General Merchandise Stores: average industry financial ratios
Industry: 53 - General Merchandise Stores Measure of center:| Financial ratio | Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Solvency Ratios | ||||||
| Debt ratio | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.57 |
| Debt-to-equity ratio | 1.95 | 1.06 | 1.18 | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.87 |
| Interest coverage ratio | 6.54 | 5.86 | 3.77 | 4.95 | 9.30 | 5.81 |
| Liquidity Ratios | ||||||
| Current Ratio | 1.25 | 1.47 | 1.46 | 1.57 | 1.65 | 1.65 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.19 |
| Profitability Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.8% |
| ROE (Return on equity), after tax | 40.4% | 10.1% | 13.2% | 9.7% | 7.1% | 12.1% |
| ROA (Return on assets) | 15.1% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 4.2% | 4% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 30.4% | 30.5% | 31.6% | 30.9% | 33.8% | 33.9% |
| Operating margin (Return on sales) | 3.6% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 4.6% | 3.8% |
| Activity Ratios | ||||||
| Asset turnover (days) | 60 | 183 | 176 | 181 | 193 | 180 |
| Receivables turnover (days) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Inventory turnover (days) | 22 | 78 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 74 |
| Price Ratios | ||||||
| Dividend Payout Ratio | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.52 | 0.37 |