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Capital Ratios by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2019
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| Industry Name | Number of firms | Acc Rec/ Sales | Inventory/Sales | Acc Pay/ Sales | Non-cash WC/ Sales |
| Advertising | 48 | 47.85% | 4.51% | 51.28% | 0.72% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 85 | 21.01% | 24.08% | 10.40% | 33.74% |
| Air Transport | 18 | 4.64% | 2.57% | 5.72% | 1.96% |
| Apparel | 50 | 13.09% | 19.49% | 7.26% | 25.65% |
| Auto & Truck | 14 | 4.85% | 8.46% | 15.18% | -6.65% |
| Auto Parts | 52 | 15.70% | 9.05% | 13.99% | 11.25% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 10 | 0.00% | 0.37% | NA | NA |
| Banks (Regional) | 633 | 0.00% | 1.40% | NA | NA |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 31 | 11.77% | 18.53% | 17.73% | 14.88% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 37 | 12.72% | 6.43% | 25.62% | -2.56% |
| Broadcasting | 24 | 24.07% | 3.69% | 3.38% | 21.97% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 38 | 160.32% | 0.14% | NA | NA |
| Building Materials | 42 | 13.16% | 12.19% | 9.86% | 15.06% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 168 | 18.26% | 1.79% | 6.70% | 14.13% |
| Cable TV | 14 | 7.69% | 0.19% | 6.33% | -0.25% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 39 | 14.98% | 12.88% | 9.44% | 20.40% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 6 | 16.41% | 18.15% | 14.17% | 22.70% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 89 | 16.62% | 14.10% | 11.85% | 18.22% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 23 | 7.11% | 6.73% | 10.80% | 3.83% |
| Computer Services | 119 | 16.50% | 5.48% | 10.76% | 12.18% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 57 | 10.13% | 4.66% | 20.59% | -8.73% |
| Construction Supplies | 48 | 13.74% | 16.39% | 12.01% | 16.00% |
| Diversified | 23 | 14.86% | 10.32% | 13.73% | 5.98% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 481 | 17.22% | 7.39% | 11.57% | 13.44% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 237 | 19.12% | 13.49% | 7.94% | 22.15% |
| Education | 35 | 13.44% | 2.12% | 6.09% | 11.63% |
| Electrical Equipment | 116 | 18.07% | 12.85% | 10.79% | 19.15% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 19 | 15.65% | 15.64% | 15.06% | 14.06% |
| Electronics (General) | 160 | 17.54% | 16.09% | 13.64% | 20.36% |
| Engineering/Construction | 52 | 25.79% | 1.23% | 9.68% | 17.23% |
| Entertainment | 120 | 14.82% | 2.39% | 8.03% | 9.70% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 91 | 15.51% | 1.21% | 6.04% | 10.29% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 33 | 7.42% | 15.15% | 10.78% | 12.15% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance | 259 | 2548.18% | 0.47% | NA | NA |
| Food Processing | 83 | 7.92% | 11.38% | 10.94% | 6.63% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 6.80% | 7.51% | 7.30% | 7.31% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 30 | 13.95% | 16.02% | 13.88% | 14.77% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 21 | 22.22% | 1.99% | 18.47% | 6.42% |
| Healthcare Products | 248 | 16.83% | 14.97% | 7.61% | 22.60% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 111 | 6.15% | 4.66% | 15.08% | -5.20% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 119 | 20.50% | 8.43% | 7.11% | 22.46% |
| Homebuilding | 31 | 1.20% | 77.59% | 4.86% | 73.90% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 34 | 14.21% | 2.23% | 5.69% | 11.87% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 70 | 10.03% | 4.05% | 5.38% | 6.87% |
| Household Products | 141 | 10.19% | 10.28% | 12.25% | 11.72% |
| Information Services | 71 | 22.49% | 0.26% | 7.96% | 4.27% |
