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Capital Ratios by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2015
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| Industry | Number of firms | Acc Rec/ Sales | Inventory/Sales | Acc Pay/ Sales | Non-cash WC/ Sales |
| Advertising | 52 | 44.67% | 5.12% | 46.01% | 1.17% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 93 | 16.43% | 21.64% | 8.97% | 27.80% |
| Air Transport | 22 | 4.39% | 2.69% | 5.10% | 4.12% |
| Apparel | 64 | 12.59% | 18.55% | 6.67% | 27.02% |
| Auto & Truck | 22 | 3.68% | 8.25% | 14.28% | -0.64% |
| Auto Parts | 75 | 15.58% | 7.90% | 13.32% | 9.40% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 13 | 0.00% | 1.94% | NA | NA |
| Banks (Regional) | 676 | 0.00% | 4.51% | NA | NA |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 22 | 14.36% | 22.07% | 16.57% | 22.12% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 46 | 12.42% | 6.05% | 19.10% | 0.01% |
| Broadcasting | 28 | 20.32% | 2.70% | 3.67% | 22.82% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 46 | 175.33% | 0.03% | NA | NA |
| Building Materials | 39 | 13.74% | 12.25% | 10.15% | 17.33% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 177 | 16.93% | 1.92% | 5.54% | 14.51% |
| Cable TV | 18 | 7.52% | 0.51% | 7.44% | 1.27% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 46 | 13.94% | 12.91% | 7.55% | 19.65% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 10 | 15.77% | 16.88% | 11.09% | 23.23% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 103 | 15.05% | 14.13% | 10.52% | 20.86% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 42 | 8.26% | 7.92% | 10.99% | 5.56% |
| Computer Services | 119 | 13.80% | 5.82% | 9.43% | 11.44% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 64 | 11.32% | 4.15% | 14.17% | 4.98% |
| Construction Supplies | 55 | 13.23% | 17.76% | 11.41% | 17.17% |
| Diversified | 23 | 13.66% | 9.05% | 14.63% | 2.22% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 400 | 14.60% | 9.77% | 5.38% | 23.48% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 151 | 17.05% | 12.80% | 8.97% | 24.69% |
| Education | 42 | 10.50% | 1.35% | 5.50% | 10.07% |
| Electrical Equipment | 126 | 18.90% | 12.68% | 10.69% | 21.27% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 28 | 15.65% | 14.18% | 12.99% | 19.46% |
| Electronics (General) | 189 | 15.83% | 15.37% | 11.88% | 21.21% |
| Engineering/Construction | 56 | 22.11% | 1.35% | 8.26% | 15.67% |
| Entertainment | 84 | 17.56% | 3.70% | 8.53% | 11.08% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 103 | 14.90% | 1.22% | 5.58% | 14.52% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 37 | 6.37% | 10.59% | 8.48% | 10.24% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 288 | 2708.91% | 1.30% | NA | NA |
| Food Processing | 96 | 8.80% | 11.45% | 8.41% | 10.76% |
| Food Wholesalers | 14 | 6.96% | 7.28% | 6.02% | 7.97% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 27 | 12.71% | 15.83% | 13.91% | 14.39% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 26 | 16.94% | 1.94% | 18.39% | 12.07% |
| Healthcare Products | 261 | 17.19% | 15.43% | 7.05% | 26.46% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 138 | 6.15% | 3.77% | 14.48% | -2.46% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 127 | 18.31% | 9.20% | 6.39% | 23.33% |
| Homebuilding | 35 | 1.90% | 102.49% | 5.59% | 99.89% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 56 | 21.99% | 2.18% | 5.89% | 21.73% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 80 | 8.38% | 3.09% | 5.78% | 6.22% |
| Household Products | 135 | 9.41% | 10.67% | 9.29% | 11.33% |
| Information Services | 67 | 18.65% | 1.18% | 6.28% | 15.01% |
