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on Equity 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 Firms | ROC | Book D/E | Non-cash ROE | ROE |
| Advertising | 31 | 10.54% | 79.28% | 14.59% | 8.89% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 64 | 18.53% | 70.63% | 34.00% | 20.69% |
| Air Transport | 36 | 16.45% | 200.38% | 108.90% | 25.16% |
| Apparel | 57 | 14.02% | 45.17% | 17.34% | 13.71% |
| Auto Parts | 51 | 15.82% | 57.37% | 22.59% | 15.63% |
| Automotive | 12 | 6.96% | 140.84% | 18.46% | 11.06% |
| Bank | 426 | NA | 132.90% | 7.60% | 6.08% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 45 | NA | 77.00% | 9.08% | 6.87% |
| Beverage | 34 | 12.95% | 95.77% | 24.58% | 19.22% |
| Biotechnology | 158 | -13.33% | 43.07% | 15.15% | 4.53% |
| Building Materials | 45 | 2.58% | 93.70% | -5.17% | -4.18% |
| Cable TV | 21 | 8.80% | 157.16% | 16.13% | 12.65% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 16 | 13.66% | 72.33% | 25.83% | 17.91% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | 13.81% | 66.23% | 19.26% | 14.48% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 12.25% | 65.07% | 18.50% | 15.15% |
| Coal | 20 | 15.26% | 80.15% | 24.24% | 18.01% |
| Computer Software | 184 | 45.06% | 27.99% | 79.13% | 25.64% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 87 | 32.09% | 40.31% | 52.52% | 28.86% |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 8.01% | 216.31% | 33.28% | 13.85% |
| Drug | 279 | 15.02% | 42.19% | 22.64% | 16.53% |
| E-Commerce | 57 | 13.08% | 29.14% | 16.47% | 9.06% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 34.34% | 33.11% | 53.22% | 27.39% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 21 | 6.38% | 134.85% | 10.77% | 10.31% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 21 | 6.89% | 117.55% | 11.91% | 11.27% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | 6.11% | 115.35% | 9.88% | 9.33% |
| Electrical Equipment | 68 | 15.03% | 29.45% | 23.02% | 16.64% |
| Electronics | 139 | 15.72% | 36.95% | 22.20% | 14.75% |
| Engineering & Const | 25 | 13.58% | 20.72% | 15.44% | 10.31% |
| Entertainment | 77 | 9.45% | 70.04% | 11.46% | 9.57% |
| Entertainment Tech | 40 | 11.69% | 19.25% | 15.08% | 8.22% |
| Environmental | 82 | 7.56% | 96.93% | 11.00% | 10.13% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 225 | 5.95% | 449.86% | -303.09% | -26.07% |
| Food Processing | 112 | 11.88% | 76.27% | 17.85% | 15.65% |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | 7.83% | 37.89% | 6.25% | 4.38% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 7.81% | 109.15% | 12.34% | 10.87% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | 9.50% | 53.48% | 11.66% | 9.38% |
| Healthcare Information | 25 | 9.45% | 28.86% | 11.00% | 7.80% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 21 | 10.88% | 149.13% | 30.24% | 16.89% |
| Homebuilding | 23 | -2.09% | 138.38% | -35.82% | -7.98% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 51 | 6.95% | 137.31% | 5.64% | 4.59% |
| Household Products | 26 | 14.52% | 63.27% | 21.80% | 20.17% |
| Human Resources | 23 | 7.67% | 17.66% | 7.25% | 5.30% |
| Industrial Services | 137 | -53.50% | 78.35% | 13.76% | 10.33% |
| Information Services | 27 | 10.83% | 89.64% | 15.60% | 13.71% |
| Insurance (Life) | 30 | NA | 45.08% | 10.45% | 7.40% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 49 | NA | 23.66% | 13.32% | 9.78% |
| Internet | 186 | 32.75% | 12.41% | 39.73% | 14.38% |
| IT Services | 60 | 26.95% | 22.73% | 36.11% | 20.07% |
| Machinery | 100 | 12.60% | 44.62% | 14.59% | 11.48% |
| Maritime | 52 | 4.76% | 144.76% | 4.88% | 4.29% |
