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Capital Ratios by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2023
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| Industry Name | Number of firms | Acc Rec/ Sales | Inventory/Sales | Acc Pay/ Sales | Non-cash WC/ Sales |
| Advertising | 58 | 47.45% | 3.92% | 47.17% | 3.14% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 77 | 24.69% | 32.40% | 9.88% | 46.91% |
| Air Transport | 21 | 4.52% | 3.18% | 7.27% | 1.05% |
| Apparel | 39 | 12.22% | 23.56% | 10.81% | 26.21% |
| Auto & Truck | 31 | 8.10% | 11.65% | 17.20% | -0.26% |
| Auto Parts | 37 | 16.71% | 13.67% | 14.19% | 16.06% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 7 | 0.00% | 0.12% | NA | NA |
| Banks (Regional) | 557 | 0.00% | 0.47% | NA | NA |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 23 | 10.78% | 20.20% | 17.96% | 15.34% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 31 | 11.78% | 7.62% | 28.89% | -9.06% |
| Broadcasting | 26 | 20.25% | 0.00% | 3.91% | 10.62% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 30 | 162.85% | 0.21% | NA | NA |
| Building Materials | 45 | 13.50% | 13.70% | 8.84% | 18.21% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 164 | 17.80% | 1.62% | 7.36% | 13.04% |
| Cable TV | 10 | 7.91% | 0.26% | 7.95% | 0.59% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 38 | 10.66% | 12.19% | 9.94% | 13.50% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 4 | 11.39% | 14.32% | 13.18% | 14.47% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 76 | 16.24% | 17.36% | 13.69% | 22.71% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 19 | 7.19% | 8.29% | 9.94% | 7.19% |
| Computer Services | 80 | 19.81% | 7.91% | 13.47% | 15.59% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 42 | 8.62% | 5.06% | 18.28% | -8.76% |
| Construction Supplies | 49 | 14.14% | 21.69% | 13.57% | 20.31% |
| Diversified | 23 | 14.92% | 12.17% | 16.42% | 7.61% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 598 | 17.89% | 9.51% | 14.85% | 13.00% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 281 | 17.97% | 11.51% | 7.66% | 19.45% |
| Education | 33 | 11.51% | 1.37% | 4.51% | 7.96% |
| Electrical Equipment | 110 | 19.51% | 17.02% | 11.44% | 25.55% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 16 | 11.20% | 17.97% | 13.56% | 13.68% |
| Electronics (General) | 138 | 17.96% | 19.68% | 15.28% | 22.42% |
| Engineering/Construction | 43 | 28.37% | 2.16% | 10.17% | 20.01% |
| Entertainment | 110 | 12.92% | 1.85% | 10.62% | 4.19% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 62 | 15.93% | 1.27% | 7.10% | 10.04% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 39 | 7.59% | 14.74% | 7.47% | 14.83% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 223 | 2075.44% | 0.33% | NA | NA |
| Food Processing | 92 | 7.78% | 13.24% | 12.53% | 6.76% |
| Food Wholesalers | 14 | 5.83% | 7.01% | 6.72% | 6.34% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 32 | 11.86% | 19.25% | 13.71% | 15.84% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 19 | 19.67% | 4.39% | 17.64% | -61.11% |
| Healthcare Products | 254 | 15.38% | 17.05% | 7.13% | 24.49% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 131 | 5.69% | 3.88% | 14.27% | -7.14% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 138 | 17.81% | 10.01% | 7.16% | 22.49% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | 1.42% | 65.01% | 4.55% | 63.25% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 34 | 14.05% | 2.33% | 6.91% | 10.45% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 69 | 11.84% | 3.62% | 8.62% | 7.51% |
| Household Products | 127 | 8.78% | 13.38% | 14.44% | 8.56% |
| Information Services | 73 | 20.74% | 0.14% | 5.99% | 3.07% |
