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Table 2

Descriptive statistics

Variable	Obs	Mean	Std. dev.	Min	Max
Return on assets	5523	2.405	4.253	−42.62	65.87
Return on equity	5523	5.45	5.578	−4.71	14.04
EPS	5523	79.142	90.665	−49.994	253.956
Tobin’s Q	5523	0.004	0.003	0.001	0.07
Equity multiplier	5523	2.546	1.054	1.393	4.702
Interest coverage	5523	43.452	59.654	−1.603	186.429
Fixed charge coverage ratio	5523	1.974	2.636	0	8.406
Degree of financial leverage	5523	1.182	0.903	−0.179	2.956
Debt-to-EBITDA ratio	5523	7.258	5.822	1.111	19.9
Capitalization ratio	5523	0.513	0.199	0	1.557
Age of the firms	5523	64.474	16.564	2	131
Sales growth	5523	1.608	8.829	−13.275	15.202
The size of firm	5523	7.767	0.702	6.164	10.792

Variable	Obs	Mean	Std. dev.	Min	Max
Return on assets	5523	2.405	4.253	−42.62	65.87
Return on equity	5523	5.45	5.578	−4.71	14.04
EPS	5523	79.142	90.665	−49.994	253.956
Tobin’s Q	5523	0.004	0.003	0.001	0.07
Equity multiplier	5523	2.546	1.054	1.393	4.702
Interest coverage	5523	43.452	59.654	−1.603	186.429
Fixed charge coverage ratio	5523	1.974	2.636	0	8.406
Degree of financial leverage	5523	1.182	0.903	−0.179	2.956
Debt-to-EBITDA ratio	5523	7.258	5.822	1.111	19.9
Capitalization ratio	5523	0.513	0.199	0	1.557
Age of the firms	5523	64.474	16.564	2	131
Sales growth	5523	1.608	8.829	−13.275	15.202
The size of firm	5523	7.767	0.702	6.164	10.792

Source(s): Authors’ own work