St. Lawrence Cement - Key indicators


(in millions CAN $)	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Operations
Sales	1,383.4	1,317.8	1,278.0	1,149.2	1,189.2
Net earnings	83.2	20.6	67.1	65.4	85.3
Operating profit	155.5	128.0	131.4	119.3	139.3
Depreciation and amortization	56.2	58.3	58.8	52.1	62.5
Provision for income taxes	40.2	17.5	41.0	38.9	48.6
Operating cash flow	154.8	128.4	136.8	120.2	155.0
Additions to capital assets	137.2	72.1	75.5	77.3	97.4
Current assets	329.1	341.5	302.5	307.7	304.2
Total assets	1,292.2	1,189.8	1,213.3	1,143.1	1,172.1
Current liabilities	370.4	231.8	209.5	154.8	161.4
Shareholders' equity	672.3	607.0	610.5	590.1	581.7
Return on equity (%)	13.0%	3.4%	11.2%	11.2%	15.5%
Shares
Basic earnings per share	1.98	0.49	1.61	1.58	2.07
Other key indicators
Sales volumes of cementitious products (millions of tonnes)	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1
Sales volumes of aggregates (millions of tonnes)	19.8	20.7	21.2	17.1	16.6
Sales volumes of concrete (millions of cubic meters)	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5
Construction revenues (millions of dollars)	425.7	411.2	396.0	304.0	312.3
Annual cement and clinker capacity (millions of tonnes)	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7