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Capital Ratios by SectorData Used: S&P Capital IQ, Bloomberg and the Fed
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2014
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| Industry Name | Number of firms | Acc Rec/ Sales | Inventory/Sales | Acc Pay/ Sales | Non-cash WC/ Sales |
| Advertising | 65 | 46.31% | 4.53% | 46.36% | 1.77% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 95 | 16.67% | 20.22% | 8.78% | 26.81% |
| Air Transport | 25 | 4.39% | 2.74% | 5.92% | 3.46% |
| Apparel | 70 | 12.16% | 18.00% | 6.43% | 25.77% |
| Auto & Truck | 26 | 3.74% | 8.08% | 8.99% | -2.01% |
| Auto Parts | 75 | 15.85% | 8.06% | 13.27% | 9.89% |
| Bank | 7 | 0.00% | 4.31% | NA | NA |
| Banks (Regional) | 721 | 0.00% | 6.12% | NA | NA |
| Beverage | 47 | 12.13% | 6.10% | 17.99% | 0.21% |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 19 | 17.87% | 33.20% | 17.51% | 29.70% |
| Biotechnology | 349 | 17.59% | 12.11% | 6.59% | 27.05% |
| Broadcasting | 30 | 20.03% | 1.38% | 3.39% | 20.37% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 49 | 127.04% | 0.04% | NA | NA |
| Building Materials | 37 | 13.45% | 11.46% | 9.99% | 16.60% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 179 | 16.74% | 1.96% | 5.61% | 13.60% |
| Cable TV | 16 | 7.31% | 0.62% | 7.58% | 0.56% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 47 | 14.35% | 14.53% | 7.99% | 21.53% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 10 | 14.50% | 16.57% | 11.13% | 21.67% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 100 | 14.44% | 13.41% | 9.78% | 20.18% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 45 | 7.95% | 9.68% | 9.85% | 7.10% |
| Computer Services | 129 | 13.64% | 5.47% | 9.20% | 10.81% |
| Computer Software | 273 | 14.24% | 1.84% | 4.38% | 15.22% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 66 | 10.88% | 4.01% | 11.96% | 8.84% |
| Construction | 18 | 16.17% | 13.32% | 6.13% | 22.70% |
| Diversified | 20 | 14.47% | 11.84% | 10.30% | 5.71% |
| Educational Services | 40 | 9.98% | 1.07% | 5.45% | 10.42% |
| Electrical Equipment | 135 | 16.75% | 10.41% | 8.65% | 19.68% |
| Electronics | 191 | 14.92% | 15.23% | 11.50% | 20.18% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 26 | 14.38% | 8.03% | 8.09% | 13.01% |
| Engineering | 56 | 20.85% | 0.99% | 7.57% | 14.75% |
| Entertainment | 85 | 17.32% | 3.66% | 8.68% | 10.82% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 108 | 14.83% | 1.46% | 5.94% | 11.43% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 29 | 4.59% | 10.09% | 4.41% | 15.90% |
| Financial Svcs. | 76 | 330.35% | 0.82% | 345.88% | -6.63% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 17 | 0.00% | 0.63% | NA | NA |
| Food Processing | 97 | 8.95% | 11.03% | 7.77% | 10.87% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 6.85% | 6.65% | 5.45% | 8.09% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 36 | 13.19% | 16.58% | 14.47% | 14.65% |
| Healthcare Equipment | 193 | 15.97% | 13.16% | 6.58% | 23.40% |
| Healthcare Facilities | 47 | 14.16% | 2.36% | 4.88% | 14.16% |
| Healthcare Products | 58 | 16.35% | 15.62% | 5.51% | 25.92% |
| Healthcare Services | 126 | 5.50% | 3.47% | 14.04% | -3.18% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 125 | 18.72% | 10.56% | 6.32% | 25.42% |
| Heavy Construction | 46 | 12.45% | 16.95% | 13.15% | 13.99% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | 1.45% | 77.27% | 4.45% | 75.35% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 89 | 8.73% | 3.12% | 5.63% | 7.97% |
