PE
Ratio by Sector
Data Used: Value Line database, of 6870 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2009
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which companies are included in each industry
PE
Ratio by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 6870 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2009
can be obtained by clicking here
on
which companies are included in each industry
| Industry Name | Number of Firms | Aggregate Market Cap/ Aggregate Net Income | Price/Current EPS | Price/Trailing EPS | Price/Forward PE | Expected Growth | Payout | Beta |
| Advertising | 30 | 8.32 | 10.31 | 9.39 | 11.67 | 18.44% | 7.17% | 1.43 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 10.03 | 13.86 | 12.18 | 14.60 | 15.52% | 12.42% | 1.27 |
| Air Transport | 44 | 8.69 | 11.37 | 8.94 | 13.29 | 13.59% | 9.33% | 1.15 |
| Apparel | 53 | 8.68 | 7.91 | 7.06 | 9.50 | 11.83% | 8.42% | 1.14 |
| Auto & Truck | 20 | 10.31 | 8.01 | 8.61 | 9.24 | 11.80% | 8.71% | 1.49 |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 11.34 | 11.48 | 8.93 | 14.63 | 13.22% | 17.95% | 1.56 |
| Bank | 477 | 14.52 | 13.47 | 15.40 | 25.43 | 8.77% | 36.07% | 0.71 |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | 13.94 | 7.05 | 7.45 | 7.41 | 5.33% | 46.75% | 0.86 |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | 20.04 | 12.22 | 16.57 | 15.61 | 5.03% | 54.64% | 0.91 |
| Beverage | 41 | 15.49 | 13.14 | 12.24 | 12.98 | 11.77% | 23.38% | 0.95 |
| Biotechnology | 108 | 46.24 | 29.26 | 27.49 | 65.50 | 20.96% | 0.49% | 1.25 |
| Building Materials | 52 | 7.22 | 12.09 | 32.75 | 47.37 | 7.68% | 14.30% | 1.39 |
| Cable TV | 25 | 23.63 | 24.99 | 15.67 | 21.96 | 19.43% | 11.78% | 1.56 |
| Canadian Energy | 12 | 8.25 | 9.59 | 7.30 | 9.01 | 10.23% | 11.45% | 1.22 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 8.45 | 9.36 | 6.21 | 5.50 | 24.21% | 16.37% | 1.26 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 11.11 | 12.15 | 10.58 | 17.02 | 12.78% | 19.75% | 1.21 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 88 | 12.79 | 12.70 | 11.28 | 13.88 | 11.12% | 17.73% | 1.18 |
| Coal | 18 | 17.44 | 14.43 | 9.23 | 6.39 | 20.83% | 20.71% | 1.98 |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 322 | 14.16 | 46.79 | 21.06 | 30.24 | 18.83% | 10.17% | 1.22 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 125 | 11.39 | 14.58 | 14.26 | 22.42 | 20.79% | 6.33% | 1.29 |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 8.65 | 15.13 | 15.36 | 11.36 | 13.46% | 20.12% | 1.25 |
| Drug | 342 | 15.38 | 17.22 | 40.00 | 26.04 | 18.46% | 25.99% | 1.16 |
| E-Commerce | 54 | 46.45 | 87.58 | 37.40 | 58.87 | 20.51% | 1.20% | 1.50 |
| Educational Services | 34 | 30.85 | 36.54 | 29.29 | 29.97 | 23.73% | 2.31% | 0.84 |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 24 | 12.55 | 13.70 | 12.29 | 12.32 | 6.95% | 31.65% | 0.82 |
| Electric Utility (East) | 26 | 12.64 | 13.68 | 13.32 | 14.83 | 7.95% | 29.52% | 0.74 |
| Electric Utility (West) | 16 | 11.33 | 13.45 | 21.04 | 12.38 | 4.93% | 24.77% | 0.79 |
| Electrical Equipment | 83 | 10.23 | 25.59 | 16.19 | 14.61 | 13.79% | 13.79% | 1.37 |
| Electronics | 173 | 9.14 | 14.99 | 15.10 | 14.42 | 16.93% | 7.35% | 1.31 |
| Entertainment | 84 | 10.69 | 18.76 | 9.50 | 12.32 | 14.42% | 11.91% | 1.66 |
