Financial performance - Canadian Industry Statistics

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Transportation equipment manufacturing - 336

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:
Transportation equipment manufacturing - 336

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 2,091
Revenue range:
Low ($000) 30 30 89 241 940
High ($000) 5,000 89 241 940 5,000
REVENUES AND EXPENSES (thousands of dollars) - Averages
Total revenue 746.8C 55.5 150.7 510.2 2,270.6 100.0
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) 431.6C 14.0 50.7 254.4 1,407.5 73.7
Wages and benefits 110.8C 2.0 8.8 54.0 378.5 36.9
Purchases, materials and sub-contracts 324.4C 12.5 42.5 203.1 1,039.6 73.8
Opening Inventory 169.4C 32.3 19.1 94.4 531.9 48.8
Closing inventory 173.0C 32.8 19.7 97.1 542.5 49.4
Operating expenses (indirect expenses) 301.0E 44.0 97.3 243.9 818.9 97.2
Labour and commissions 110.6C 10.0 25.4 84.7 322.6 52.5
Amortization and depletion 21.5C 4.0 6.4 18.4 57.3 72.7
Repairs and maintenance 8.4C 1.1 2.6 9.5 20.6 53.6
Utilities and telephone/telecommunication 10.8C 2.2 4.8 9.8 26.2 80.7
Rent 29.7C 3.4 8.5 25.6 81.3 57.5
Interest and bank charges 12.3E 0.7 2.0 8.9 37.6 40.9
Professional and business fees 19.2E 5.5 5.7 13.4 52.4 86.8
Advertising and promotion 10.2E 2.0 4.9 7.7 26.4 68.8
Delivery, shipping and warehouse expenses 4.2E 0.4 0.5 3.5 12.3 21.0
Insurance 10.0C 1.3 3.3 8.8 26.3 66.1
Other expenses 64.1E 13.6 33.3 53.7 155.9 95.2
Total expenses 732.7C 58.1 148.0 498.3 2,226.4 97.5
Net profit/loss 14.1A -2.5 2.8 11.9 44.2 99.9
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 2.1 -2.9 2.4 2.3 2.2
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 (%) 42.2 74.7 66.4 50.1 38.0
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 (%) 71.7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total revenue 735.5C 54.4 149.2 506.6 2,317.1
Total expenses 612.2C 30.7 97.0 399.8 1,994.5
Net profit 123.3C 23.7 52.2 106.7 322.6
Non-Profitable
Percentage of businesses (%) 28.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total revenue 775.4C 59.1 155.0 517.9 2,163.2
Total expenses 1,038.3C 145.2 288.7 704.4 2,761.6
Net loss -263.0E -86.1 -133.7 -186.5 -598.4

Source: Statistics Canada – Financial Performance Data

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