Dividend
Fundamentals by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 5891 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2012
| Industry Name | Number of Firms | Dividend Yield | Dividend Payout | Market Cap | ROE | Insider Holdings | Institutional Holdings | Std Dev in Stock Prices |
| Advertising | 31 | 2.12% | 43.75% | $41,481 | 8.89% | 13.60% | 54.11% | 101.29% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 64 | 2.19% | 29.13% | $246,752 | 20.69% | 4.42% | 59.90% | 61.32% |
| Air Transport | 36 | 0.58% | 18.91% | $398,829 | 25.16% | 4.67% | 57.38% | 64.80% |
| Apparel | 57 | 1.05% | 18.85% | $55,204 | 13.71% | 12.91% | 46.84% | 88.82% |
| Auto Parts | 51 | 1.79% | 23.74% | $100,959 | 15.63% | 8.11% | 63.55% | 80.58% |
| Automotive | 12 | 2.35% | 22.24% | $326,186 | 11.06% | 6.05% | 13.67% | 68.91% |
| Bank | 426 | 2.40% | 33.53% | $949,084 | 6.08% | 2.62% | 27.93% | 61.15% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 45 | 2.04% | 38.36% | $119,391 | 6.87% | 6.78% | 48.94% | 55.60% |
| Beverage | 34 | 2.47% | 46.35% | $417,712 | 19.22% | 12.17% | 42.28% | 66.05% |
| Biotechnology | 158 | 0.84% | 59.34% | $121,988 | 4.53% | 10.90% | 34.83% | 113.11% |
| Building Materials | 45 | 0.74% | NA | $34,096 | -4.18% | 6.25% | 53.92% | 78.83% |
| Cable TV | 21 | 0.99% | 18.03% | $249,222 | 12.65% | 8.29% | 55.60% | 50.77% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 16 | 2.09% | 30.79% | $166,701 | 17.91% | 4.35% | 64.05% | 49.27% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | 1.55% | 31.68% | $129,834 | 14.48% | 3.88% | 57.10% | 56.31% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 1.99% | 40.43% | $114,176 | 15.15% | 9.13% | 56.15% | 71.60% |
| Coal | 20 | 2.19% | 33.78% | $53,033 | 18.01% | 4.01% | 53.26% | 55.52% |
| Computer Software | 184 | 1.48% | 21.61% | $628,501 | 25.64% | 6.48% | 43.64% | 82.03% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 87 | 0.63% | 8.61% | $778,861 | 28.86% | 4.42% | 47.49% | 97.69% |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 2.41% | 36.81% | $567,636 | 13.85% | 6.24% | 51.77% | 75.00% |
| Drug | 279 | 2.98% | 49.12% | $1,239,274 | 16.53% | 5.10% | 34.91% | 103.44% |
| E-Commerce | 57 | 0.04% | 1.89% | $85,971 | 9.06% | 7.31% | 57.75% | 88.13% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 0.29% | 2.83% | $25,920 | 27.39% | 12.92% | 58.16% | 78.24% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 21 | 4.21% | 63.88% | $106,728 | 10.31% | 1.55% | 63.60% | 23.37% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 21 | 4.20% | 66.22% | $280,607 | 11.27% | #DIV/0! | 54.89% | 18.30% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | 3.88% | 56.70% | $78,442 | 9.33% | #DIV/0! | 73.74% | 19.85% |
| Electrical Equipment | 68 | 2.10% | 29.40% | $134,220 | 16.64% | 4.45% | 49.73% | 67.76% |
| Electronics | 139 | 1.07% | 11.97% | $76,638 | 14.75% | 7.13% | 38.33% | 89.93% |
| Engineering & Const | 25 | 0.38% | 6.31% | $44,910 | 10.31% | 4.78% | 67.56% | 65.03% |
| Entertainment | 77 | 1.45% | 25.84% | $238,717 | 9.57% | 29.34% | 40.11% | 108.37% |
| Entertainment Tech | 40 | 0.48% | 11.57% | $43,993 | 8.22% | 7.42% | 47.08% | 76.91% |
| Environmental | 82 | 2.13% | 46.73% | $49,779 | 10.13% | 6.54% | 30.72% | 92.14% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 225 | 1.28% | NA | $593,952 | -26.07% | 9.79% | 46.62% | 82.27% |
