General Merchandise Stores: average industry financial ratios
Industry: 53 - General Merchandise Stores Measure of center:| Financial ratio | Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |
| Solvency Ratios | ||||||
| Debt ratio | 0.62 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.58 | 0.54 |
| Debt-to-equity ratio | 1.43 | 1.27 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.99 |
| Interest coverage ratio | 5.88 | 4.36 | 4.95 | 8.18 | 5.81 | 8.16 |
| Liquidity Ratios | ||||||
| Current Ratio | 1.50 | 1.52 | 1.64 | 1.66 | 1.77 | 1.94 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.21 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.22 |
| Profitability Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 3.2% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| ROE (Return on equity), after tax | 12.4% | 20.4% | 12.3% | 12.9% | 15.3% | 12.1% |
| ROA (Return on assets) | 5.9% | 7% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 5.9% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 30.4% | 31.6% | 32.7% | 35.1% | 34.6% | 33.5% |
| Operating margin (Return on sales) | 4% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 3.8% | 3.1% |
| Activity Ratios | ||||||
| Asset turnover (days) | 194 | 185 | 198 | 202 | 190 | 198 |
| Receivables turnover (days) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Inventory turnover (days) | 81 | 77 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 103 |
| Price Ratios | ||||||
| Dividend Payout Ratio | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.34 |