The return on equity (ROE) has decreased considerably over the four-year period, which indicates that management has failed to bring more wealth to shareholders.

ROA, return on assets has decreased by in last four years the four year period, which is probably because the profit margin (PM) has decreased by 34.7% over four year period

Figures indicated below also suggest that percentage of sales over assets has not increased significantly over these years.

Return On Assets (ROA) 24.22 26.51 21.12 13.58

Return On Invest. (ROI) 42.4 39.25 37.51 27.17

Return On Equity (ROE) 56.73 56.48 42.05 25.56

Net Income Margin (PM) 18.83 21.88 18.78 12.28

Fixed Assets Turnover Ratio (AT) 4.7 5.17 5.08 4.99

Current assets/ Total assets 0.36 0.35 0.33 0.30

1999 1998 1997 1996

Debt To Assets % 27.93 22.88 26.9 28.8

SGA To Sales 40.49 41.3 43.65 45.45

Asset Turnover ratio 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0

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