| Food Processing | 112 | 2.74% | 45.25% | $405,996 | 15.65% | 9.98% | 44.37% | 60.68% |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | 2.50% | 51.37% | $163,493 | 4.38% | 0.30% | 4.08% | 35.40% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 2.81% | 49.81% | $5,760 | 10.87% | 9.02% | 62.42% | 39.35% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | 1.19% | 27.83% | $23,979 | 9.38% | 12.92% | 53.26% | 80.90% |
| Healthcare Information | 25 | 0.21% | 12.22% | $30,054 | 7.80% | 11.10% | 53.96% | 65.79% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 21 | 1.69% | 34.22% | $150,653 | 16.89% | 3.69% | 69.02% | 69.92% |
| Homebuilding | 23 | 0.69% | NA | $23,185 | -7.98% | 13.44% | 63.67% | 70.00% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 51 | 0.70% | 40.37% | $112,884 | 4.59% | 13.40% | 49.80% | 79.09% |
| Household Products | 26 | 2.96% | 48.97% | $296,296 | 20.17% | 12.10% | 63.13% | 62.24% |
| Human Resources | 23 | 1.56% | 50.59% | $12,242 | 5.30% | 10.30% | 64.81% | 78.27% |
| Industrial Services | 137 | 1.08% | 24.98% | $98,707 | 10.33% | 10.06% | 48.56% | 74.43% |
| Information Services | 27 | 1.79% | 38.73% | $79,226 | 13.71% | 7.85% | 59.29% | 48.10% |
| Insurance (Life) | 30 | 3.10% | 29.39% | $161,374 | 7.40% | 2.45% | 56.43% | 53.35% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 49 | 2.29% | 23.46% | $174,876 | 9.78% | 6.29% | 59.59% | 37.88% |
| Internet | 186 | 0.02% | 0.66% | $479,104 | 14.38% | 10.99% | 34.58% | 117.09% |
| IT Services | 60 | 1.77% | 32.87% | $185,962 | 20.07% | 11.64% | 49.03% | 69.45% |
| Machinery | 100 | 1.25% | 25.38% | $116,382 | 11.48% | 5.44% | 55.85% | 57.21% |
| Maritime | 52 | 1.27% | 25.25% | $26,649 | 4.29% | 13.23% | 35.44% | 69.19% |
| Med Supp Invasive | 83 | 1.57% | 22.91% | $223,511 | 17.68% | 6.05% | 55.98% | 79.18% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 146 | 2.33% | 37.29% | $305,406 | 17.64% | 7.75% | 43.72% | 84.89% |
| Medical Services | 122 | 0.71% | 8.82% | $236,117 | 16.89% | 8.89% | 51.34% | 76.26% |
| Metal Fabricating | 24 | 1.46% | 25.70% | $60,509 | 13.08% | 5.34% | 43.69% | 68.98% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 73 | 2.85% | 33.51% | $430,046 | 20.04% | 10.75% | 31.95% | 104.38% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 29 | 1.85% | 33.81% | $171,218 | 8.50% | 4.74% | 65.22% | 48.77% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 22 | 3.92% | 67.28% | $32,344 | 10.54% | 2.16% | 38.85% | 24.90% |
| Newspaper | 13 | 0.94% | 14.56% | $16,419 | 13.21% | 18.10% | 54.42% | 90.74% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 24 | 2.77% | 28.06% | $35,082 | 13.65% | 2.89% | 62.14% | 64.26% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 13 | 2.94% | 73.98% | $139,331 | 10.85% | 2.51% | 52.31% | 56.61% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 93 | 1.85% | 41.88% | $368,986 | 9.11% | 7.70% | 56.30% | 62.37% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 1.69% | 24.38% | $49,802 | 14.51% | 5.67% | 53.46% | 41.59% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 2.40% | 43.21% | $62,428 | 7.24% | 2.96% | 63.79% | 93.84% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 20 | 3.06% | 38.99% | $1,600,036 | 12.87% | 3.46% | 50.01% | 38.99% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 0.48% | 9.50% | $446,917 | 8.94% | 2.44% | 38.70% | 88.11% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 1.27% | 20.26% | $149,061 | 13.77% | 3.03% | 55.22% | 59.43% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 27 | 5.74% | 33.53% | $179,553 | 12.30% | 1.00% | 41.20% | 34.90% |
