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Fundamentals by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 5891 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2012
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| Industry Name | Number of Firmz | MV Debt Ratio | BV Debt Ratio | Effective Tax Rate | Insider Holdings | Std Deviation in Prices | EBITDA/Value | Fixed Assets/BV of Capital | Capital Spending/BV of Capital |
| Advertising | 31 | 30.20% | 44.22% | 10.73% | 13.60% | 101.29% | 10.56% | 15.68% | 2.41% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 64 | 20.42% | 41.40% | 20.72% | 4.42% | 61.32% | 11.90% | 25.63% | 5.78% |
| Air Transport | 36 | 19.56% | 66.71% | 20.54% | 4.67% | 64.80% | 7.16% | 105.04% | 10.79% |
| Apparel | 57 | 15.53% | 31.13% | 16.08% | 12.91% | 88.82% | 10.64% | 20.34% | 4.43% |
| Auto Parts | 51 | 21.66% | 36.46% | 18.99% | 8.11% | 80.58% | 14.14% | 44.23% | 7.22% |
| Automotive | 12 | 57.37% | 58.48% | 24.07% | 6.05% | 68.91% | 14.15% | 30.71% | 5.53% |
| Bank | 426 | 60.95% | 57.06% | 15.97% | 2.62% | 61.15% | 20.28% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 45 | 37.31% | 43.50% | 17.77% | 6.78% | 55.60% | 18.80% | 0.33% | 0.00% |
| Beverage | 34 | 20.96% | 48.92% | 19.14% | 12.17% | 66.05% | 7.89% | 26.14% | 3.00% |
| Biotechnology | 158 | 11.88% | 30.11% | 2.49% | 10.90% | 113.11% | -0.14% | 17.86% | 2.63% |
| Building Materials | 45 | 48.54% | 48.37% | 11.17% | 6.25% | 78.83% | 8.40% | 53.44% | 2.51% |
| Cable TV | 21 | 40.50% | 61.11% | 27.35% | 8.29% | 50.77% | 15.02% | 39.00% | 8.61% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 16 | 21.47% | 41.97% | 20.90% | 4.35% | 49.27% | 10.15% | 48.59% | 7.39% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | 18.28% | 39.84% | 21.73% | 3.88% | 56.31% | 10.35% | 50.52% | 6.39% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 17.46% | 39.42% | 17.58% | 9.13% | 71.60% | 9.63% | 50.90% | 6.31% |
| Coal | 20 | 22.42% | 44.49% | 12.75% | 4.01% | 55.52% | 12.58% | 99.36% | 12.07% |
| Computer Software | 184 | 6.97% | 21.87% | 12.27% | 6.48% | 82.03% | 9.59% | 8.90% | 2.33% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 87 | 9.28% | 28.73% | 11.77% | 4.42% | 97.69% | 11.01% | 16.79% | 6.23% |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 50.55% | 68.39% | 15.55% | 6.24% | 75.00% | 7.54% | 15.40% | 2.19% |
| Drug | 279 | 13.39% | 29.67% | 5.36% | 5.10% | 103.44% | 9.72% | 18.82% | 2.27% |
| E-Commerce | 57 | 6.02% | 22.59% | 12.33% | 7.31% | 88.13% | 4.07% | 19.73% | 5.91% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 10.97% | 24.87% | 25.17% | 12.92% | 78.24% | 18.07% | 30.28% | 8.37% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 21 | 46.28% | 57.42% | 31.82% | 1.55% | 23.37% | 12.47% | 105.73% | 9.38% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 21 | 39.82% | 54.03% | 33.14% | 0.00% | 18.30% | 11.43% | 98.96% | 10.86% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | 45.81% | 53.56% | 31.30% | 0.00% | 19.85% | 12.88% | 112.45% | 13.30% |
| Electrical Equipment | 68 | 11.24% | 22.75% | 17.02% | 4.45% | 67.76% | 9.72% | 27.16% | 3.72% |
| Electronics | 139 | 18.25% | 26.99% | 10.36% | 7.13% | 89.93% | 14.13% | 25.01% | 5.60% |
| Engineering & Const | 25 | 10.71% | 17.16% | 26.26% | 4.78% | 65.03% | 11.00% | 20.16% | 3.65% |
| Entertainment | 77 | 29.07% | 41.19% | 15.38% | 29.34% | 108.37% | 11.47% | 20.86% | 3.20% |
| Entertainment Tech | 40 | 8.89% | 16.15% | 11.59% | 7.42% | 76.91% | 6.59% | 12.70% | 3.27% |
| Environmental | 82 | 30.41% | 49.22% | 11.71% | 6.54% | 92.14% | 11.07% | 55.44% | 6.12% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 225 | 71.55% | 81.81% | 19.18% | 9.79% | 82.27% | 5.96% | 2.27% | 1.34% |
