Working
Capital Ratios by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2022
Download as an excel file instead: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pc/datasets/wcdata.xls
For global datasets: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/data.html
can be obtained by clicking here
on
which companies are included in each industry
| Industry Name | Number of firms | Acc Rec/ Sales | Inventory/Sales | Acc Pay/ Sales | Non-cash WC/ Sales |
| Advertising | 49 | 49.95% | 4.11% | 53.13% | -0.44% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 73 | 23.36% | 32.00% | 8.93% | 46.61% |
| Air Transport | 21 | 6.47% | 4.53% | 10.57% | 0.95% |
| Apparel | 39 | 12.42% | 17.35% | 9.61% | 20.29% |
| Auto & Truck | 26 | 4.71% | 10.77% | 15.22% | -4.71% |
| Auto Parts | 38 | 15.11% | 12.65% | 13.83% | 13.67% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 7 | 0.00% | 0.10% | NA | NA |
| Banks (Regional) | 563 | 0.00% | 0.66% | NA | NA |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 21 | 11.56% | 19.41% | 18.89% | 14.88% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 32 | 11.58% | 6.84% | 27.02% | -7.82% |
| Broadcasting | 28 | 21.21% | 0.00% | 6.09% | 11.28% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 31 | 184.30% | 0.19% | NA | NA |
| Building Materials | 44 | 13.76% | 11.85% | 8.35% | 17.51% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 160 | 18.28% | 1.54% | 8.14% | 12.71% |
| Cable TV | 11 | 8.27% | 0.22% | 8.00% | -0.76% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 35 | 13.65% | 13.21% | 11.72% | 15.23% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 4 | 14.31% | 15.54% | 14.91% | 18.70% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 81 | 17.27% | 15.99% | 14.05% | 20.56% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 18 | 9.57% | 10.14% | 14.17% | 5.85% |
| Computer Services | 83 | 19.08% | 5.25% | 9.72% | 16.07% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 46 | 9.25% | 5.25% | 18.09% | -7.55% |
| Construction Supplies | 48 | 14.46% | 20.16% | 13.25% | 19.36% |
| Diversified | 22 | 14.27% | 11.22% | 16.74% | 5.28% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 581 | 18.58% | 8.98% | 14.81% | 12.79% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 298 | 18.51% | 12.54% | 8.21% | 18.45% |
| Education | 35 | 13.61% | 1.30% | 4.73% | 4.21% |
| Electrical Equipment | 104 | 19.32% | 14.97% | 12.12% | 22.50% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 16 | 11.62% | 11.02% | 13.17% | 9.38% |
| Electronics (General) | 137 | 18.19% | 16.83% | 14.89% | 21.19% |
| Engineering/Construction | 48 | 27.25% | 1.70% | 9.58% | 19.56% |
| Entertainment | 108 | 13.00% | 1.08% | 13.21% | -0.10% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 58 | 16.39% | 1.32% | 7.39% | 9.75% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 36 | 7.41% | 15.26% | 10.26% | 12.37% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 223 | 2092.75% | 0.32% | NA | NA |
| Food Processing | 92 | 7.86% | 11.85% | 11.96% | 5.92% |
| Food Wholesalers | 15 | 6.30% | 7.74% | 7.75% | 6.57% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 32 | 13.53% | 16.96% | 15.67% | 12.82% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 20 | 32.19% | 4.24% | 25.49% | -126.69% |
| Healthcare Products | 244 | 15.65% | 15.74% | 6.77% | 23.33% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 131 | 5.95% | 4.11% | 14.38% | -6.39% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 142 | 17.39% | 8.93% | 7.07% | 19.54% |
| Homebuilding | 29 | 1.27% | 64.41% | 4.87% | 62.02% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 31 | 14.52% | 2.35% | 6.51% | 10.92% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 66 | 15.71% | 5.26% | 9.89% | 14.37% |
| Household Products | 118 | 9.25% | 11.67% | 14.47% | 7.07% |
