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Capital Ratios by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2025
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| Industry Name | Number of firms | Acc Rec/ Sales | Inventory/Sales | Acc Pay/ Sales | Non-cash WC/ Sales |
| Advertising | 54 | 54.39% | 4.50% | 53.78% | 3.23% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 67 | 21.80% | 28.71% | 10.01% | 38.70% |
| Air Transport | 24 | 3.84% | 3.02% | 5.73% | 1.08% |
| Apparel | 37 | 12.11% | 18.95% | 9.85% | 24.01% |
| Auto & Truck | 34 | 4.96% | 11.49% | 14.97% | -1.91% |
| Auto Parts | 33 | 17.25% | 12.71% | 13.72% | 16.21% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 15 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Banks (Regional) | 591 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 18 | 10.18% | 21.27% | 16.88% | 16.42% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 29 | 11.69% | 7.70% | 29.65% | -10.32% |
| Broadcasting | 22 | 20.46% | 2.40% | 3.12% | 10.43% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 30 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Building Materials | 39 | 12.93% | 12.76% | 9.20% | 17.59% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 152 | 18.29% | 1.59% | 6.92% | 14.47% |
| Cable TV | 9 | 9.04% | 0.21% | 7.31% | 1.47% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 31 | 11.77% | 15.31% | 11.89% | 15.61% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 4 | 13.86% | 20.35% | 15.42% | 19.02% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 60 | 17.64% | 17.49% | 12.91% | 22.29% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 16 | 5.90% | 13.67% | 13.11% | 10.74% |
| Computer Services | 63 | 19.99% | 7.87% | 15.38% | 13.79% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 35 | 10.01% | 6.49% | 20.35% | -7.99% |
| Construction Supplies | 46 | 13.66% | 19.14% | 10.64% | 18.59% |
| Diversified | 21 | 11.72% | 8.65% | 14.60% | 1.49% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 535 | 21.23% | 12.53% | 19.43% | 13.65% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 231 | 21.25% | 15.28% | 8.77% | 25.09% |
| Education | 29 | 10.51% | 1.48% | 4.03% | 7.99% |
| Electrical Equipment | 101 | 26.54% | 20.16% | 12.12% | 28.87% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 11 | 10.83% | 18.53% | 14.52% | 12.81% |
| Electronics (General) | 122 | 18.39% | 18.94% | 15.17% | 22.93% |
| Engineering/Construction | 42 | 27.05% | 1.60% | 9.48% | 18.59% |
| Entertainment | 96 | 9.95% | 1.79% | 8.70% | 1.53% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 50 | 15.96% | 1.86% | 7.26% | 10.12% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 35 | 7.21% | 14.44% | 6.05% | 14.87% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 166 | 1398.67% | 0.31% | 173.65% | 1249.98% |
| Food Processing | 77 | 7.88% | 12.56% | 12.71% | 5.65% |
| Food Wholesalers | 14 | 5.70% | 6.47% | 6.58% | 5.71% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 28 | 12.91% | 17.36% | 13.05% | 15.73% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 18 | 30.45% | 3.34% | 18.81% | -37.54% |
| Healthcare Products | 218 | 16.85% | 18.07% | 7.30% | 26.69% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 113 | 5.73% | 3.57% | 14.36% | -6.93% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 116 | 19.15% | 10.49% | 7.47% | 23.10% |
| Homebuilding | 30 | 1.66% | 63.94% | 4.57% | 63.17% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 33 | 14.17% | 1.83% | 6.15% | 10.77% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 65 | 10.63% | 2.90% | 7.79% | 2.29% |
| Household Products | 101 | 9.60% | 11.50% | 14.35% | 6.90% |
