Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
The following key business ratios were obtained from the public domain and may not be accurate. However, they will give you a rough idea.
Key Business Ratios can be obtained from companies like D&B (Dun & Bradstreet). Their ratios are developed and derived from the financial statements in their extensive database. They are based on activities of numerous industries, includes a combination of financial statements and business ratios to help the credit community to compare a company's financial performance to its peer group by industry size and region. For more information and an extensive list of the key business ratios please contact your local Dun & Bradstreet office.
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|
Current Ratio |
Quick Ratio |
Debt to Equity |
Sales to Inventory |
DSO |
Profit Margin % |
|
| Agriculture |
1.31 |
0.39 |
1.33 |
2.52 |
19.00 |
2.58 |
| Mining |
1.19 |
0.77 |
0.48 |
0.00 |
52.00 |
0.00 |
| Construction |
1.44 |
0.98 |
1.31 |
4.74 |
43.00 |
1.74 |
| Manufacturing | ||||||
| Leather/Textile/App |
1.50 |
0.62 |
1.48 |
6.05 |
34.00 |
1.64 |
| Chem. Petrol. Metal |
1.54 |
0.75 |
1.33 |
6.94 |
48.00 |
2.23 |
| Wood Related Prod |
1.43 |
0.62 |
1.41 |
6.46 |
33.00 |
2.16 |
| Mach-trans equipment |
1.54 |
0.74 |
1.34 |
5.89 |
51.00 |
2.38 |
| Trans-Communic |
1.03 |
0.70 |
1.64 |
0.00 |
34.00 |
1.84 |
| Wholesale | ||||||
| Non-Durable |
1.53 |
0.66 |
1.70 |
4.63 |
39.00 |
1.40 |
| Durable |
1.42 |
0.69 |
1.60 |
7.36 |
31.00 |
1.11 |
| Retail | ||||||
| Hardware |
1.68 |
0.43 |
1.30 |
4.20 |
22.00 |
1.11 |
| Gen. Merchandise |
2.14 |
0.15 |
0.59 |
3.81 |
4.00 |
0.16 |
| Automobiles |
1.23 |
0.19 |
2.61 |
4.75 |
9.00 |
0.84 |
| Apparel |
1.90 |
0.14 |
0.91 |
2.96 |
2.00 |
1.35 |
| Furniture |
1.61 |
0.38 |
1.33 |
4.03 |
16.00 |
0.92 |
| Restaurants |
0.73 |
0.18 |
1.24 |
35.65 |
1.00 |
0.43 |
| Financial Services |
1.18 |
0.34 |
0.72 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
1.29 |
| Business Services |
1.36 |
0.84 |
1.11 |
0.00 |
42.00 |
1.75 |
| Service Industry |
1.29 |
0.68 |
0.75 |
3.04 |
15.00 |
0.77 |