Statistics Norway

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

9   Key figures for joint-stock companies in Mainland Norway. 2002
  1999 2000 2001 20021
Operating profit margin in per cent 2 5.4 4.9 3.9 4.2
Operating margin in per cent 3 6.1 6.0 3.9 3.1
Return on total assets in per cent 4 6.4 5.9 4.6 3.9
Return on equity in per cent 5 8.8 7.5 4.5 3.1
Equity ratio in per cent 6 37.9 37.1 35.8 35.8
Current ratio 7 1.25 1.22 1.14 1.16
         
Number om enterprises  127 690  132 513  133 289  129 049
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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