| Insurance (General) | 24 | 16.09% | 0.00% | 77.63% | -11.14% |
| Insurance (Life) | 25 | 12.39% | 0.00% | 11.40% | 13.43% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 52 | 19.12% | 0.00% | 67.98% | -22.25% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 148 | 26.54% | 0.13% | NA | NA |
| Machinery | 137 | 16.77% | 13.97% | 8.39% | 22.95% |
| Metals & Mining | 124 | 7.50% | 18.60% | 13.09% | 12.39% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 25 | 13.75% | 8.85% | 13.33% | 10.42% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 8 | 9.05% | 4.23% | 12.14% | 2.07% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 392 | 13.86% | 1.94% | 15.48% | -2.80% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 85 | 8.84% | 3.20% | 7.83% | 3.23% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 161 | 9.61% | 7.01% | 7.90% | 8.92% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 12.88% | 11.89% | 11.89% | 11.62% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 22 | 9.93% | 9.71% | 8.13% | 12.82% |
| Power | 82 | 13.23% | 6.97% | 8.35% | 11.56% |
| Precious Metals | 147 | 4.39% | 30.42% | 6.18% | 30.52% |
| Publshing & Newspapers | 43 | 14.82% | 3.57% | 5.82% | 12.26% |
| R.E.I.T. | 213 | 48.65% | 0.91% | 17.74% | 41.25% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 18 | 6.21% | 55.61% | 6.88% | 26.49% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 | 4.26% | 7.63% | 3.58% | 7.79% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 52 | 16.10% | 0.20% | 11.16% | 6.66% |
| Recreation | 68 | 15.11% | 11.64% | 7.17% | 20.37% |
| Reinsurance | 4 | 13.69% | 0.00% | 26.06% | 33.53% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 79 | 3.84% | 2.28% | 4.57% | 0.78% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 30 | 2.29% | 15.92% | 8.63% | 9.80% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 5 | 1.16% | 16.05% | 9.55% | 7.16% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 90 | 13.17% | 14.93% | 8.28% | 19.65% |
| Retail (General) | 23 | 1.25% | 13.01% | 9.40% | 4.42% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 21 | 1.20% | 5.52% | 4.82% | 0.86% |
| Retail (Online) | 46 | 5.76% | 6.72% | 12.07% | -0.67% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 128 | 4.40% | 13.67% | 7.76% | 10.36% |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 | 16.01% | 16.00% | 14.42% | 13.03% |
| Semiconductor | 100 | 11.72% | 11.62% | 7.06% | 19.54% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 47 | 17.66% | 17.24% | 15.33% | 19.93% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 14 | 12.68% | 3.86% | 7.86% | 9.09% |
| Shoe | 13 | 12.85% | 15.01% | 7.57% | 21.38% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 20 | 14.45% | 2.95% | 4.88% | 26.09% |
| Software (Internet) | 327 | 20.66% | 0.31% | 2.88% | 14.67% |
| Software (System & Application) | 259 | 14.30% | 1.79% | 4.93% | 12.36% |
| Steel | 40 | 10.91% | 16.59% | 7.75% | 20.85% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 21 | 12.76% | 3.17% | 12.30% | 4.88% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 126 | 15.44% | 5.96% | 5.61% | 16.90% |
| Telecom. Services | 77 | 10.48% | 0.52% | 14.60% | -3.02% |
| Tobacco | 20 | 7.11% | 20.63% | 3.03% | 15.97% |
| Transportation | 21 | 12.18% | 0.52% | 5.05% | 8.28% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 10 | 8.48% | 2.74% | 7.60% | 2.83% |
| Trucking | 30 | 11.67% | 0.42% | 7.88% | 5.75% |
| Unclassified | 8 | 0.40% | 44.19% | NA | NA |
| Utility (General) | 21 | 12.59% | 6.61% | 8.18% | 7.16% |
| Utility (Water) | 19 | 14.72% | 1.25% | 8.54% | 6.55% |
| Total Market | 7887 | 46.19% | 7.75% | 71.29% | -16.62% |