| Entertainment Tech | 33 | NA | 14.97 | 15.10 | 23.41 | 15.26% | NA | 1.45 |
| Environmental | 79 | 20.73 | 24.24 | 15.39 | 40.81 | 19.52% | 22.11% | 1.11 |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | 20.04 | 39.44 | 22.13 | 13.08 | 10.19% | 22.83% | 1.27 |
| Food Processing | 109 | 12.97 | 18.44 | 56.08 | 23.50 | 15.45% | 14.65% | 0.80 |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 13.18 | 15.69 | 12.73 | 15.52 | 12.88% | 11.15% | 0.73 |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 9.25 | 8.04 | 8.20 | 11.60 | 11.25% | 9.77% | 1.18 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 34 | 7.35 | 7.59 | 16.55 | 37.73 | 3.94% | 13.14% | 1.29 |
| Grocery | 14 | 32.84 | 23.01 | 22.67 | 13.14 | 11.44% | 6.47% | 0.84 |
| Healthcare Information | 29 | 23.98 | 37.84 | 42.84 | 70.15 | 19.86% | 3.84% | 1.05 |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | 16.92 | 15.96 | 13.74 | 13.42 | 17.14% | 3.83% | 1.48 |
| Homebuilding | 32 | NA | 75.94 | 75.01 | 10.56 | 10.13% | NA | 1.36 |
| Hotel/Gaming | 68 | 8.39 | 11.56 | 12.67 | 22.84 | 15.15% | 10.47% | 1.70 |
| Household Products | 26 | 15.43 | 11.48 | 10.77 | 13.98 | 12.80% | 21.58% | 1.08 |
| Human Resources | 31 | 10.12 | 7.81 | 8.13 | 8.90 | 16.16% | 7.33% | 1.44 |
| Industrial Services | 167 | 12.78 | 12.40 | 12.64 | 18.04 | 14.60% | 5.16% | 1.20 |
| Information Services | 34 | 15.31 | 16.90 | 14.88 | 19.29 | 13.74% | 5.47% | 1.22 |
| Insurance (Life) | 35 | 11.27 | 7.44 | 9.25 | 7.65 | 9.00% | 23.35% | 1.17 |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 78 | 71.71 | 8.46 | 13.30 | 20.51 | 9.59% | 14.29% | 0.91 |
| Internet | 208 | 23.82 | 21.81 | 48.59 | 25.72 | 20.31% | 0.20% | 1.41 |
| Investment Co. | 17 | NA | #DIV/0! | #DIV/0! | #DIV/0! | 0.00% | NA | 0.83 |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | 12.97 | 7.14 | 7.94 | 16.63 | 0.00% | 36.72% | 1.31 |
| Machinery | 124 | 7.93 | 9.94 | 10.21 | 12.02 | 15.12% | 10.21% | 1.39 |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 11.48 | 13.09 | 13.96 | 19.81 | 6.79% | 9.05% | 1.32 |
| Maritime | 56 | 5.18 | 9.20 | 6.27 | 7.55 | 8.91% | 17.67% | 1.30 |
| Medical Services | 160 | 8.83 | 26.90 | 17.67 | 14.45 | 15.05% | 0.86% | 1.10 |
| Medical Supplies | 252 | 15.68 | 26.69 | 22.78 | 36.47 | 18.56% | 15.25% | 1.17 |
| Metal Fabricating | 35 | 7.68 | 6.90 | 6.73 | 12.12 | 10.14% | 10.49% | 1.56 |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 6.37 | 16.46 | 6.45 | 6.70 | 9.13% | 10.00% | 1.69 |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 34 | 10.71 | 12.08 | 7.58 | 11.99 | 11.83% | 13.80% | 1.20 |
| Natural Gas Utility | 25 | 13.65 | 14.36 | 13.87 | 13.64 | 5.63% | 30.14% | 0.69 |
| Newspaper | 16 | 4.93 | 4.46 | 4.84 | 5.25 | -8.44% | 9.12% | 1.16 |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 26 | 8.01 | 8.39 | 16.90 | 11.53 | 12.12% | 10.66% | 1.11 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | 11.35 | 11.52 | 9.82 | 11.09 | 8.88% | 39.70% | 0.89 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 112 | 6.70 | 8.37 | 7.61 | 6.71 | 13.03% | 6.06% | 1.56 |