| Power | 93 | 0.69% | 13.75% | $55,858 | 5.30% | 4.80% | 24.50% | 97.19% |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 0.99% | 26.71% | $238,232 | 7.92% | 1.02% | 34.35% | 90.87% |
| Precision Instrument | 77 | 0.50% | 11.24% | $75,846 | 9.86% | 6.59% | 46.59% | 65.33% |
| Property Management | 31 | 1.58% | 27.66% | $38,386 | 7.74% | 11.57% | 44.07% | 82.21% |
| Public/Private Equity | 11 | 4.68% | 17.28% | $18,820 | 27.55% | 17.27% | 49.02% | 77.54% |
| Publishing | 24 | 2.68% | 25.02% | $27,824 | 23.53% | 15.63% | 54.47% | 64.98% |
| R.E.I.T. | 5 | 6.73% | 91.36% | $30,595 | 13.90% | 5.70% | 41.90% | 49.61% |
| Railroad | 12 | 1.96% | 34.63% | $155,109 | 15.12% | 1.50% | 75.51% | 42.95% |
| Recreation | 56 | 2.35% | 42.67% | $81,545 | 9.45% | 14.98% | 52.65% | 70.55% |
| Reinsurance | 13 | 2.32% | 15.87% | $29,916 | 10.40% | 7.01% | 70.70% | 30.40% |
| Restaurant | 63 | 2.02% | 46.73% | $219,799 | 28.84% | 7.22% | 61.42% | 68.37% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 75 | 0.97% | 19.62% | $124,941 | 14.99% | 18.33% | 50.55% | 92.79% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 47 | 1.25% | 21.08% | $103,445 | 20.53% | 10.91% | 72.98% | 60.91% |
| Retail Automotive | 20 | 0.14% | 2.49% | $58,746 | 18.46% | 15.32% | 65.08% | 52.02% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 2.39% | 47.32% | $126,308 | 15.25% | 6.79% | 80.10% | 37.61% |
| Retail Store | 37 | 1.93% | 29.16% | $380,671 | 17.35% | 14.14% | 59.39% | 67.71% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 1.61% | 28.62% | $100,116 | 12.53% | 6.91% | 57.07% | 40.02% |
| Securities Brokerage | 28 | 1.57% | 10.93% | $156,940 | 10.32% | 10.86% | 60.08% | 44.31% |
| Semiconductor | 141 | 2.41% | 30.53% | $404,159 | 20.68% | 3.93% | 55.28% | 70.52% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 12 | 1.55% | 11.30% | $29,658 | 22.99% | 9.45% | 80.54% | 68.70% |
| Shoe | 19 | 1.29% | 25.89% | $55,532 | 18.62% | 29.48% | 66.22% | 55.52% |
| Steel | 32 | 2.35% | 34.26% | $120,454 | 6.34% | 7.70% | 54.14% | 56.94% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 99 | 1.96% | 53.72% | $341,128 | 8.49% | 5.42% | 37.87% | 87.77% |
| Telecom. Services | 74 | 3.41% | 43.63% | $877,947 | 13.65% | 19.44% | 37.41% | 68.58% |
| Telecom. Utility | 25 | 7.43% | 80.94% | $238,932 | 16.40% | 2.23% | 31.94% | 60.40% |
| Thrift | 148 | 3.39% | NA | $38,342 | -1.07% | 11.44% | 28.65% | 53.93% |
| Tobacco | 11 | 3.98% | 67.56% | $370,316 | 50.86% | 1.78% | 54.90% | 41.53% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 15 | 1.20% | 25.04% | $39,976 | 31.19% | 17.20% | 45.96% | 60.34% |
| Trucking | 36 | 0.59% | 41.07% | $48,332 | 6.43% | 11.68% | 60.62% | 59.88% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 4 | 0.01% | 0.32% | $29,305 | 2.95% | #DIV/0! | 24.26% | 32.68% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 2.28% | 48.16% | $15,331 | 8.36% | 2.32% | 42.46% | 18.89% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 0.52% | 9.13% | $69,826 | 15.56% | 5.97% | 46.97% | 75.03% |
| Total Market | 5891 | 2.17% | 37.92% | $20,255,258 | 11.44% | 8.51% | 45.83% | 75.08% |