Walmart 2012 key ratios

INDUSTRY: Discount Stores

MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY	COMPANY	INDUSTRY
Income/Employee	7,770	7,961.96
Revenue/Employee	215,000.91	229,128.42
Receivable Turnover	83.27	79.83
Inventory Turnover	8.52	8.57
Asset Turnover	2.39	2.39

INDUSTRY: Discount Stores

GROWTH RATES %	COMPANY	INDUSTRY
Sales (Qtr vs year ago qtr)	2.3	1.26
Net Income (YTD vs YTD)	NA	NA
Net Income (Qtr vs year ago qtr)	1.3	0.68
Sales (5-Year Annual Avg.)	4.37	14.2
Net Income (5-Year Annual Avg.)	5.7	4.73
Dividends (5-Year Annual Avg.)	12.56	6.33

INDUSTRY: Discount Stores

INVESTMENT RETURNS %	COMPANY	INDUSTRY
Return On Equity	24.09	23.64
Return On Assets	8.62	8.5
Return On Capital	12.23	13.29
Return On Equity (5-Year Avg.)	22.1	22.14
Return On Assets (5-Year Avg.)	8.6	8.14
Return On Capital (5-Year Avg.)	11.9	12.38

INDUSTRY: Discount Stores

PROFIT MARGINS %	COMPANY	INDUSTRY
Gross Margin	24.92	24.54
Pre-Tax Margin	5.47	5.38
Net Profit Margin	3.61	3.55
5Yr Gross Margin (5-Year Avg.)	25	24.79
5Yr Pre Tax Margin (5-Year Avg.)	5.4	5.33
5Yr Net Profit Margin (5-Year Avg.)	3.6	1,124.27 Bil