| Packaging & Container | 33 | 10.97 | 12.82 | 11.37 | 12.26 | 11.79% | 12.39% | 1.27 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 38 | 12.80 | 39.02 | 19.23 | 13.67 | 7.84% | 28.92% | 1.20 |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 25 | 7.22 | 9.44 | 6.59 | 8.52 | 6.23% | 14.04% | 1.34 |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 188 | 7.32 | 18.37 | 14.37 | 10.44 | 15.49% | 5.13% | 1.24 |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 16.72 | 16.85 | 16.75 | 15.26 | 16.55% | 6.20% | 0.94 |
| Power | 66 | 26.06 | 56.38 | 29.92 | 30.49 | 30.08% | 0.19% | 1.63 |
| Precious Metals | 75 | 60.76 | 30.86 | 36.37 | 37.04 | 18.07% | 19.95% | 1.41 |
| Precision Instrument | 90 | 12.01 | 15.04 | 21.21 | 22.60 | 13.08% | 4.96% | 1.47 |
| Property Management | 17 | 16.43 | 10.66 | 9.95 | 10.55 | 12.95% | 23.90% | 1.38 |
| Publishing | 27 | 39.49 | 10.02 | 10.14 | 31.96 | 10.85% | 80.61% | 1.24 |
| R.E.I.T. | 144 | 60.00 | 17.16 | 1.15 | 14.35 | 9.01% | 115.46% | 1.35 |
| Railroad | 15 | 11.18 | 10.11 | 8.66 | 17.15 | 13.41% | 14.10% | 1.25 |
| Recreation | 64 | 8.39 | 19.31 | 17.57 | 17.72 | 8.51% | 21.67% | 1.41 |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 13.82 | 23.43 | 15.06 | 9.88 | 11.06% | 12.85% | 0.91 |
| Restaurant | 68 | 16.25 | 12.24 | 19.08 | 13.83 | 13.02% | 21.18% | 1.26 |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 155 | 9.37 | 12.03 | 20.96 | 23.97 | 11.61% | 9.70% | 1.26 |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 9.83 | 8.88 | 11.61 | 15.75 | 8.35% | 1.96% | 1.31 |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 10.67 | 13.57 | 14.55 | 16.43 | 3.92% | 14.55% | 1.01 |
| Retail Store | 38 | 13.40 | 24.42 | 20.53 | 15.41 | 10.38% | 11.18% | 1.01 |
| Securities Brokerage | 32 | 21.33 | 22.03 | 12.52 | 14.41 | 16.29% | 28.02% | 1.37 |
| Semiconductor | 122 | 12.07 | 23.76 | 15.77 | 23.41 | 18.48% | 21.82% | 1.81 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 6.69 | 7.50 | 12.65 | 13.59 | 11.42% | 5.01% | 1.78 |
| Shoe | 19 | 12.70 | 9.51 | 11.21 | 16.28 | 7.04% | 11.89% | 1.23 |
| Steel (General) | 20 | 7.12 | 7.87 | 6.54 | 17.00 | 9.65% | 9.43% | 1.71 |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 4.14 | 5.08 | 3.65 | 4.21 | 8.54% | 6.35% | 1.96 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 110 | 12.30 | 17.07 | 10.96 | 50.17 | 15.00% | 13.06% | 1.49 |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | 10.84 | 24.12 | 16.30 | 27.16 | 14.60% | 21.11% | 1.43 |
| Thrift | 234 | 42.70 | 19.92 | 25.82 | 35.10 | 9.60% | 64.16% | 0.66 |
| Tobacco | 12 | 24.28 | 12.99 | 11.42 | 10.54 | 4.70% | 32.09% | 0.71 |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 23 | 14.96 | 11.40 | 11.33 | 10.65 | 10.50% | 16.72% | 0.95 |
| Trucking | 33 | 12.30 | 13.73 | 15.64 | 15.91 | 12.06% | 8.06% | 1.17 |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | 25.88 | 17.35 | 21.15 | 24.51 | 20.00% | 0.00% | 1.23 |
| Water Utility | 16 | 226.87 | 36.04 | 20.90 | 18.93 | 10.50% | 274.15% | 0.86 |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 48.33 | 20.13 | 18.43 | 24.77 | 17.02% | 1.53% | 1.54 |
| Public/Private Equity | 10 | 1.28 | 2.60 | 4.69 | 8.45 | 1.25% | 23.46% | 2.08 |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 10.84 | 16.63 | 28.51 | 11.08 | 14.13% | 17.83% | 1.41 |
| Total Market | 6870 | 12.42 | 18.91 | 17.48 | 20.04 | 13.46% | 16.22% | 1.19 |