| Food Processing | 112 | 22.80% | 43.27% | 20.00% | 9.98% | 60.68% | 10.06% | 32.71% | 5.36% |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | 29.62% | 27.48% | 35.12% | 0.30% | 35.40% | 19.89% | 36.64% | 6.86% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 36.14% | 52.19% | 30.84% | 9.02% | 39.35% | 10.46% | 37.64% | 2.73% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | 19.61% | 34.85% | 20.43% | 12.92% | 80.90% | 9.48% | 30.69% | 3.59% |
| Healthcare Information | 25 | 5.97% | 22.39% | 22.19% | 11.10% | 65.79% | 4.48% | 11.70% | 3.35% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 21 | 30.39% | 59.86% | 20.62% | 3.69% | 69.92% | 8.59% | 24.28% | 4.73% |
| Homebuilding | 23 | 50.07% | 58.05% | 5.12% | 13.44% | 70.00% | -0.41% | 2.58% | 0.35% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 51 | 34.24% | 57.86% | 14.53% | 13.40% | 79.09% | 7.51% | 71.33% | 5.45% |
| Household Products | 26 | 15.96% | 38.75% | 25.12% | 12.10% | 62.24% | 9.14% | 26.66% | 4.04% |
| Human Resources | 23 | 9.35% | 15.01% | 25.35% | 10.30% | 78.27% | 8.22% | 9.66% | 3.05% |
| Industrial Services | 137 | 24.65% | 43.93% | 19.03% | 10.06% | 74.43% | -20.15% | 26.96% | 6.23% |
| Information Services | 27 | 23.20% | 47.27% | 18.93% | 7.85% | 48.10% | 9.15% | 7.88% | 3.69% |
| Insurance (Life) | 30 | 39.08% | 31.07% | 28.04% | 2.45% | 53.35% | 53.24% | 0.79% | 0.08% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 49 | 19.10% | 19.13% | 19.36% | 6.29% | 37.88% | 0.79% | 1.65% | 0.37% |
| Internet | 186 | 2.63% | 11.04% | 6.87% | 10.99% | 117.09% | 5.04% | 14.14% | 6.63% |
| IT Services | 60 | 5.74% | 18.52% | 19.15% | 11.64% | 69.45% | 9.06% | 15.20% | 4.40% |
| Machinery | 100 | 16.05% | 30.85% | 22.15% | 5.44% | 57.21% | 10.07% | 26.01% | 3.92% |
| Maritime | 52 | 63.01% | 59.14% | 5.55% | 13.23% | 69.19% | 9.59% | 78.53% | 13.38% |
| Med Supp Invasive | 83 | 13.85% | 29.33% | 11.86% | 6.05% | 79.18% | 10.24% | 18.19% | 3.73% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 146 | 11.52% | 26.88% | 12.73% | 7.75% | 84.89% | 9.40% | 17.48% | 3.22% |
| Medical Services | 122 | 33.09% | 50.79% | 19.93% | 8.89% | 76.26% | 16.21% | 24.64% | 3.65% |
| Metal Fabricating | 24 | 13.41% | 26.30% | 26.55% | 5.34% | 68.98% | 9.85% | 43.53% | 5.78% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 73 | 12.36% | 24.93% | 11.04% | 10.75% | 104.38% | 14.55% | 83.46% | 8.75% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 29 | 27.04% | 36.49% | 21.98% | 4.74% | 48.77% | 15.41% | 109.35% | 28.49% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 22 | 40.26% | 54.93% | 30.16% | 2.16% | 24.90% | 12.21% | 96.26% | 8.89% |
| Newspaper | 13 | 31.67% | 48.63% | 25.13% | 18.10% | 90.74% | 14.19% | 39.36% | 2.74% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 24 | 38.66% | 46.60% | 21.05% | 2.89% | 64.26% | 15.46% | 18.58% | 3.52% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 13 | 36.83% | 61.39% | 13.70% | 2.51% | 56.61% | 7.85% | 99.23% | 12.73% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 93 | 18.64% | 32.11% | 17.39% | 7.70% | 62.37% | 9.53% | 58.05% | 8.80% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 34.13% | 52.04% | 24.23% | 5.67% | 41.59% | 13.11% | 54.08% | 5.87% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 37.45% | 43.80% | 10.61% | 2.96% | 93.84% | 16.85% | 64.27% | 4.12% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 20 | 16.10% | 23.91% | 27.41% | 3.46% | 38.99% | 15.74% | 88.82% | 15.16% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 19.92% | 30.42% | 11.14% | 2.44% | 88.11% | 17.37% | 103.95% | 17.63% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 17.00% | 30.99% | 24.67% | 3.03% | 59.43% | 11.83% | 26.12% | 4.34% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 27 | 29.06% | 56.15% | 6.37% | 1.00% | 34.90% | 6.60% | 83.94% | 7.42% |
