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Statistical bulletin: Profitability of UK Companies, Q2 2012
Released: 04 October 2012 Download PDF
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Key points
- Private non-financial corporations’ net rate of return was estimated at 12.7 per cent in quarter two 2012, lower than the revised estimate of 12.9 per cent in the previous quarter
- Manufacturing companies’ net rate of return was estimated at 4.9 per cent in quarter two 2012, unchanged from the estimated rate of return for the previous quarter
- Service companies’ net rate of return was estimated at 15.8 per cent in quarter two 2012, higher than the estimate of 15.7 per cent in the previous quarter
- UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) companies’ net rate of return was 36.5 per cent in quarter two 2012, lower than the revised estimate of 43.0 per cent in the previous quarter
- Non-UKCS companies’ net rate of return was 11.8 per cent in quarter two 2012, higher than the revised estimate of 11.7 per cent in the previous quarter
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.1.0.