Financial performance - Canadian Industry Statistics

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Pulp mills - 32211

Here you will find information on average revenues, expenses and profits for small and medium-sized businesses in this sub-sector. You can use this information to see how your business measures up to the competition.

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Revenue range:
Annual revenues $30,000 - $5,000,000
Provinces/territory/Canada:
Canada
Incorporation status:
All businesses
Note: Balance sheet information is not available for all businesses and unincorporated businesses under the incorporation status.
Distribution by:
Total revenue
Value in:
Thousands of dollars
Data year:
2021
Industry:
Pulp mills - 32211

N/A = Data not available based on selected status

Report by revenue in thousand of dollars
  Whole
industry
(reliability)		 Bottom
quartile
(25%)		 Lower
middle
(25%)		 Upper
middle
(25%)		 Top
quartile
(25%)		 Percentage of
businesses
reporting
Number of businesses 16
Revenue range:
Low ($000) 30 30 52 66 258
High ($000) 5,000 52 66 258 5,000
REVENUES AND EXPENSES (thousands of dollars) - Averages
Total revenue 343.1B 40.5 61.0 158.0 1,112.8 100.0
Sales of goods and services N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
All other revenues N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Cost of sales (direct expenses) 139.1A 7.3 6.0 34.0 509.2 37.5
Wages and benefits 9.0A 0.0 0.0 0.0 35.8 6.3
Purchases, materials and sub-contracts 130.0A 7.3 5.2 34.0 473.4 37.5
Opening Inventory 0.2A 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 6.3
Closing inventory 0.0A 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Operating expenses (indirect expenses) 127.1C 19.4 30.1 33.5 425.5 93.8
Labour and commissions 48.4E 3.5 0.0 0.0 190.3 25.0
Amortization and depletion 13.3C 0.4 3.1 17.2 32.6 56.3
Repairs and maintenance 6.0A 0.0 1.4 2.0 20.5 37.5
Utilities and telephone/telecommunication 9.4B 2.0 2.9 0.7 32.1 62.5
Rent 23.1A 4.7 12.3 0.0 75.5 43.8
Interest and bank charges 0.7B 0.1 0.1 0.2 2.4 37.5
Professional and business fees 2.7E 0.2 0.8 1.9 7.8 75.0
Advertising and promotion 1.1C 0.0 0.5 0.0 3.8 31.3
Delivery, shipping and warehouse expenses 0.0A 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Insurance 3.0C 1.0 0.4 0.7 9.9 56.3
Other expenses 19.4E 7.5 8.5 10.8 50.7 87.5
Total expenses 266.2B 26.6 36.2 67.5 934.7 93.8
Net profit/loss 76.8B 13.8 24.8 90.5 178.1 100.0
BALANCE SHEET (thousands of dollars) - Averages
Total assets N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total current assets N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Accounts receivable N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Closing inventory N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other current assets N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Net tangible and intangible assets N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
All other assets and adjustments N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total current liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Current bank loans N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other current liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Long term liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total equity N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
FINANCIAL RATIOS Averages
Current ratio N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Debt to equity ratio N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Interest coverage ratio 113.9 244.7 314.5 410.8 76.3
Debt ratio N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Revenue to equity ratio N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Revenue to closing inventory ratio N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Current debt to equity (%) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Net profit to equity (%) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Net fixed assets to equity (%) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Gross margin (%) 59.4 82.1 90.1 78.5 54.2
Return on total assets (%) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Collection period for accounts receivable (days) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
PROFITABLE vs NON-PROFITABLE BUSINESSES (thousands of dollars)
Profitable
Percentage of businesses (%) 93.8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total revenue 363.3B N/A N/A 158.0 1,112.8
Total expenses 281.3B N/A N/A 67.5 934.7
Net profit 82.0B N/A N/A 90.5 178.1
Non-Profitable
Percentage of businesses (%) 6.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total revenue N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total expenses N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Net loss N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Source: Statistics Canada – Financial Performance Data

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