General Merchandise Stores: average industry financial ratios for U.S. listed companies
Industry: 53 - General Merchandise Stores Measure of center:| Financial ratio | Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
| Solvency Ratios | ||||||
| Debt ratio | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.62 |
| Debt-to-equity ratio | 2.16 | 2.01 | 1.23 | 1.27 | 0.77 | 0.79 |
| Interest coverage ratio | 7.61 | 14.88 | 5.88 | 4.06 | 4.95 | 9.30 |
| Liquidity Ratios | ||||||
| Current Ratio | 1.35 | 1.19 | 1.50 | 1.47 | 1.57 | 1.65 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.48 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.24 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.38 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.16 |
| Profitability Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 3.1% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 1.9% |
| ROE (Return on equity), after tax | 15.9% | 14% | 10.1% | 12.9% | 9.7% | 5.8% |
| ROA (Return on assets) | 5.8% | 6.1% | 5.5% | 6.4% | 4.2% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 30.5% | 32.7% | 30.6% | 31.6% | 30.9% | 33.8% |
| Operating margin (Return on sales) | 4% | 4.1% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 4.6% |
| Activity Ratios | ||||||
| Asset turnover (days) | 269 | 207 | 188 | 182 | 181 | 193 |
| Receivables turnover (days) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Inventory turnover (days) | 79 | 86 | 79 | 77 | 76 | 76 |
| Price Ratios | ||||||
| Dividend Payout Ratio | 0.08 | 0.20 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.52 |