Statistics Norway

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

1   Key figures for joint-stock companies. 1999-2003
  1999 2000 2001 2002 20031
Operating profit margin in per cent2 7.1 10.0 8.9 7.8 10.7
Operating margin in per cent3 7.3 10.3 8.7 7.6 11.1
Return on total assets in per cent4 6.4 8.3 7.4 6.7 8.3
Return on equity in per cent5 7.8 8.2 6.6 4.5 9.7
Equity ratio in per cent6 37.9 36.7 35.3 35.2 37.0
Current ratio7 1.23 1.17 1.09 1.09 1.08
           
Number om enterprises  129 733  134 564  135 271  137 488  109 165
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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