| Insurance (General) | 20 | 23.44% | 0.00% | 96.75% | -26.41% |
| Insurance (Life) | 23 | 15.80% | 0.00% | 19.44% | 17.10% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 50 | 18.23% | 0.00% | 88.94% | -45.81% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 172 | 14.22% | 0.02% | NA | NA |
| Machinery | 127 | 17.78% | 14.88% | 9.56% | 22.23% |
| Metals & Mining | 94 | 7.91% | 16.57% | 11.14% | 13.83% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 24 | 12.54% | 10.49% | 13.53% | 9.11% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 5 | 11.31% | 5.76% | 13.89% | 3.66% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 301 | 14.12% | 2.14% | 13.18% | -3.22% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 20 | 10.13% | 2.64% | 8.83% | 4.20% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 134 | 10.78% | 8.21% | 10.00% | 8.46% |
| Packaging & Container | 27 | 14.46% | 11.80% | 13.97% | 10.69% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 20 | 9.02% | 12.68% | 8.82% | 12.77% |
| Power | 51 | 14.83% | 5.89% | 11.51% | 4.94% |
| Precious Metals | 91 | 2.21% | 19.45% | 5.99% | 15.00% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 33 | 15.69% | 4.94% | 8.18% | 14.22% |
| R.E.I.T. | 238 | 70.60% | 0.45% | 13.54% | 61.60% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 18 | 8.34% | 46.31% | 7.71% | 23.16% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 | 16.11% | 227.05% | 31.19% | 215.51% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 59 | 17.17% | 0.07% | 8.17% | 11.92% |
| Recreation | 72 | 14.07% | 13.90% | 8.49% | 18.90% |
| Reinsurance | 2 | 17.95% | 0.00% | 30.09% | -0.61% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 78 | 5.11% | 2.56% | 4.67% | 0.81% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 24 | 2.79% | 18.67% | 8.88% | 12.94% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 17 | 1.20% | 16.04% | 10.10% | 6.89% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 88 | 13.39% | 14.06% | 9.02% | 17.75% |
| Retail (General) | 19 | 0.96% | 12.13% | 10.56% | 2.07% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 12 | 1.16% | 5.70% | 5.13% | 0.07% |
| Retail (Online) | 79 | 5.79% | 6.22% | 13.01% | -1.18% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 91 | 3.14% | 14.84% | 10.61% | 7.89% |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 | 17.52% | 18.77% | 16.62% | 16.35% |
| Semiconductor | 72 | 12.80% | 11.18% | 6.19% | 16.87% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 41 | 16.13% | 17.73% | 5.96% | 24.91% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 9 | 11.69% | 14.50% | 8.21% | 18.46% |
| Shoe | 10 | 12.15% | 14.73% | 7.41% | 19.46% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 92 | 13.14% | 0.62% | 2.72% | 6.33% |
| Software (Internet) | 44 | 9.73% | 0.01% | 3.36% | 10.31% |
| Software (System & Application) | 355 | 15.46% | 1.47% | 5.05% | 11.27% |
| Steel | 37 | 11.72% | 17.35% | 8.27% | 20.93% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 21 | 11.31% | 2.64% | 13.13% | 1.58% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 98 | 19.34% | 6.15% | 6.38% | 17.41% |
| Telecom. Services | 67 | 16.77% | 0.48% | 17.88% | 1.80% |
| Tobacco | 17 | 6.87% | 22.77% | 3.97% | 15.52% |
| Transportation | 19 | 13.32% | 0.30% | 5.78% | 7.99% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 10 | 8.60% | 3.05% | 7.88% | 2.90% |
| Trucking | 28 | 13.28% | 0.33% | 6.46% | 6.69% |
| Utility (General) | 18 | 12.55% | 6.48% | 8.50% | 5.72% |
| Utility (Water) | 19 | 15.88% | 1.38% | 6.74% | 7.81% |
| Total Market | 7209 | 49.20% | 8.04% | 81.17% | -24.07% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 6004 | 11.87% | 8.91% | 11.18% | 8.62% |