Statistics Norway

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

3   Key figures for joint-stock companies. 1999-2002
  1999 2000 2001 2002
Operating profit margin in per cent1 7.1 10.0 8.9 7.8
Operating margin in per cent2 7.3 10.3 8.7 7.6
Return on total assets in per cent3 6.4 8.3 7.4 6.7
Return on equity in per cent4 7.8 8.2 6.6 4.5
Equity ratio in per cent5 37.9 36.7 35.3 35.2
Current ratio6 1.23 1.17 1.09 1.09
         
Number om enterprises  129 733  134 564  135 271  137 488
1  Operating profit in per cent of operating income.
2  Operating result before tax in per cent of operating income.
3  Operating result before tax + interest expense in per cent of total equity and liabilities at 31 December.
4  Operating result in per cent of total equity at 31 December.
5  Equity in per cent of total equity and liabilities at 31 December.
6  Current assets at 31 December in proportion to short-term liabilities at 31 December.

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