 18.02% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 54 | 15.67% | 0.05% | 8.42% | 13.61% |
| Recreation | 66 | 14.86% | 13.26% | 7.75% | 19.19% |
| Reinsurance | 3 | 15.19% | 0.00% | 27.49% | -0.47% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 86 | 3.84% | 2.48% | 4.69% | 0.04% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 25 | 2.62% | 18.11% | 8.99% | 11.76% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 6 | 1.26% | 15.69% | 10.08% | 6.25% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 88 | 12.70% | 13.56% | 8.39% | 17.53% |
| Retail (General) | 19 | 0.94% | 12.72% | 9.75% | 3.22% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 14 | 1.42% | 5.83% | 5.20% | 0.60% |
| Retail (Online) | 57 | 5.76% | 7.23% | 12.29% | 0.15% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 108 | 4.64% | 12.91% | 7.99% | 7.96% |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 | 16.60% | 17.65% | 15.35% | 13.49% |
| Semiconductor | 80 | 11.88% | 12.26% | 8.95% | 19.16% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 45 | 19.49% | 16.84% | 7.44% | 26.16% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 11 | 11.90% | 12.58% | 8.84% | 16.50% |
| Shoe | 10 | 11.20% | 15.79% | 6.69% | 20.37% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 13 | 12.82% | 2.06% | 4.54% | 21.12% |
| Software (Internet) | 297 | 13.37% | 0.40% | 2.88% | 9.95% |
| Software (System & Application) | 236 | 13.98% | 2.77% | 9.21% | 9.78% |
| Steel | 38 | 11.38% | 17.86% | 7.33% | 21.58% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 17 | 7.99% | 2.97% | 12.19% | 1.72% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 107 | 18.12% | 5.88% | 5.52% | 15.71% |
| Telecom. Services | 67 | 11.13% | 0.49% | 14.58% | -2.93% |
| Tobacco | 22 | 6.21% | 20.63% | 3.63% | 13.51% |
| Transportation | 17 | 12.76% | 0.50% | 5.29% | 8.21% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 7 | 8.39% | 3.51% | 7.79% | 3.09% |
| Trucking | 30 | 11.47% | 0.34% | 7.76% | 4.66% |
| Utility (General) | 18 | 12.16% | 7.51% | 8.65% | 5.28% |
| Utility (Water) | 22 | 16.12% | 1.35% | 6.23% | 11.92% |
| Total Market | 7330 | 49.67% | 8.09% | 82.16% | -24.87% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 6100 | 11.02% | 8.91% | 10.51% | 8.89% |