Historical performance of a company

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Analyzing the productivity and profitability of the company.

The following is a historical performance of a company. Discuss changes during four years listed in the chart. Analyze the productivity and profitability of the company.

In %	2005	2006	2007	2008
ROIC	23.8	45.7	48.6	24.9
Pre-Tax ROIC	40	71.7	76.2	38.6
AVG Tax Rate	40.5	36.3	36.3	35.6
Op. Margin	10	9.8	10.4	6.5
Capital Return	4.02	7.35	7.33	5.96
Gross Margin	26.5	24.6	25.5	23.8
SGA	15.5	14	14	16.1
Depreciation	1.00	0.9	1.1	1.2
Op WC/Sales	(0.16)	(0.14)	(0.12)	(0.12)
Fixed Assets/Sales	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.03
Other Assets/Sales	0.37	0.25	0.23	0.26

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