Statistics Norway

Accounts statistics. Annual reports for non-financial joint-stock companies

3   Key figures for joint-stock companies. 1999-2002
  1999 2000 2001 20021
Operating profit margin in per cent 2 7.1 10.0 8.9 8.2
Operating margin in per cent 3 7.3 10.3 8.7 7.9
Return on total assets in per cent 4 6.4 8.3 7.4 6.6
Return on equity in per cent 5 7.8 8.2 6.6 4.8
Equity ratio in per cent 6 37.9 36.7 35.3 35.7
Current ratio 7 1.23 1.17 1.09 1.09
         
Number of enterprises  129 733  134 564  135 271  130 969
1  Preliminary figures.
2  Operating profit in per cent of operating income.
3  Operating result before tax in per cent of operating income.
4  Operating result before tax + interest expense in per cent of total equity and liabilities at 31 December.
5  Operating result in per cent of total equity at 31 December.
6  Equity in per cent of total equity and liabilities at 31 December.
7  Current assets at 31 December in proportion to short-term liabilities at 31 December.

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