| Household Products | 139 | 9.65% | 10.84% | 8.85% | 12.23% |
| Information Services | 71 | 19.76% | 0.30% | 6.24% | 14.16% |
| Insurance (General) | 26 | 15.80% | 0.00% | 81.60% | -10.72% |
| Insurance (Life) | 27 | 11.13% | 0.00% | 9.98% | 13.23% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 53 | 18.87% | 0.00% | 69.31% | -22.91% |
| Internet software and services | 330 | 20.22% | 0.30% | 3.78% | 11.34% |
| Investment Co. | 65 | 39.36% | 0.17% | NA | NA |
| Machinery | 141 | 16.51% | 13.90% | 8.19% | 24.77% |
| Metals & Mining | 134 | 8.40% | 17.86% | 12.82% | 11.61% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 30 | 13.16% | 8.05% | 12.92% | 11.14% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 8 | 9.15% | 3.82% | 11.92% | 2.53% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 411 | 14.06% | 2.25% | 14.65% | 2.20% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 80 | 9.05% | 3.45% | 8.18% | 3.83% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 163 | 9.82% | 7.17% | 8.28% | 9.03% |
| Packaging & Container | 24 | 13.66% | 11.91% | 11.28% | 11.55% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 21 | 11.47% | 10.51% | 8.90% | 14.57% |
| Pharma & Drugs | 138 | 18.19% | 12.82% | 9.18% | 21.15% |
| Power | 106 | 13.34% | 7.09% | 8.57% | 10.69% |
| Precious Metals | 166 | 4.87% | 27.00% | 7.19% | 25.29% |
| Publshing & Newspapers | 52 | 14.50% | 2.94% | 5.54% | 11.63% |
| R.E.I.T. | 46 | 252.18% | 0.00% | 59.81% | 231.27% |
| Railroad | 10 | 8.37% | 2.78% | 7.86% | 2.89% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 22 | 4.52% | 41.24% | 8.13% | 31.43% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 | 13.07% | 22.74% | 8.35% | 28.43% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 47 | 15.55% | 0.31% | 10.54% | 6.95% |
| Recreation | 70 | 16.26% | 10.86% | 6.93% | 19.38% |
| Reinsurance | 3 | 13.05% | 0.00% | 25.16% | -1.45% |
| Restaurant | 84 | 3.71% | 2.54% | 4.40% | -0.90% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 30 | 2.15% | 14.74% | 7.90% | 9.06% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 7 | 1.19% | 16.06% | 9.00% | 7.73% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 87 | 12.21% | 15.02% | 7.65% | 19.97% |
| Retail (General) | 21 | 1.26% | 13.06% | 9.43% | 4.46% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 21 | 1.31% | 5.25% | 4.82% | 1.44% |
| Retail (Internet) | 47 | 5.13% | 6.62% | 12.87% | -1.44% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 137 | 3.75% | 13.87% | 7.58% | 10.12% |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 | 15.56% | 15.17% | 14.40% | 11.69% |
| Semiconductor | 104 | 11.92% | 12.80% | 7.36% | 22.80% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 51 | 17.67% | 18.24% | 9.72% | 27.40% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 14 | 11.70% | 3.65% | 7.41% | 8.54% |
| Shoe | 14 | 13.25% | 15.19% | 6.81% | 22.90% |
| Steel | 37 | 10.82% | 15.31% | 7.06% | 20.12% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 28 | 10.70% | 3.23% | 11.76% | 7.60% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 131 | 16.15% | 5.79% | 5.32% | 17.04% |
| Telecom. Services | 82 | 9.96% | 0.54% | 13.24% | -4.49% |
| Thrift | 223 | NA | 1.73% | NA | NA |
| Tobacco | 12 | 6.98% | 19.95% | 2.86% | 16.01% |
| Transportation | 22 | 11.51% | 0.54% | 4.52% | 8.31% |
| Trucking | 28 | 11.94% | 0.47% | 5.93% | 7.06% |
| Utility (General) | 20 | 12.67% | 7.12% | 8.29% | 7.56% |
| Utility (Water) | 20 | 15.25% | 1.31% | 7.69% | 6.35% |
| Total Market | 7766 | 46.86% | 7.67% | 70.28% | -15.39% |