| Information Services | 79 | 20.11% | 0.19% | 6.82% | 6.79% |
| Insurance (General) | 23 | 28.28% | 0.00% | 78.30% | -6.96% |
| Insurance (Life) | 24 | 14.82% | 0.00% | 25.73% | 6.80% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 52 | 16.39% | 0.00% | 89.28% | -49.03% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 687 | 22.99% | 0.00% | NA | NA |
| Machinery | 111 | 17.60% | 16.22% | 10.54% | 22.64% |
| Metals & Mining | 74 | 8.86% | 17.20% | 12.67% | 11.59% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 18 | 12.36% | 12.39% | 13.79% | 6.67% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 4 | 12.32% | 6.88% | 16.56% | 3.55% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 183 | 14.85% | 1.95% | 11.43% | -11.17% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 21 | 10.37% | 3.23% | 8.19% | 2.58% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 100 | 10.50% | 9.03% | 11.43% | 7.37% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 14.64% | 12.27% | 15.22% | 10.55% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 11 | 10.26% | 12.20% | 10.00% | 11.34% |
| Power | 50 | 15.43% | 6.00% | 13.29% | 3.64% |
| Precious Metals | 76 | 2.78% | 14.89% | 5.05% | 11.86% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 21 | 14.97% | 4.88% | 7.15% | 11.86% |
| R.E.I.T. | 238 | 102.63% | 0.51% | 13.65% | 107.09% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 19 | 3.62% | 23.73% | 6.73% | -10.66% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 10 | 25.22% | 242.91% | 11.42% | 250.99% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 51 | 11.34% | 15.03% | 6.31% | 26.84% |
| Recreation | 60 | 11.78% | 16.11% | 10.09% | 16.21% |
| Reinsurance | 2 | 16.33% | 0.00% | 30.97% | 2.09% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 70 | 4.93% | 2.39% | 4.72% | 0.23% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 32 | 2.63% | 13.80% | 8.59% | 8.27% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 16 | 1.41% | 15.72% | 10.05% | 6.57% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 68 | 13.07% | 14.54% | 10.90% | 15.61% |
| Retail (General) | 16 | 0.98% | 11.36% | 10.92% | 0.99% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 15 | 1.15% | 5.67% | 5.43% | -0.88% |
| Retail (Online) | 60 | 4.62% | 6.64% | 14.27% | -3.11% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 76 | 2.58% | 12.50% | 10.08% | 5.67% |
| Rubber& Tires | 2 | 19.62% | 21.41% | 24.63% | 11.81% |
| Semiconductor | 67 | 12.89% | 12.20% | 8.39% | 17.45% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 34 | 20.69% | 17.61% | 7.04% | 28.91% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 8 | 11.43% | 5.32% | 7.62% | 8.76% |
| Shoe | 12 | 9.63% | 15.35% | 7.71% | 17.19% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 88 | 13.29% | 0.33% | 2.32% | 6.11% |
| Software (Internet) | 36 | 12.71% | 0.01% | 4.06% | 10.68% |
| Software (System & Application) | 375 | 15.92% | 1.15% | 6.46% | 12.05% |
| Steel | 28 | 13.68% | 18.48% | 8.82% | 23.14% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 17 | 11.90% | 2.31% | 5.54% | 8.27% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 82 | 20.40% | 7.64% | 7.47% | 19.26% |
| Telecom. Services | 42 | 12.94% | 1.63% | 18.32% | -1.58% |
| Tobacco | 16 | 6.97% | 19.74% | 5.76% | 13.38% |
| Transportation | 17 | 13.97% | 0.31% | 6.49% | 8.21% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 4 | 8.51% | 2.73% | 6.48% | 2.77% |
| Trucking | 34 | 11.96% | 0.24% | 5.74% | 4.96% |
| Utility (General) | 16 | 13.72% | 7.22% | 10.28% | 11.40% |
| Utility (Water) | 14 | 14.41% | 2.45% | 7.87% | 18.22% |
| Total Market | 7229 | 52.30% | 8.04% | 96.05% | -35.22% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 5619 | 11.83% | 9.01% | 11.53% | 8.30% |