| Insurance (General) | 21 | 35.62% | 0.00% | 79.41% | 2.41% |
| Insurance (Life) | 27 | 16.18% | 0.00% | 24.25% | 16.25% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 51 | 17.23% | 0.00% | 94.46% | -51.12% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 600 | 27.04% | 0.01% | NA | NA |
| Machinery | 116 | 17.59% | 19.10% | 10.18% | 25.95% |
| Metals & Mining | 68 | 6.88% | 18.00% | 12.58% | 12.05% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 16 | 11.57% | 13.44% | 10.97% | 10.58% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 4 | 10.51% | 5.36% | 13.47% | 3.16% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 174 | 11.78% | 1.24% | 8.39% | -3.60% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 23 | 9.88% | 3.05% | 7.01% | 3.52% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 101 | 8.46% | 6.09% | 9.00% | 5.25% |
| Packaging & Container | 25 | 14.16% | 12.83% | 14.39% | 10.40% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 7 | 8.17% | 10.77% | 9.24% | 7.96% |
| Power | 48 | 15.13% | 6.24% | 13.39% | 6.58% |
| Precious Metals | 74 | 2.59% | 15.94% | 5.74% | 10.75% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 20 | 12.37% | 5.26% | 5.78% | 9.88% |
| R.E.I.T. | 223 | 125.58% | 0.55% | 17.28% | 118.03% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 18 | 2.92% | 13.72% | 3.69% | 6.90% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 12 | 22.17% | 201.17% | 11.36% | 204.59% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 60 | 8.67% | 6.95% | 4.76% | 15.14% |
| Recreation | 57 | 10.45% | 18.30% | 8.10% | 18.85% |
| Reinsurance | 1 | 17.36% | 0.00% | 50.78% | -17.93% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 70 | 4.93% | 2.78% | 4.77% | 1.69% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 30 | 2.52% | 13.40% | 8.30% | 8.14% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 15 | 1.44% | 18.57% | 9.64% | 10.00% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 69 | 13.10% | 15.68% | 10.47% | 17.14% |
| Retail (General) | 15 | 1.03% | 12.09% | 10.05% | 2.62% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 13 | 1.15% | 5.91% | 5.29% | -0.58% |
| Retail (Online) | 63 | 5.34% | 7.29% | 12.61% | -0.43% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 78 | 2.40% | 14.10% | 9.39% | 7.81% |
| Rubber& Tires | 3 | 17.12% | 23.70% | 23.81% | 13.33% |
| Semiconductor | 68 | 12.95% | 16.30% | 8.36% | 20.33% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 30 | 22.50% | 21.87% | 7.49% | 34.29% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 8 | 6.08% | 5.02% | 3.11% | 9.40% |
| Shoe | 13 | 11.88% | 20.45% | 7.18% | 24.98% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 91 | 11.57% | 0.73% | 2.87% | 6.68% |
| Software (Internet) | 33 | 13.59% | 0.00% | 4.03% | 11.33% |
| Software (System & Application) | 390 | 15.93% | 1.26% | 5.96% | 13.03% |
| Steel | 28 | 10.61% | 15.60% | 6.56% | 19.44% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 16 | 12.94% | 3.08% | 8.52% | 6.14% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 79 | 19.39% | 11.08% | 7.76% | 23.11% |
| Telecom. Services | 49 | 12.74% | 2.31% | 16.90% | 0.37% |
| Tobacco | 15 | 8.09% | 18.52% | 7.00% | 11.37% |
| Transportation | 18 | 12.54% | 0.31% | 5.82% | 7.22% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 4 | 5.88% | 2.08% | 4.95% | 1.32% |
| Trucking | 35 | 11.55% | 0.21% | 5.43% | 5.44% |
| Utility (General) | 15 | 13.54% | 8.39% | 10.50% | 8.92% |
| Utility (Water) | 16 | 14.90% | 4.36% | 9.16% | 11.82% |
| Total Market | 7165 | 49.70% | 8.34% | 86.09% | -28.56% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 5649 | 11.67% | 9.22% | 11.02% | 8.94% |