Dividends
and FCFE by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 6870 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2009
| Industry Name | Number of firms | Sum of Dividends | Net Income | FCFE | Payout | Dividends/FCFE |
| Advertising | 30 | $400.93 | $5,594.30 | $6,455.60 | 7.17% | 6.21% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | $4,350.59 | $35,035.70 | $33,257.11 | 12.42% | 13.08% |
| Air Transport | 44 | $2,416.43 | $25,898.70 | $20,299.06 | 9.33% | 11.90% |
| Apparel | 53 | $451.31 | $5,363.00 | $4,492.38 | 8.42% | 10.05% |
| Auto & Truck | 20 | $3,662.06 | $42,056.50 | $46,378.00 | 8.71% | 7.90% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | $1,296.15 | $7,219.30 | $7,265.31 | 17.95% | 17.84% |
| Bank | 477 | $23,589.79 | $65,402.00 | $65,402.00 | 36.07% | 36.07% |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | $9,212.45 | $19,704.30 | $19,704.30 | 46.75% | 46.75% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | $5,152.53 | $9,429.40 | $9,429.40 | 54.64% | 54.64% |
| Beverage | 41 | $6,939.35 | $29,683.10 | $29,443.18 | 23.38% | 23.57% |
| Biotechnology | 108 | $38.60 | $7,880.00 | $7,166.65 | 0.49% | 0.54% |
| Building Materials | 52 | $1,345.97 | $9,410.30 | $8,432.47 | 14.30% | 15.96% |
| Cable TV | 25 | $1,737.29 | $14,745.50 | $14,690.62 | 11.78% | 11.83% |
| Canadian Energy | 12 | $4,375.30 | $38,223.40 | $15,548.57 | 11.45% | 28.14% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | $3,519.52 | $21,501.10 | $19,254.56 | 16.37% | 18.28% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | $4,267.01 | $21,610.50 | $17,473.72 | 19.75% | 24.42% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 88 | $2,219.30 | $12,514.30 | $11,403.72 | 17.73% | 19.46% |
| Coal | 18 | $540.41 | $2,610.00 | $1,579.82 | 20.71% | 34.21% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 322 | $7,656.20 | $75,304.30 | $77,047.03 | 10.17% | 9.94% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 125 | $3,816.90 | $60,340.00 | $60,768.40 | 6.33% | 6.28% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | $16,823.93 | $83,632.20 | $70,820.73 | 20.12% | 23.76% |
| Drug | 342 | $35,234.20 | $135,592.00 | $153,457.43 | 25.99% | 22.96% |
| E-Commerce | 54 | $14.46 | $1,200.60 | $645.81 | 1.20% | 2.24% |
| Educational Services | 34 | $48.34 | $2,089.70 | $2,153.92 | 2.31% | 2.24% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 24 | $3,842.12 | $12,139.90 | $4,493.30 | 31.65% | 85.51% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 26 | $9,992.26 | $33,851.70 | $18,058.02 | 29.52% | 55.33% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 16 | $2,577.13 | $10,402.60 | $2,679.46 | 24.77% | 96.18% |
| Electrical Equipment | 83 | $2,259.50 | $16,387.60 | $14,422.95 | 13.79% | 15.67% |
| Electronics | 173 | $775.62 | $10,550.40 | $8,585.93 | 7.35% | 9.03% |
| Entertainment | 84 | $3,065.96 | $25,736.40 | $26,938.63 | 11.91% | 11.38% |
| Entertainment Tech | 33 | $3.63 | $(297.80) | $404.13 | -1.22% | 0.90% |
| Environmental | 79 | $742.05 | $3,355.70 | $3,236.45 | 22.11% | 22.93% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | $10,196.13 | $44,664.30 | $(350,765.59) | 22.83% | NA |
| Food Processing | 109 | $7,748.94 | $52,904.80 | $46,274.57 | 14.65% | 16.75% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | $735.38 | $6,595.50 | $5,869.94 | 11.15% | 12.53% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | $3,009.52 | $30,803.80 | $35,229.98 | 9.77% | 8.54% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 34 | $398.53 | $3,032.80 | $3,359.42 | 13.14% | 11.86% |
| Grocery | 14 | $481.71 | $7,445.50 | $4,769.94 | 6.47% | 10.10% |
| Healthcare Information | 29 | $42.36 | $1,102.10 | $1,168.65 | 3.84% | 3.62% |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | $143.18 | $3,735.90 | $2,885.20 | 3.83% | 4.96% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | $197.92 | $(26,414.20) | $(21,672.60) | -0.75% | NA |
| Hotel/Gaming | 68 | $1,025.89 | $9,796.50 | $2,955.90 | 10.47% | 34.71% |
| Household Products | 26 | $7,314.21 | $33,897.50 | $33,796.20 | 21.58% | 21.64% |
| Human Resources | 31 | $189.03 | $2,578.50 | $2,643.57 | 7.33% | 7.15% |
| Industrial Services | 167 | $604.64 | $11,720.00 | $9,606.91 | 5.16% | 6.29% |
| Information Services | 34 | $366.31 | $6,700.10 | $6,819.13 | 5.47% | 5.37% |
| Insurance (Life) | 35 | $6,447.84 | $27,617.70 | $26,467.07 | 23.35% | 24.36% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 78 | $4,344.30 | $30,404.20 | $29,035.81 | 14.29% | 14.96% |
| Internet | 208 | $31.90 | $15,739.20 | $13,387.61 | 0.20% | 0.24% |
