Insider and Institutional Holdings by Sector

Data Used: Value Line database, of 6870 firms

Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2009

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Industry Name Number of Firms Insider Holdings Institutional Holdings
Advertising 30 9.67% 39.78%
Aerospace/Defense 66 6.72% 46.63%
Air Transport 44 3.80% 50.11%
Apparel 53 14.76% 38.46%
Auto & Truck 20 2.87% 46.15%
Auto Parts 54 5.33% 51.19%
Bank 477 4.21% 22.95%
Bank (Canadian) 8 0.81% 32.02%
Bank (Midwest) 39 8.62% 48.05%
Beverage 41 14.97% 38.54%
Biotechnology 108 10.59% 39.07%
Building Materials 52 7.27% 48.05%
Cable TV 25 11.01% 48.12%
Canadian Energy 12 1.45% 43.77%
Chemical (Basic) 19 2.25% 65.30%
Chemical (Diversified) 33 7.56% 60.38%
Chemical (Specialty) 88 10.40% 50.24%
Coal 18 1.31% 62.49%
Computer Software/Svcs 322 6.84% 39.29%
Computers/Peripherals 125 5.34% 43.69%
Diversified Co. 113 6.27% 47.92%
Drug 342 7.35% 36.42%
E-Commerce 54 8.30% 48.67%
Educational Services 34 9.36% 43.82%
Electric Util. (Central) 24 1.19% 57.63%
Electric Utility (East) 26 0.00% 53.97%
Electric Utility (West) 16 0.00% 68.80%
Electrical Equipment 83 5.64% 43.22%
Electronics 173 7.44% 38.80%
Entertainment 84 27.01% 44.22%
Entertainment Tech 33 11.38% 51.27%
Environmental 79 8.73% 31.87%
Financial Svcs. (Div.) 296 13.24% 44.99%
Food Processing 109 9.42% 41.07%
Food Wholesalers 18 6.20% 49.90%
Foreign Electronics 10 0.51% 8.26%
Furn/Home Furnishings 34 13.90% 50.21%
Grocery 14 8.04% 62.89%
Healthcare Information 29 8.06% 48.74%
Heavy Construction 14 3.02% 65.20%
Homebuilding 32 11.27% 56.09%
Hotel/Gaming 68 21.44% 44.08%
Household Products 26 9.75% 57.13%
Human Resources 31 9.29% 61.75%
Industrial Services 167 9.80% 43.58%
Information Services 34 11.47% 50.00%
Insurance (Life) 35 2.30% 51.40%
Insurance (Prop/Cas.) 78 7.42% 62.30%
Internet 208 16.12% 34.59%
Investment Co. 17 1.00% 12.86%
Investment Co.(Foreign) 16 NA 18.26%
Machinery 124 7.20% 56.13%
Manuf. Housing/RV 18 9.97% 37.76%
Maritime 56 11.31% 41.21%
Medical Services 160 9.49% 42.52%
Medical Supplies 252 7.07% 46.53%
Metal Fabricating 35 5.23% 47.66%
Metals & Mining (Div.) 78 3.17% 27.71%
Natural Gas (Div.) 34 7.08% 59.34%
Natural Gas Utility 25 1.98% 42.05%
Newspaper 16 23.11% 48.37%
Office Equip/Supplies 26 2.84% 49.78%
Oil/Gas Distribution 19 3.22% 37.50%
Oilfield Svcs/Equip. 112 4.29% 57.49%
Packaging & Container 33 5.31% 59.87%
Paper/Forest Products 38 3.16% 49.83%
Petroleum (Integrated) 25 3.68% 53.71%
Petroleum (Producing) 188 3.16% 36.68%
Pharmacy Services 19 5.07% 47.06%
Power 66 5.21% 37.74%
Precious Metals 75 0.56% 30.36%
Precision Instrument 90 8.17% 51.26%
Property Management 17 13.46% 41.33%
Publishing 27 18.15% 54.27%
R.E.I.T. 144 5.33% 55.20%
Railroad 15 3.40% 62.34%
Recreation 64 16.83% 42.33%
Reinsurance 11 4.76% 74.71%
Restaurant 68 11.95% 53.64%
Retail (Special Lines) 155 13.06% 49.67%
Retail Automotive 16 16.88% 67.32%
Retail Building Supply 8 6.95% 62.97%
Retail Store 38 13.81% 59.24%
Securities Brokerage 32 7.77% 50.14%
Semiconductor 122 4.17% 54.18%
Semiconductor Equip 16 6.68% 74.09%
Shoe 19 44.04% 55.88%
Steel (General) 20 9.61% 50.65%
Steel (Integrated) 14 1.74% 23.79%
Telecom. Equipment 110 6.89% 35.06%
Telecom. Services 140 15.21% 33.74%
Thrift 234 6.10% 24.00%
Tobacco 12 1.47% 44.67%
Toiletries/Cosmetics 23 18.95% 53.37%
Trucking 33 14.49% 58.59%
Utility (Foreign) 5 NA 18.01%
Water Utility 16 3.24% 35.11%
Wireless Networking 57 7.36% 49.32%
Public/Private Equity 10 10.02% 36.05%
Funeral Services 6 5.03% 55.84%
Total Market 6870 8.92% 42.73%


Last Updated in January 2009
By Aswath Damodaran