| Information Services | 16 | 18.20% | 0.10% | 3.17% | 16.87% |
| Insurance (General) | 22 | 28.70% | 0.00% | 79.45% | -10.19% |
| Insurance (Life) | 19 | 23.25% | 0.00% | 22.31% | 20.13% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 53 | 17.49% | 0.00% | 79.08% | -38.81% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 231 | 24.09% | 0.01% | NA | NA |
| Machinery | 109 | 18.66% | 16.83% | 9.83% | 25.44% |
| Metals & Mining | 64 | 7.67% | 20.65% | 12.15% | 16.55% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 14 | 11.19% | 11.50% | 11.42% | 6.59% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 4 | 11.52% | 6.37% | 15.01% | 3.61% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 147 | 11.69% | 2.17% | 8.79% | 1.53% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 24 | 7.90% | 2.73% | 7.05% | 2.87% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 97 | 9.23% | 7.39% | 9.25% | 7.51% |
| Packaging & Container | 22 | 14.69% | 12.72% | 14.42% | 10.25% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 6 | 6.36% | 9.55% | 7.51% | 8.16% |
| Power | 48 | 16.68% | 7.03% | 12.34% | 8.03% |
| Precious Metals | 60 | 5.31% | 14.80% | 7.38% | 20.14% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 19 | 13.28% | 4.55% | 5.86% | 10.88% |
| R.E.I.T. | 192 | 136.02% | 0.57% | 11.30% | 129.39% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 15 | 4.57% | 19.27% | 4.38% | 3.02% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 | 27.45% | 200.16% | 10.86% | 211.97% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 60 | 12.35% | 2.64% | 6.07% | 12.37% |
| Recreation | 50 | 10.48% | 15.21% | 7.30% | 16.99% |
| Reinsurance | 1 | 17.09% | 0.00% | 17.51% | 4.11% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 62 | 5.04% | 2.00% | 4.37% | -0.39% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 29 | 3.08% | 16.79% | 8.73% | 12.19% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 13 | 2.10% | 16.85% | 10.06% | 8.35% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 66 | 12.16% | 16.24% | 10.15% | 17.02% |
| Retail (General) | 24 | 3.17% | 9.05% | 11.18% | 0.69% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 17 | 1.61% | 5.39% | 6.00% | -0.20% |
| Retail (REITs) | 28 | 15.09% | 0.43% | 15.98% | -5.47% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 98 | 2.22% | 13.75% | 9.92% | 4.95% |
| Rubber& Tires | 3 | 17.66% | 20.00% | 21.24% | 12.83% |
| Semiconductor | 63 | 14.40% | 15.75% | 8.40% | 20.35% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 30 | 19.40% | 22.44% | 6.42% | 32.72% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 8 | 12.17% | 6.79% | 7.56% | 10.34% |
| Shoe | 12 | 11.54% | 16.35% | 8.09% | 19.57% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 81 | 13.04% | 0.00% | 3.21% | 4.97% |
| Software (Internet) | 29 | 12.10% | 0.00% | 3.71% | 10.20% |
| Software (System & Application) | 333 | 16.34% | 0.58% | 6.27% | 10.58% |
| Steel | 27 | 10.30% | 16.47% | 7.71% | 19.15% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 11 | 11.48% | 2.40% | 3.87% | 9.04% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 61 | 17.70% | 10.92% | 6.16% | 24.91% |
| Telecom. Services | 32 | 14.74% | 1.92% | 18.00% | -2.62% |
| Tobacco | 12 | 8.11% | 20.77% | 6.88% | 15.22% |
| Transportation | 21 | 11.83% | 0.26% | 5.26% | 7.07% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 4 | 8.40% | 2.87% | 7.56% | 1.01% |
| Trucking | 24 | 12.28% | 0.31% | 5.53% | 7.04% |
| Utility (General) | 14 | 14.17% | 8.63% | 10.95% | 6.09% |
| Utility (Water) | 15 | 15.99% | 2.96% | 9.19% | 10.76% |
| Total Market | 6062 | 48.96% | 8.12% | 81.39% | -21.70% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 4935 | 11.31% | 8.68% | 10.59% | 8.25% |