ECONOMIC

TABLE B-82.—Relation of profits after taxes to stockholders' equity and to sales, all manufacturingcorporations, 1947—76Year or quarterRatio of profits afterincome taxes (annual rate)to stockholders' equity—percent 1AllmanufacturingcorporationsDurablegoodsindustriesNondurablegoodsindustriesAllmanufacturingcorporationsProfits after income taxesper dollar of sales—centsDurablegoodsindustriesNondurablegoodsindustries1947194819491950195119521953195419551956195719581959 . .196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731973: IVNew series: *197419751973- IV1974: 1||IIIIV1975: 1IIIllIV_. _ _1976: 1 _._II ..Ill15.616.011.615.412.110.310.59.912.612.310.98.610.49.28.99.810.311.613.013.411.712.111.59.39.710.612.813.414.911.614.314.316.715.413.29.011.812.413.113.315.713.714.415.712.116.913.011 111.110.313 812.811.38.010.48.58 19.610.111.713.814.211.712.211.48.39.010.813.112.912.610.313.312.115 612.310.48.110.910.511.612.316.012.916.616.211.214.111.29 79.99.611.411.810.69.210.49.89 69.910.411.51 Annual ratios based on average equity for the year (using four end-of-quarter figures). Quarterly ratios based on equityat end of quarter only.3 See "Quarterly Financial Report for Manufacturing Corporations, First Quarter 1974," Federal Trade Commission.Note.—Based on data in millions of dollars.See also Note, Table B-81.Source: Federal Trade Commission.12.212.711.811.911.510.310.310.512.614.017.112.915.316.417.818.515.810.012.814.114.514.315.514.46.77.05.87.14.84.34.34.55.45.34.84.24.84.44.34.54.75.25.65.65.05.14.84.04.14.34.74.75.54.65.65.66.05.74.83.74.74.95.15.25.95.36.77.16.47.75.34.54.24.65.75.24.83.94.84.03.94.44.55.15.75.64.84.94.63.53.84.24.74.54.74.15.04.85.54.63.83.44.34.24.54.85.85.0I6.76 85.46.54.54 14 34.45 15 34.94.44.94.84 74.74.95.45.55.65.35.25.04.54.54.44.85.06.45.16.16.46.66.85.94.15.15.55.65.65.S5.6283