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  | 