| Med Supp Invasive | 83 | 15.88% | 41.51% | 22.13% | 17.68% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 146 | 19.24% | 36.77% | 29.56% | 17.64% |
| Medical Services | 122 | 18.55% | 103.23% | 32.81% | 16.89% |
| Metal Fabricating | 24 | 14.78% | 35.68% | 18.66% | 13.08% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 73 | 19.48% | 33.21% | 24.79% | 20.04% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 29 | 7.10% | 57.46% | 9.04% | 8.50% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 22 | 8.09% | 121.87% | 10.98% | 10.54% |
| Newspaper | 13 | 11.05% | 94.65% | 16.73% | 13.21% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 24 | 10.36% | 87.27% | 18.05% | 13.65% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 13 | 6.83% | 159.03% | 11.35% | 10.85% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 93 | 8.54% | 47.29% | 10.48% | 9.11% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 10.40% | 108.51% | 17.52% | 14.51% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 11.01% | 77.94% | 8.40% | 7.24% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 20 | 10.08% | 31.43% | 14.76% | 12.87% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 13.50% | 43.72% | 9.46% | 8.94% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 11.18% | 44.91% | 14.82% | 13.77% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 27 | 8.60% | 128.03% | 12.71% | 12.30% |
| Power | 93 | 7.56% | 158.08% | 6.95% | 5.30% |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 9.57% | 17.60% | 9.09% | 7.92% |
| Precision Instrument | 77 | 12.10% | 35.11% | 15.37% | 9.86% |
| Property Management | 31 | 5.18% | 190.78% | 10.74% | 7.74% |
| Public/Private Equity | 11 | -0.14% | 60.88% | 35.96% | 27.55% |
| Publishing | 24 | 11.38% | 139.01% | 31.94% | 23.53% |
| R.E.I.T. | 5 | 14.07% | 65.47% | 15.58% | 13.90% |
| Railroad | 12 | 11.10% | 67.10% | 16.43% | 15.12% |
| Recreation | 56 | 8.26% | 83.42% | 11.06% | 9.45% |
| Reinsurance | 13 | NA | 16.78% | 13.29% | 10.40% |
| Restaurant | 63 | 20.32% | 85.09% | 38.25% | 28.84% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 75 | 14.99% | 74.01% | 22.91% | 14.99% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 47 | 28.74% | 19.41% | 36.27% | 20.53% |
| Retail Automotive | 20 | 9.89% | 122.44% | 20.53% | 18.46% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 12.18% | 42.52% | 16.06% | 15.25% |
| Retail Store | 37 | 13.60% | 67.02% | 21.01% | 17.35% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 10.38% | 92.01% | 16.43% | 12.53% |
| Securities Brokerage | 28 | 10.39% | 309.39% | NA | 10.32% |
| Semiconductor | 141 | 28.41% | 21.87% | 39.10% | 20.68% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 12 | 40.44% | 25.54% | 65.76% | 22.99% |
| Shoe | 19 | 27.41% | 8.14% | 30.49% | 18.62% |
| Steel | 32 | 5.94% | 42.85% | 7.28% | 6.34% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 99 | 23.30% | 30.09% | 29.93% | 8.49% |
| Telecom. Services | 74 | 13.70% | 59.53% | 16.47% | 13.65% |
| Telecom. Utility | 25 | 8.34% | 171.73% | 18.29% | 16.40% |
| Thrift | 148 | NA | 27.49% | -2.14% | -1.07% |
| Tobacco | 11 | 27.98% | 161.50% | 74.21% | 50.86% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 15 | 19.54% | 133.90% | 62.53% | 31.19% |
| Trucking | 36 | 9.07% | 124.56% | 8.19% | 6.43% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 4 | 4.56% | 99.06% | 3.12% | 2.95% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 5.42% | 143.86% | 8.44% | 8.36% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | -18.21% | 73.61% | 21.34% | 15.56% |
| Total Market | 5891 | 12.21% | 93.20% | 16.07% | 11.44% |