Table 3.
Descriptive statistics for stock groups.
| Market type |
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| Main Board (2696 firms) |
SME/GEM (882 firms) |
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| Mean | Std.Dev | Min | Median | Max | Mean | Std.Dev | Min | Median | Max | ||
| Total Asset | 102.49 | 1107.66 | 0.09 | 5.68 | 30109.44 | 3.57 | 6.87 | 0.18 | 1.99 | 101.35 | |
| Current Ratio (%) | 55.67 | 20.56 | 3.51 | 57.60 | 99.74 | 63.04 | 17.96 | 11.07 | 63.06 | 99.28 | |
| ROA (%) | 3.58 | 8.20 | −150.18 | 3.46 | 52.62 | 2.18 | 14.79 | −191.91 | 4.64 | 39.87 | |
| Profit Margin (%) | 11.78 | 66.43 | −572.59 | 8.24 | 2330.08 | −164.37 | 4931.20 | −146269.71 | 10.52 | 144.93 | |
| Net Profit Margin (%) | 11.43 | 146.34 | −579.61 | 6.89 | 7019.96 | −167.91 | 4925.60 | −146088.83 | 9.45 | 123.90 | |
| Industry classification |
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| Finance (116 firms) |
Utility (630) |
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| Mean | Std.Dev | Min | Median | Max | Mean | Std.Dev | Min | Median | Max | ||
| Total Asset (billion) | 341.95 | 2337.03 | 0.49 | 6.13 | 24878.29 | 96.83 | 1248.74 | 0.15 | 4.87 | 30109.44 | |
| Current Ratio (%) | 55.32 | 17.61 | 5.46 | 56.56 | 90.68 | 54.85 | 22.07 | 3.72 | 55.81 | 98.73 | |
| ROA (%) | 1.71 | 7.00 | −39.51 | 1.86 | 11.85 | 2.42 | 10.99 | −150.18 | 3.46 | 29.67 | |
| Profit Margin (%) | 47.52 | 238.77 | −342.31 | 14.31 | 2330.08 | 8.69 | 69.20 | −542.02 | 8.69 | 1404.26 | |
| Net Profit Margin (%) | 93.06 | 675.80 | −406.33 | 12.06 | 7019.96 | 5.91 | 65.49 | −579.61 | 7.09 | 1208.05 | |
| Property (182 firms) |
Conglomerate (75 firms) |
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| Mean | Std.Dev | Min | Median | Max | Mean | Std.Dev | Min | Median | Max | ||
| Total Asset(billion) | 143.96 | 976.67 | 0.25 | 5.71 | 10216.71 | 10.35 | 20.12 | 0.46 | 4.20 | 144.49 | |
| Current Ratio (%) | 65.43 | 19.69 | 14.70 | 67.94 | 98.44 | 58.75 | 23.02 | 11.42 | 58.54 | 99.74 | |
| ROA (%) | 3.57 | 5.78 | −42.70 | 3.08 | 14.92 | 3.70 | 10.76 | −29.22 | 2.04 | 52.62 | |
| Profit Margin (%) | 11.22 | 22.65 | −111.18 | 10.29 | 144.93 | 10.45 | 48.94 | −184.75 | 6.38 | 361.00 | |
| Net Profit Margin (%) | 8.65 | 19.42 | −112.07 | 7.95 | 123.90 | 9.56 | 47.63 | −171.14 | 4.84 | 356.39 | |
| Industry (2419 firms) |
Commerce (156 firms) |
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| Mean | Std.Dev | Min | Median | Max | Mean | Std.Dev | Min | Median | Max | ||
| Total Asset (billion) | 60.58 | 791.47 | 0.14 | 3.93 | 25436.26 | 33.86 | 201.27 | 0.09 | 3.60 | 1800.79 | |
| Current Ratio (%) | 57.41 | 19.55 | 3.51 | 58.50 | 99.28 | 61.51 | 19.86 | 9.45 | 64.55 | 94.04 | |
| ROA (%) | 3.48 | 10.51 | −191.91 | 3.97 | 39.87 | 3.17 | 8.36 | −37.31 | 4.04 | 22.93 | |
| Profit Margin (%) | −52.21 | 2975.62 | −146269.71 | 9.02 | 707.37 | −3.40 | 103.42 | −1249.19 | 6.13 | 54.62 | |
| Net Profit Margin (%) | −55.04 | 2972.24 | −146088.83 | 7.70 | 523.88 | −4.60 | 100.06 | −1208.22 | 4.90 | 51.53 | |
Note: This table reports the mean, standard deviation, minimum, median and maximum of five firms’ financial statement information: Natural logarithm of total assets, Current Ratio, Return on Assets, Profit Margin and Net Profit Margin, in the market type stock groups (Main Board and SME/GEM) and industry classification groups (Finance, Utility, Property, Conglomerate, Industry and Commerce). The financial statement information is from the fiscal year of 2019.