Margins
by Sector
Data Used: Value Line database, of 5891 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2012
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which companies are included in each industry
Margins
by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 5891 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2012
can be obtained by clicking here
on
which companies are included in each industry
| Industry Name | Number of Firms | EBITDASG&A/Sales | EBITDA/Sales | EBIT/Sales | After-tax Operating Margin (EBIT(1-t)/ Sales) | Net Margin |
| Advertising | 31 | 49.98% | 14.41% | 10.27% | 7.44% | 3.63% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 64 | 20.81% | 12.53% | 10.16% | 7.31% | 6.78% |
| Air Transport | 36 | 26.54% | 13.76% | 8.78% | 6.86% | 3.76% |
| Apparel | 57 | 45.71% | 13.73% | 10.97% | 7.60% | 6.72% |
| Auto Parts | 51 | 20.02% | 9.48% | 6.49% | 4.98% | 5.10% |
| Automotive | 12 | 24.59% | 12.50% | 6.99% | 4.94% | 3.36% |
| Bank | 426 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 45 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Beverage | 34 | 59.01% | 25.15% | 20.45% | 15.60% | 13.99% |
| Biotechnology | 158 | 52.73% | -0.79% | -7.79% | -13.73% | 9.11% |
| Building Materials | 45 | 29.07% | 11.10% | 4.17% | 3.16% | -4.01% |
| Cable TV | 21 | 57.03% | 35.30% | 19.58% | 12.43% | 9.02% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 16 | 27.15% | 17.12% | 12.09% | 9.56% | 12.46% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | 32.58% | 18.12% | 13.20% | 9.30% | 8.79% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 34.27% | 15.86% | 11.10% | 7.87% | 8.04% |
| Coal | 20 | 29.09% | 24.19% | 15.94% | 12.53% | 12.00% |
| Computer Software | 184 | 77.44% | 35.60% | 31.35% | 24.62% | 24.78% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 87 | 32.83% | 17.18% | 14.15% | 10.83% | 10.74% |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 30.56% | 18.56% | 14.09% | 11.76% | 9.21% |
| Drug | 279 | 73.12% | 30.51% | 21.91% | 16.96% | 17.99% |
| E-Commerce | 57 | 62.83% | 20.59% | 14.39% | 10.87% | 10.73% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 60.38% | 24.64% | 20.80% | 12.91% | 11.86% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 21 | 30.38% | 28.70% | 17.72% | 11.58% | 8.89% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 21 | 29.35% | 29.35% | 19.13% | 12.66% | 9.77% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | 29.37% | 28.92% | 16.79% | 11.38% | 8.53% |
| Electrical Equipment | 68 | 38.02% | 16.90% | 13.19% | 9.95% | 12.12% |
| Electronics | 139 | 18.38% | 8.08% | 5.99% | 4.48% | 4.63% |
| Engineering & Const | 25 | 11.09% | 6.26% | 4.72% | 3.35% | 3.47% |
| Entertainment | 77 | 39.33% | 23.55% | 17.72% | 12.17% | 10.12% |
| Entertainment Tech | 40 | 53.74% | 16.05% | 10.48% | 9.04% | 9.62% |
| Environmental | 82 | 36.52% | 23.56% | 15.22% | 9.48% | 7.53% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 225 | 89.25% | 46.41% | 43.49% | 33.84% | 5.08% |
| Food Processing | 112 | 25.93% | 11.36% | 9.08% | 6.52% | 5.36% |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | 36.80% | 10.65% | 5.27% | 3.23% | 1.83% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 32.24% | 20.32% | 15.64% | 9.82% | 7.48% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | 32.06% | 9.51% | 6.43% | 4.58% | 3.76% |
| Healthcare Information | 25 | 53.93% | 18.39% | 12.11% | 7.64% | 8.81% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 21 | 27.33% | 12.69% | 9.13% | 6.64% | 8.48% |
| Homebuilding | 23 | 14.64% | -0.70% | -1.56% | -2.09% | -5.64% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 51 | 34.67% | 20.74% | 12.61% | 10.13% | 6.29% |
| Household Products | 26 | 49.70% | 20.58% | 17.38% | 12.79% | 11.66% |
| Human Resources | 23 | 20.47% | 2.86% | 1.91% | 1.18% | 1.66% |
| Industrial Services | 137 | -8.07% | -18.84% | -21.40% | -23.67% | 3.26% |
| Information Services | 27 | 45.94% | 27.90% | 19.33% | 15.06% | 11.94% |
| Insurance (Life) | 30 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 49 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Internet | 186 | 53.69% | 22.91% | 18.25% | 14.58% | 16.00% |
| IT Services | 60 | 35.14% | 17.98% | 14.43% | 10.32% | 10.59% |
