Dividend
Fundamentals by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 6870 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2009
| Industry Name | Number of Firms | Dividend Yield | Dividend Payout | Market Cap | ROE | Insider Holdings | Institutional Holdings | Std Dev in Stock Prices |
| Advertising | 30 | 0.45% | 7.17% | $46,527 | 12.31% | 9.67% | 39.78% | 102.72% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 0.59% | 12.42% | $351,529 | 18.50% | 6.72% | 46.63% | 47.22% |
| Air Transport | 44 | 0.38% | 9.33% | $225,178 | 17.45% | 3.80% | 50.11% | 64.45% |
| Apparel | 53 | 1.54% | 8.42% | $46,531 | 13.49% | 14.76% | 38.46% | 65.77% |
| Auto & Truck | 20 | 1.62% | 8.71% | $433,513 | 15.67% | 2.87% | 46.15% | 39.50% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 1.72% | 17.95% | $81,847 | 10.69% | 5.33% | 51.19% | 56.51% |
| Bank | 477 | 4.79% | 36.07% | $949,331 | 10.58% | 4.21% | 22.95% | 30.43% |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | 5.96% | 46.75% | $274,731 | 19.92% | 0.81% | 32.02% | 19.23% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | 3.82% | 54.64% | $188,953 | 11.24% | 8.62% | 48.05% | 31.49% |
| Beverage | 41 | 0.56% | 23.38% | $459,939 | 21.63% | 14.97% | 38.54% | 57.12% |
| Biotechnology | 108 | 0.02% | 0.49% | $364,407 | 10.08% | 10.59% | 39.07% | 70.24% |
| Building Materials | 52 | 0.77% | 14.30% | $67,901 | 11.72% | 7.27% | 48.05% | 75.67% |
| Cable TV | 25 | 0.38% | 11.78% | $348,366 | 6.43% | 11.01% | 48.12% | 60.94% |
| Canadian Energy | 12 | 6.88% | 11.45% | $315,389 | 19.98% | 1.45% | 43.77% | 32.93% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 2.08% | 16.37% | $181,612 | 20.98% | 2.25% | 65.30% | 45.10% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 2.54% | 19.75% | $240,012 | 20.46% | 7.56% | 60.38% | 41.73% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 88 | 1.36% | 17.73% | $160,065 | 15.86% | 10.40% | 50.24% | 61.08% |
| Coal | 18 | 3.13% | 20.71% | $45,514 | 12.55% | 1.31% | 62.49% | 58.47% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 322 | 0.16% | 10.17% | $1,066,453 | 23.68% | 6.84% | 39.29% | 116.43% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 125 | 0.28% | 6.33% | $687,431 | 21.19% | 5.34% | 43.69% | 107.82% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 1.29% | 20.12% | $723,246 | 17.84% | 6.27% | 47.92% | 55.69% |
| Drug | 342 | 0.22% | 25.99% | $2,085,280 | 17.56% | 7.35% | 36.42% | 99.74% |
| E-Commerce | 54 | 0.37% | 1.20% | $55,764 | 4.61% | 8.30% | 48.67% | 57.81% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 0.14% | 2.31% | $64,461 | 22.46% | 9.36% | 43.82% | 54.64% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 24 | 4.56% | 31.65% | $152,352 | 10.71% | 1.19% | 57.63% | 23.17% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 26 | 4.26% | 29.52% | $427,762 | 12.87% | 0.00% | 53.97% | 24.46% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 16 | 4.04% | 24.77% | $117,907 | 10.22% | 0.00% | 68.80% | 20.54% |
| Electrical Equipment | 83 | 0.86% | 13.79% | $167,597 | 19.21% | 5.64% | 43.22% | 58.38% |
| Electronics | 173 | 0.72% | 7.35% | $96,398 | 7.92% | 7.44% | 38.80% | 76.79% |
| Entertainment | 84 | 2.12% | 11.91% | $275,228 | 7.21% | 27.01% | 44.22% | 104.32% |
| Entertainment Tech | 33 | 0.03% | NA | $33,090 | -1.36% | 11.38% | 51.27% | 76.24% |
| Environmental | 79 | 0.22% | 22.11% | $69,575 | 13.03% | 8.73% | 31.87% | 81.44% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | 1.33% | 22.83% | $895,015 | 7.18% | 13.24% | 44.99% | 68.74% |
| Food Processing | 109 | 1.10% | 14.65% | $686,405 | 18.70% | 9.42% | 41.07% | 48.20% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 0.98% | 11.15% | $86,935 | 12.99% | 6.20% | 49.90% | 42.40% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 1.57% | 9.77% | $284,940 | 8.00% | 0.51% | 8.26% | 28.36% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 34 | 2.78% | 13.14% | $22,285 | 11.19% | 13.90% | 50.21% | 48.86% |
| Grocery | 14 | 1.22% | 6.47% | $244,541 | 16.31% | 8.04% | 62.89% | 27.38% |
