Financial performance - Canadian Industry Statistics

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Alumina and aluminum production and processing - 33131

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:
2024
Industry:
Alumina and aluminum production and processing - 33131

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 78
Revenue range:
Low ($000) 30 30 118 372 1,068
High ($000) 5,000 118 372 1,068 5,000
REVENUES AND EXPENSES (thousands of dollars) - Averages
Total revenue 919.3C 68.7 231.2 767.0 2,610.2 100.0
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) 563.2C 14.7 83.7 497.9 1,656.4 83.3
Wages and benefits 113.2C 0.6 9.3 93.8 349.3 35.9
Purchases, materials and sub-contracts 444.8C 17.7 74.5 399.7 1,287.2 83.3
Opening Inventory 202.9E 2.1 11.3 283.4 514.8 51.3
Closing inventory 197.8E 5.7 11.4 279.1 494.9 52.6
Operating expenses (indirect expenses) 537.4E 38.6 130.4 1,140.4 840.1 98.7
Labour and commissions 222.2E 4.8 53.4 453.1 377.3 64.1
Amortization and depletion 45.0E 3.0 8.9 110.2 58.0 70.5
Repairs and maintenance 21.5E 1.1 5.9 68.8 10.0 50.0
Utilities and telephone/telecommunication 13.7E 1.8 3.3 29.9 19.9 76.9
Rent 32.6C 4.0 9.3 49.4 67.8 61.5
Interest and bank charges 11.4E 1.7 1.7 18.6 23.6 44.9
Professional and business fees 26.2E 1.1 2.9 84.7 16.3 89.7
Advertising and promotion 7.8E 0.7 3.6 9.2 17.6 69.2
Delivery, shipping and warehouse expenses 3.2E 0.2 0.6 11.9 0.1 14.1
Insurance 9.9C 2.2 4.3 14.9 18.1 69.2
Other expenses 143.9E 17.9 36.5 289.7 231.4 97.4
Total expenses 1,100.5C 53.3 214.1 1,638.3 2,496.5 98.7
Net profit/loss -181.2E 15.4 17.1 -871.2 113.7 100.0
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 -14.9 10.1 11.3 -45.8 5.8
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 (%) 38.7 78.6 63.8 35.1 36.5
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 (%) 69.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total revenue 987.0C 63.9 213.4 782.2 2,798.0
Total expenses 840.2C 35.9 170.0 722.5 2,366.4
Net profit 146.8C 28.0 43.4 59.7 431.6
Non-Profitable
Percentage of businesses (%) 30.8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total revenue 766.9E 84.7 266.8 745.3 2,065.6
Total expenses 1,686.4E 111.3 302.3 2,954.7 2,874.0
Net loss -919.5E -26.6 -35.5 -2,209.4 -808.4

Source: Statistics Canada – Financial Performance Data

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