Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies, Mercantile: average industry financial ratios for U.S. listed companies
Industry: 732 - Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies, Mercantile Measure of center:| Financial ratio | Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Solvency Ratios | ||||||
| Debt ratio | 0.74 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 1.19 | 0.96 | 0.90 |
| Debt-to-equity ratio | 3.77 | 2.51 | 1.23 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 1.59 |
| Interest coverage ratio | 11.28 | 9.47 | 9.72 | 4.89 | 6.54 | 5.50 |
| Liquidity Ratios | ||||||
| Current Ratio | 1.54 | 1.23 | 1.17 | 0.94 | 1.13 | 0.90 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.35 | 1.23 | 1.12 | 1.21 | 1.08 | 0.80 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.87 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.35 | 0.51 | 0.45 |
| Profitability Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 10.4% | 19.9% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 9.1% |
| ROE (Return on equity), after tax | 11.9% | 7.6% | 0.3% | 0.6% | -230.6% | -1.5% |
| ROA (Return on assets) | 3.5% | 2.9% | 6% | 2.7% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 69.2% | 65.9% | 68.8% | 67.4% | 67.6% | 67.8% |
| Operating margin (Return on sales) | 25.7% | 23.5% | 28.5% | 19.4% | 26.3% | 14.2% |
| Activity Ratios | ||||||
| Asset turnover (days) | 766 | 757 | 604 | 531 | 513 | 480 |
| Receivables turnover (days) | 61 | 61 | 58 | 56 | 62 | 63 |
| Inventory turnover (days) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Price Ratios | ||||||
| Dividend Payout Ratio | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.72 | 0.30 | 0.26 |