| Power | 93 | 59.81% | 61.25% | 8.66% | 4.80% | 97.19% | 13.37% | 75.06% | 8.67% |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 7.57% | 14.96% | 7.51% | 1.02% | 90.87% | 8.11% | 80.92% | 9.13% |
| Precision Instrument | 77 | 13.75% | 25.99% | 13.94% | 6.59% | 65.33% | 8.24% | 14.54% | 2.49% |
| Property Management | 31 | 58.44% | 65.61% | 18.59% | 11.57% | 82.21% | 6.93% | 87.55% | 5.07% |
| Public/Private Equity | 11 | 37.45% | 37.84% | 3.79% | 17.27% | 77.54% | -0.60% | 0.00% | 0.24% |
| Publishing | 24 | 38.76% | 58.16% | 18.55% | 15.63% | 64.98% | 14.33% | 33.09% | 5.20% |
| R.E.I.T. | 5 | 25.77% | 39.57% | 1.04% | 5.70% | 49.61% | 9.99% | 55.55% | 1.77% |
| Railroad | 12 | 20.09% | 40.16% | 23.74% | 1.50% | 42.95% | 10.60% | 132.16% | 8.91% |
| Recreation | 56 | 32.75% | 45.48% | 17.37% | 14.98% | 70.55% | 10.25% | 73.90% | 8.60% |
| Reinsurance | 13 | 19.06% | 14.37% | 7.22% | 7.01% | 30.40% | 3.21% | 0.07% | 1.06% |
| Restaurant | 63 | 11.32% | 45.97% | 21.57% | 7.22% | 68.37% | 7.94% | 80.55% | 9.25% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 75 | 19.57% | 42.53% | 23.04% | 18.33% | 92.79% | 11.67% | 25.69% | 16.78% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 47 | 5.32% | 16.25% | 24.64% | 10.91% | 60.91% | 12.81% | 47.20% | 10.00% |
| Retail Automotive | 20 | 27.59% | 55.04% | 34.43% | 15.32% | 52.02% | 9.07% | 41.84% | 5.01% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 12.33% | 29.83% | 31.39% | 6.79% | 37.61% | 10.10% | 82.40% | 4.62% |
| Retail Store | 37 | 20.37% | 40.13% | 25.02% | 14.14% | 67.71% | 12.66% | 77.84% | 8.45% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 29.25% | 47.92% | 31.21% | 6.91% | 40.02% | 13.63% | 79.08% | 10.33% |
| Securities Brokerage | 28 | 81.15% | 75.57% | 26.22% | 10.86% | 44.31% | 11.26% | 1.60% | 0.51% |
| Semiconductor | 141 | 7.70% | 17.95% | 11.01% | 3.93% | 70.52% | 13.36% | 36.18% | 10.60% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 12 | 13.20% | 20.35% | 15.17% | 9.45% | 68.70% | 17.38% | 17.45% | 4.57% |
| Shoe | 19 | 2.13% | 7.52% | 24.31% | 29.48% | 55.52% | 7.67% | 19.77% | 4.43% |
| Steel | 32 | 31.69% | 30.00% | 21.03% | 7.70% | 56.94% | 12.42% | 56.21% | 3.65% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 99 | 11.48% | 23.13% | 13.16% | 5.42% | 87.77% | 8.42% | 8.94% | 2.74% |
| Telecom. Services | 74 | 25.42% | 37.32% | 14.22% | 19.44% | 68.58% | 19.17% | 53.80% | 11.03% |
| Telecom. Utility | 25 | 49.02% | 63.20% | 29.42% | 2.23% | 60.40% | 18.17% | 54.84% | 9.27% |
| Thrift | 148 | 22.68% | 21.56% | 12.43% | 11.44% | 53.93% | 20.60% | 6.46% | 0.00% |
| Tobacco | 11 | 15.76% | 61.76% | 31.03% | 1.78% | 41.53% | 9.35% | 17.05% | 2.23% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 15 | 17.11% | 57.25% | 20.30% | 17.20% | 60.34% | 8.46% | 26.23% | 6.21% |
| Trucking | 36 | 21.73% | 55.47% | 25.48% | 11.68% | 59.88% | 9.42% | 55.58% | 18.67% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 4 | 60.79% | 49.76% | 26.07% | 0.00% | 32.68% | 17.08% | 99.16% | 12.48% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 44.88% | 58.99% | 35.22% | 2.32% | 18.89% | 8.95% | 107.42% | 9.56% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 21.30% | 42.40% | 12.12% | 5.97% | 75.03% | -2.15% | 36.57% | 5.71% |
| Total Market | 5891 | 31.81% | 48.24% | 15.48% | 8.51% | 75.08% | 12.09% | 35.50% | 5.53% |