| Investment Co. | 17 | $- | $(28.50) | $(28.74) | 0.00% | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | $12.63 | $34.40 | $34.51 | 36.72% | 36.60% |
| Machinery | 124 | $3,284.16 | $32,174.50 | $27,215.32 | 10.21% | 12.07% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | $27.41 | $302.90 | $385.52 | 9.05% | 7.11% |
| Maritime | 56 | $1,272.24 | $7,201.30 | $(437.03) | 17.67% | NA |
| Medical Services | 160 | $286.35 | $33,462.40 | $30,695.06 | 0.86% | 0.93% |
| Medical Supplies | 252 | $8,935.70 | $58,595.40 | $57,090.33 | 15.25% | 15.65% |
| Metal Fabricating | 35 | $831.42 | $7,926.80 | $5,996.46 | 10.49% | 13.87% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | $7,904.94 | $79,084.60 | $56,442.50 | 10.00% | 14.01% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 34 | $3,439.83 | $24,917.80 | $(0.40) | 13.80% | NA |
| Natural Gas Utility | 25 | $1,297.56 | $4,305.60 | $3,297.69 | 30.14% | 39.35% |
| Newspaper | 16 | $554.48 | $6,081.20 | $6,809.00 | 9.12% | 8.14% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 26 | $869.87 | $8,163.60 | $8,427.73 | 10.66% | 10.32% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | $4,676.12 | $11,779.60 | $3,037.65 | 39.70% | 153.94% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 112 | $3,300.66 | $54,430.50 | $27,889.99 | 6.06% | 11.83% |
| Packaging & Container | 33 | $799.11 | $6,449.40 | $6,466.35 | 12.39% | 12.36% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 38 | $1,652.92 | $5,715.20 | $6,813.82 | 28.92% | 24.26% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 25 | $48,477.73 | $345,250.70 | $222,127.62 | 14.04% | 21.82% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 188 | $2,651.42 | $51,721.70 | $3,400.43 | 5.13% | 77.97% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | $859.18 | $13,847.00 | $10,124.50 | 6.20% | 8.49% |
| Power | 66 | $8.44 | $4,415.10 | $1,483.23 | 0.19% | 0.57% |
| Precious Metals | 75 | $727.79 | $3,647.60 | $(2,672.63) | 19.95% | NA |
| Precision Instrument | 90 | $385.50 | $7,769.00 | $9,408.23 | 4.96% | 4.10% |
| Property Management | 17 | $429.91 | $1,798.50 | $(2,010.69) | 23.90% | NA |
| Publishing | 27 | $657.55 | $815.70 | $823.81 | 80.61% | 79.82% |
| R.E.I.T. | 144 | $733.54 | $635.30 | $(4.12) | 115.46% | NA |
| Railroad | 15 | $2,573.80 | $18,251.20 | $12,211.42 | 14.10% | 21.08% |
| Recreation | 64 | $2,424.62 | $11,189.10 | $7,184.87 | 21.67% | 33.75% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | $400.67 | $3,118.20 | $3,117.95 | 12.85% | 12.85% |
| Restaurant | 68 | $3,055.30 | $14,423.50 | $11,159.97 | 21.18% | 27.38% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 155 | $2,159.47 | $22,255.90 | $17,673.74 | 9.70% | 12.22% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | $101.36 | $5,172.80 | $3,961.42 | 1.96% | 2.56% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | $2,148.93 | $14,773.60 | $9,072.23 | 14.55% | 23.69% |
| Retail Store | 38 | $5,206.23 | $46,568.60 | $29,836.03 | 11.18% | 17.45% |
| Securities Brokerage | 32 | $3,381.74 | $12,070.40 | $38,941.19 | 28.02% | 8.68% |
| Semiconductor | 122 | $7,722.46 | $35,396.00 | $32,427.51 | 21.82% | 23.81% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | $332.57 | $6,638.40 | $7,097.32 | 5.01% | 4.69% |
| Shoe | 19 | $548.77 | $4,615.70 | $4,117.24 | 11.89% | 13.33% |
| Steel (General) | 20 | $694.59 | $7,367.70 | $4,543.31 | 9.43% | 15.29% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | $2,305.16 | $36,314.20 | $30,066.43 | 6.35% | 7.67% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 110 | $6,065.23 | $46,430.40 | $49,782.95 | 13.06% | 12.18% |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | $37,160.31 | $176,071.10 | $109,783.56 | 21.11% | 33.85% |
| Thrift | 234 | $1,592.85 | $2,482.80 | $36,450.60 | 64.16% | 4.37% |
| Tobacco | 12 | $4,231.52 | $13,185.60 | $11,560.86 | 32.09% | 36.60% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 23 | $512.91 | $3,067.20 | $2,951.59 | 16.72% | 17.38% |
| Trucking | 33 | $265.71 | $3,297.20 | $(9,894.41) | 8.06% | NA |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | $- | $1,872.10 | $(99.37) | 0.00% | NA |
| Water Utility | 16 | $290.05 | $105.80 | $(857.81) | 274.15% | NA |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | $33.50 | $2,195.10 | $1,815.60 | 1.53% | 1.85% |
| Public/Private Equity | 10 | $1,905.26 | $8,121.60 | $8,570.83 | 23.46% | 22.23% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | $126.07 | $706.90 | $681.63 | 17.83% | 18.50% |
| Total Market | 6870 | $384,960.59 | $2,372,679.30 | $1,044,487.68 | 16.22% | 36.86% |