Value
Multiples 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 | EV/EBITDA | EV/EBIT | EV/EBIT(1-t) |
| Advertising | 31 | 7.90 | 11.09 | 15.30 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 64 | 7.41 | 9.14 | 12.69 |
| Air Transport | 36 | 12.91 | 20.22 | 25.87 |
| Apparel | 57 | 8.65 | 10.83 | 15.64 |
| Auto Parts | 51 | 6.19 | 9.05 | 11.79 |
| Automotive | 12 | 5.81 | 10.40 | 14.70 |
| Bank | 426 | 4.37 | 4.37 | 5.41 |
| Bank (Midwest) | 45 | 4.57 | 4.57 | 5.79 |
| Beverage | 34 | 12.04 | 14.80 | 19.41 |
| Biotechnology | 158 | NA | NA | NA |
| Building Materials | 45 | 10.99 | 29.23 | 38.63 |
| Cable TV | 21 | 6.25 | 11.27 | 17.75 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 16 | 8.90 | 12.60 | 15.94 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | 8.95 | 12.28 | 17.43 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 9.84 | 14.06 | 19.83 |
| Coal | 20 | 7.34 | 11.14 | 14.16 |
| Computer Software | 184 | 8.64 | 9.81 | 12.49 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 87 | 8.11 | 9.85 | 12.88 |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 11.37 | 14.99 | 17.95 |
| Drug | 279 | 9.35 | 13.02 | 16.82 |
| E-Commerce | 57 | 22.08 | 31.60 | 41.83 |
| Educational Services | 34 | 4.62 | 5.47 | 8.81 |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 21 | 7.88 | 12.76 | 19.52 |
| Electric Utility (East) | 21 | 8.56 | 13.14 | 19.86 |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | 7.56 | 13.03 | 19.23 |
| Electrical Equipment | 68 | 9.12 | 11.68 | 15.49 |
| Electronics | 139 | 5.82 | 7.84 | 10.49 |
| Engineering & Const | 25 | 7.36 | 9.76 | 13.75 |
| Entertainment | 77 | 8.03 | 10.67 | 15.54 |
| Entertainment Tech | 40 | 11.63 | 17.81 | 20.65 |
| Environmental | 82 | 8.77 | 13.58 | 21.81 |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 225 | 14.36 | 15.33 | 19.70 |
| Food Processing | 112 | 9.54 | 11.93 | 16.60 |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | 3.48 | 7.03 | 11.48 |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 9.13 | 11.86 | 18.89 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | 9.68 | 14.31 | 20.09 |
| Healthcare Information | 25 | 20.77 | 31.55 | 50.01 |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 21 | 10.54 | 14.65 | 20.15 |
| Homebuilding | 23 | NA | NA | NA |
| Hotel/Gaming | 51 | 12.46 | 20.51 | 25.52 |
| Household Products | 26 | 10.72 | 12.69 | 17.24 |
| Human Resources | 23 | 9.98 | 14.92 | 24.15 |
| Industrial Services | 137 | NA | NA | NA |
| Information Services | 27 | 10.55 | 15.23 | 19.54 |
| Insurance (Life) | 30 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 1.75 |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 49 | 95.56 | 96.01 | 120.26 |
| Internet | 186 | 17.06 | 21.41 | 26.80 |
| IT Services | 60 | 9.75 | 12.15 | 16.99 |
| Machinery | 100 | 9.08 | 12.41 | 16.69 |
| Maritime | 52 | 9.63 | 18.14 | 19.62 |
| Med Supp Invasive | 83 | 9.06 | 11.36 | 14.60 |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 146 | 9.23 | 11.34 | 15.26 |
| Medical Services | 122 | 5.16 | 6.15 | 9.24 |
| Metal Fabricating | 24 | 8.91 | 11.06 | 15.32 |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 73 | 6.35 | 7.83 | 11.30 |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 29 | 6.27 | 11.63 | 19.24 |
| Natural Gas Utility | 22 | 8.06 | 11.36 | 16.96 |
| Newspaper | 13 | 6.50 | 8.99 | 14.54 |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 24 | 5.71 | 8.25 | 11.96 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 13 | 12.59 | 19.28 | 24.59 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 93 | 9.87 | 15.78 | 21.13 |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 7.18 | 10.51 | 15.15 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 5.46 | 8.83 | 10.79 |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 20 | 5.89 | 8.87 | 15.32 |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 5.58 | 8.53 | 11.50 |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 8.20 | 10.28 | 16.72 |
| Pipeline MLPs | 27 | 15.03 | 21.96 | 22.64 |
| Power | 93 | 6.63 | 10.17 | 13.59 |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 11.52 | 16.00 | 22.18 |
| Precision Instrument | 77 | 10.25 | 15.30 | 18.68 |
| Property Management | 31 | 13.00 | 18.21 | 21.99 |
| Public/Private Equity | 11 | NA | NA | NA |
| Publishing | 24 | 6.44 | 9.47 | 13.76 |
| R.E.I.T. | 5 | 9.54 | 10.95 | 11.21 |
| Railroad | 12 | 9.19 | 12.09 | 18.51 |
| Recreation | 56 | 9.11 | 13.92 | 17.30 |
| Reinsurance | 13 | 22.47 | 22.47 | 26.02 |
| Restaurant | 63 | 12.17 | 15.82 | 22.39 |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 75 | 7.73 | 11.06 | 16.61 |
| Retail (Softlines) | 47 | 6.84 | 9.30 | 15.01 |
| Retail Automotive | 20 | 10.76 | 13.40 | 20.68 |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 9.74 | 12.85 | 20.35 |
| Retail Store | 37 | 7.45 | 10.10 | 15.39 |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 6.73 | 10.91 | 16.75 |
| Securities Brokerage | 28 | 5.97 | 6.32 | 8.67 |
| Semiconductor | 141 | 6.19 | 9.03 | 11.35 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 12 | 3.78 | 4.50 | 5.32 |
| Shoe | 19 | 11.64 | 13.41 | 18.50 |
| Steel | 32 | 7.08 | 13.30 | 15.82 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 99 | 8.46 | 11.50 | 14.66 |
| Telecom. Services | 74 | 4.80 | 8.14 | 11.17 |
| Telecom. Utility | 25 | 5.33 | 11.05 | 15.61 |
| Thrift | 148 | 3.67 | 3.67 | 5.10 |
| Tobacco | 11 | 10.36 | 11.44 | 15.46 |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 15 | 11.05 | 13.67 | 20.50 |
| Trucking | 36 | 10.13 | 20.05 | 30.40 |
| Utility (Foreign) | 4 | 5.47 | 11.95 | 17.74 |
| Water Utility | 11 | 11.13 | 16.48 | 24.30 |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | NA | NA | NA |
| Total Market | 5891 | 7.37 | 9.70 | 13.26 |