| Machinery | 100 | 36.55% | 15.10% | 11.05% | 8.22% | 7.26% |
| Maritime | 52 | 34.47% | 27.89% | 14.81% | 13.69% | 0.78% |
| Med Supp Invasive | 83 | 67.65% | 27.86% | 22.22% | 17.28% | 16.64% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 146 | 20.30% | 7.96% | 6.48% | 4.81% | 4.89% |
| Medical Services | 122 | 27.91% | 13.23% | 11.11% | 7.39% | 4.84% |
| Metal Fabricating | 24 | 32.83% | 18.71% | 15.07% | 10.89% | 7.84% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 73 | 40.93% | 38.91% | 31.57% | 21.88% | 7.36% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 29 | 61.83% | 53.71% | 28.94% | 17.50% | 12.72% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 22 | 35.16% | 18.02% | 12.80% | 8.57% | 5.10% |
| Newspaper | 13 | 53.69% | 20.16% | 14.59% | 9.02% | 3.11% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 24 | 32.72% | 9.62% | 6.65% | 4.59% | 4.07% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 13 | 39.89% | 28.25% | 18.45% | 14.46% | 9.80% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 93 | 32.14% | 24.15% | 15.11% | 11.28% | 10.72% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 24.08% | 14.82% | 10.12% | 7.02% | 13.46% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 26.93% | 19.45% | 12.01% | 9.84% | 4.63% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 20 | 21.17% | 14.70% | 9.76% | 5.65% | 7.99% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 44.46% | 39.33% | 25.74% | 19.10% | 10.69% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 18.75% | 6.41% | 5.11% | 3.14% | 2.91% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 27 | 16.65% | 13.08% | 8.95% | 8.68% | 7.11% |
| Power | 93 | 30.10% | 22.31% | 14.54% | 10.88% | 1.49% |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 54.58% | 46.27% | 33.30% | 24.02% | 30.24% |
| Precision Instrument | 77 | 48.89% | 16.03% | 10.74% | 8.80% | 9.57% |
| Property Management | 31 | 30.28% | 21.90% | 15.63% | 12.95% | 9.18% |
| Public/Private Equity | 11 | 12.87% | -2.41% | -2.58% | -0.48% | 62.30% |
| Publishing | 24 | 43.92% | 17.80% | 12.10% | 8.33% | 6.22% |
| R.E.I.T. | 5 | 155.87% | 148.16% | 129.07% | 126.01% | 113.55% |
| Railroad | 12 | 37.70% | 37.39% | 28.43% | 18.56% | 17.86% |
| Recreation | 56 | 34.95% | 17.59% | 11.51% | 9.26% | 7.28% |
| Reinsurance | 13 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Restaurant | 63 | 31.65% | 20.57% | 15.82% | 11.17% | 10.70% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 75 | 35.61% | 10.73% | 7.50% | 4.99% | 3.86% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 47 | 38.82% | 12.76% | 9.39% | 5.82% | 5.56% |
| Retail Automotive | 20 | 25.56% | 8.57% | 6.88% | 4.46% | 4.35% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 35.10% | 10.72% | 8.13% | 5.13% | 5.14% |
| Retail Store | 37 | 26.60% | 7.91% | 5.84% | 3.83% | 3.45% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 20.66% | 5.15% | 3.18% | 2.07% | 4.16% |
| Securities Brokerage | 28 | 54.21% | 51.69% | 48.78% | 35.58% | 11.45% |
| Semiconductor | 141 | 59.69% | 33.21% | 22.76% | 18.13% | 17.82% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 12 | 45.84% | 25.81% | 21.65% | 18.30% | 16.30% |
| Shoe | 19 | 46.44% | 13.07% | 11.34% | 8.22% | 8.44% |
| Steel | 32 | 16.68% | 10.96% | 5.83% | 4.90% | 3.52% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 99 | 47.37% | 14.78% | 10.87% | 8.53% | 7.22% |
| Telecom. Services | 74 | 57.59% | 38.57% | 22.74% | 16.56% | 5.11% |
| Telecom. Utility | 25 | 59.85% | 32.83% | 15.83% | 11.21% | 8.50% |
| Thrift | 148 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Tobacco | 11 | 33.90% | 22.75% | 20.61% | 15.24% | 8.46% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 15 | 64.47% | 13.43% | 10.85% | 7.24% | 7.37% |
| Trucking | 36 | 16.91% | 12.60% | 6.37% | 4.20% | 2.74% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 4 | 27.79% | 25.34% | 11.60% | 7.81% | 0.55% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 45.76% | 39.41% | 26.61% | 18.05% | 12.25% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 17.87% | -4.49% | -11.47% | -15.91% | 7.96% |
| Total Market | 5891 | 40.23% | 22.68% | 17.24% | 12.62% | 8.32% |