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Capital Ratios by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2018
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| Industry Name | Number of firms | Acc Rec/ Sales | Inventory/Sales | Acc Pay/ Sales | Non-cash WC/ Sales |
| Advertising | 40 | 47.59% | 4.92% | 53.19% | -1.65% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 87 | 18.74% | 22.36% | 10.04% | 27.71% |
| Air Transport | 17 | 4.30% | 2.46% | 5.38% | 1.19% |
| Apparel | 51 | 12.73% | 19.61% | 7.17% | 25.76% |
| Auto & Truck | 18 | 6.37% | 7.73% | 14.14% | -2.06% |
| Auto Parts | 62 | 17.07% | 9.11% | 15.18% | 11.20% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 11 | 0.00% | 0.46% | NA | NA |
| Banks (Regional) | 612 | 0.00% | 1.92% | NA | NA |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 28 | 11.22% | 18.55% | 16.17% | 16.51% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 35 | 11.39% | 5.63% | 21.60% | -3.45% |
| Broadcasting | 27 | 22.97% | 3.77% | 3.09% | 22.96% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 42 | 159.43% | 0.09% | NA | NA |
| Building Materials | 39 | 12.99% | 11.45% | 9.24% | 15.60% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 169 | 19.68% | 1.79% | 6.36% | 16.32% |
| Cable TV | 14 | 6.97% | 0.21% | 6.38% | -1.12% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 38 | 14.90% | 12.48% | 9.17% | 20.27% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 7 | 20.03% | 25.62% | 17.39% | 34.35% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 99 | 17.45% | 15.73% | 12.07% | 21.49% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 30 | 7.99% | 6.17% | 10.31% | 4.34% |
| Computer Services | 111 | 17.53% | 5.73% | 10.50% | 12.65% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 58 | 9.07% | 5.41% | 20.37% | -2.62% |
| Construction Supplies | 49 | 14.74% | 16.92% | 12.39% | 15.83% |
| Diversified | 24 | 21.01% | 11.67% | 12.57% | 14.41% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 459 | 16.81% | 7.58% | 10.36% | 14.85% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 185 | 19.35% | 13.90% | 7.30% | 22.58% |
| Education | 34 | 13.59% | 1.85% | 5.96% | 10.56% |
| Electrical Equipment | 118 | 18.59% | 13.47% | 11.06% | 19.90% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 24 | 14.73% | 16.65% | 14.63% | 19.76% |
| Electronics (General) | 167 | 15.61% | 16.42% | 13.60% | 18.58% |
| Engineering/Construction | 49 | 22.57% | 1.65% | 9.14% | 15.07% |
| Entertainment | 90 | 18.56% | 3.83% | 8.51% | 10.59% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 87 | 15.63% | 1.21% | 5.73% | 10.13% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 34 | 7.37% | 13.99% | 11.11% | 10.29% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 264 | 2696.24% | 0.58% | NA | NA |
| Food Processing | 87 | 8.02% | 11.43% | 10.41% | 7.32% |
| Food Wholesalers | 15 | 6.78% | 6.58% | 6.63% | 6.42% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 31 | 14.27% | 16.42% | 15.02% | 12.87% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 22 | 15.67% | 1.07% | 17.53% | 9.67% |
| Healthcare Products | 251 | 17.26% | 15.52% | 7.35% | 22.93% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 115 | 6.31% | 3.89% | 16.30% | -6.15% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 112 | 20.70% | 9.89% | 7.60% | 23.13% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | 1.08% | 82.30% | 4.60% | 78.80% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 35 | 14.17% | 2.06% | 5.29% | 12.33% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 70 | 7.30% | 3.50% | 6.07% | -1.45% |
| Household Products | 131 | 11.00% | 10.96% | 12.44% | 10.46% |
| Information Services | 61 | 20.35% | 0.31% | 7.99% | -5.15% |
