Key Points
- Private non-financial corporations’ profitability, as measured by their net rate of return, was estimated at 12.0% in Q3 2014; up from the revised estimate of 11.6% in Q2 2014.
- Manufacturing companies’ net rate of return was estimated at 10.9% in Q3 2014, 0.1 percentage points higher than Q2 2014 and the highest since Q1 2002.
- Service companies’ net rate of return was estimated at 16.8% in Q3 2014, the highest rate since the series began in Q1 1997.
- UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) companies’ net rate of return was 13.9% in Q3 2014. This was the lowest estimated rate since the series began in Q1 1997. This was the second consecutive lowest estimate and 3.3 percentage points lower than the previous quarter.
- UK non-CS companies’ net rate of return was 12.0% in Q3 2014. This was the highest rate since Q4 1998, when it was also 12.0%.
- To see the above data in more context, data for earlier periods are shown at Tables 1 and 2, they are also presented in the graphs at Figures 1 to 4.
The graph on page 11 says it all for me.
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