| Insurance (General) | 21 | 21.35% | 0.00% | 94.66% | -16.80% |
| Insurance (Life) | 25 | 15.73% | 0.00% | 21.85% | 5.65% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 50 | 19.44% | 0.00% | 84.05% | -36.67% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 165 | 15.97% | 0.02% | NA | NA |
| Machinery | 126 | 17.98% | 15.58% | 9.66% | 22.98% |
| Metals & Mining | 102 | 8.67% | 18.54% | 12.06% | 15.30% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 24 | 12.72% | 10.39% | 14.32% | 8.21% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 5 | 11.56% | 6.61% | 14.48% | 4.21% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 311 | 14.11% | 2.40% | 14.34% | -1.75% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 16 | 9.30% | 3.13% | 9.22% | 4.24% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 130 | 11.33% | 9.89% | 10.40% | 9.77% |
| Packaging & Container | 25 | 13.43% | 12.26% | 14.01% | 10.41% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 21 | 10.51% | 13.01% | 8.74% | 13.99% |
| Power | 61 | 14.38% | 6.51% | 10.50% | 7.32% |
| Precious Metals | 111 | 1.86% | 18.61% | 6.12% | 13.56% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 41 | 14.88% | 4.51% | 7.99% | 11.34% |
| R.E.I.T. | 244 | 60.14% | 0.47% | 17.31% | 46.35% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 20 | 19.59% | 65.52% | 5.52% | 65.06% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 10 | 8.38% | 211.62% | 28.92% | 197.48% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 60 | 16.18% | 0.02% | 8.11% | 15.00% |
| Recreation | 70 | 15.31% | 14.19% | 8.51% | 19.93% |
| Reinsurance | 3 | 17.72% | 0.00% | 29.40% | 3.87% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 81 | 4.43% | 2.44% | 4.03% | 0.97% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 25 | 2.87% | 19.23% | 9.08% | 12.99% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 8 | 1.29% | 15.58% | 10.34% | 5.99% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 92 | 12.83% | 13.65% | 8.71% | 17.16% |
| Retail (General) | 18 | 0.98% | 12.31% | 10.29% | 2.24% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 14 | 1.45% | 5.96% | 5.51% | 0.66% |
| Retail (Online) | 61 | 7.38% | 6.98% | 13.84% | -0.43% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 106 | 4.29% | 12.78% | 8.22% | 7.00% |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 | 17.64% | 19.87% | 16.10% | 15.99% |
| Semiconductor | 72 | 12.88% | 12.09% | 6.71% | 17.81% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 45 | 16.54% | 16.52% | 6.84% | 23.10% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 9 | 14.89% | 15.57% | 8.96% | 22.21% |
| Shoe | 11 | 11.30% | 15.86% | 6.99% | 20.19% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 13 | 15.00% | 0.90% | 4.01% | 20.73% |
| Software (Internet) | 305 | 13.83% | 0.44% | 2.87% | 9.86% |
| Software (System & Application) | 255 | 14.68% | 1.75% | 4.63% | 12.76% |
| Steel | 37 | 11.57% | 17.70% | 6.97% | 21.05% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 18 | 11.69% | 2.36% | 11.54% | 3.08% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 104 | 18.16% | 7.12% | 5.89% | 17.50% |
| Telecom. Services | 66 | 12.92% | 0.50% | 15.19% | -2.89% |
| Tobacco | 24 | 9.08% | 23.60% | 4.75% | 18.05% |
| Transportation | 18 | 13.30% | 0.33% | 5.65% | 8.46% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 8 | 8.46% | 3.33% | 8.01% | 2.83% |
| Trucking | 30 | 13.33% | 0.45% | 6.88% | 7.64% |
| Utility (General) | 18 | 11.95% | 7.12% | 8.72% | 5.09% |
| Utility (Water) | 23 | 16.12% | 2.81% | 7.24% | 9.89% |
| Total Market | 7247 | 51.08% | 8.27% | 84.35% | -25.17% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 6057 | 11.77% | 9.16% | 10.99% | 8.82% |