| Healthcare Information | 29 | 0.33% | 3.84% | $26,432 | 16.01% | 8.06% | 48.74% | 59.30% |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | 0.28% | 3.83% | $63,213 | 11.93% | 3.02% | 65.20% | 46.33% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | 0.98% | NA | $40,591 | -44.25% | 11.27% | 56.09% | 52.02% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 68 | 0.72% | 10.47% | $82,225 | 13.88% | 21.44% | 44.08% | 60.88% |
| Household Products | 26 | 2.35% | 21.58% | $523,147 | 19.74% | 9.75% | 57.13% | 38.74% |
| Human Resources | 31 | 1.19% | 7.33% | $26,088 | 11.64% | 9.29% | 61.75% | 45.04% |
| Industrial Services | 167 | 0.49% | 5.16% | $149,743 | 14.44% | 9.80% | 43.58% | 66.22% |
| Information Services | 34 | 0.66% | 5.47% | $102,594 | 16.06% | 11.47% | 50.00% | 39.30% |
| Insurance (Life) | 35 | 2.59% | 23.35% | $311,307 | 13.18% | 2.30% | 51.40% | 57.11% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 78 | 2.15% | 14.29% | $2,180,313 | 15.35% | 7.42% | 62.30% | 29.81% |
| Internet | 208 | 0.07% | 0.20% | $374,853 | 11.95% | 16.12% | 34.59% | 83.36% |
| Investment Co. | 17 | 0.00% | NA | $18 | NA | 1.00% | 12.86% | 20.47% |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | 4.87% | 36.72% | $446 | 9.30% | NA | 18.26% | 28.71% |
| Machinery | 124 | 1.04% | 10.21% | $255,290 | 18.05% | 7.20% | 56.13% | 51.63% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 1.54% | 9.05% | $3,479 | 5.91% | 9.97% | 37.76% | 50.24% |
| Maritime | 56 | 4.60% | 17.67% | $37,272 | 16.16% | 11.31% | 41.21% | 63.51% |
| Medical Services | 160 | 0.24% | 0.86% | $295,632 | 16.31% | 9.49% | 42.52% | 81.82% |
| Medical Supplies | 252 | 0.17% | 15.25% | $918,619 | 17.65% | 7.07% | 46.53% | 79.70% |
| Metal Fabricating | 35 | 0.80% | 10.49% | $60,864 | 16.28% | 5.23% | 47.66% | 72.85% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 1.05% | 10.00% | $503,887 | 27.49% | 3.17% | 27.71% | 85.30% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 34 | 8.25% | 13.80% | $266,870 | 13.57% | 7.08% | 59.34% | 37.55% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 25 | 3.69% | 30.14% | $58,792 | 11.56% | 1.98% | 42.05% | 25.42% |
| Newspaper | 16 | 9.38% | 9.12% | $29,980 | 13.45% | 23.11% | 48.37% | 41.72% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 26 | 2.22% | 10.66% | $65,363 | 15.91% | 2.84% | 49.78% | 45.03% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | 6.12% | 39.70% | $133,715 | 14.72% | 3.22% | 37.50% | 49.51% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 112 | 3.06% | 6.06% | $364,936 | 21.25% | 4.29% | 57.49% | 49.11% |
| Packaging & Container | 33 | 1.63% | 12.39% | $70,725 | 13.26% | 5.31% | 59.87% | 49.43% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 38 | 2.08% | 28.92% | $73,148 | 5.23% | 3.16% | 49.83% | 54.80% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 25 | 2.47% | 14.04% | $2,491,167 | 23.14% | 3.68% | 53.71% | 39.02% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 188 | 2.71% | 5.13% | $378,779 | 15.98% | 3.16% | 36.68% | 80.53% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 0.17% | 6.20% | $231,517 | 11.33% | 5.07% | 47.06% | 36.98% |
| Power | 66 | 0.01% | 0.19% | $115,058 | 7.59% | 5.21% | 37.74% | 100.56% |
| Precious Metals | 75 | 0.06% | 19.95% | $221,639 | 2.86% | 0.56% | 30.36% | 74.43% |
| Precision Instrument | 90 | 0.42% | 4.96% | $93,329 | 10.11% | 8.17% | 51.26% | 93.64% |
| Property Management | 17 | 1.38% | 23.90% | $29,553 | 6.04% | 13.46% | 41.33% | 36.18% |
| Publishing | 27 | 1.86% | 80.61% | $32,215 | 50.13% | 18.15% | 54.27% | 43.95% |
| R.E.I.T. | 144 | 1.07% | 115.46% | $38,118 | 6.68% | 5.33% | 55.20% | 42.47% |
| Railroad | 15 | 1.82% | 14.10% | $203,965 | 14.30% | 3.40% | 62.34% | 33.95% |
| Recreation | 64 | 1.88% | 21.67% | $93,905 | 12.66% | 16.83% | 42.33% | 61.82% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 1.27% | 12.85% | $43,088 | 11.60% | 4.76% | 74.71% | 25.12% |
| Restaurant | 68 | 1.06% | 21.18% | $234,363 | 24.79% | 11.95% | 53.64% | 53.39% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 155 | 1.38% | 9.70% | $208,611 | 16.63% | 13.06% | 49.67% | 59.73% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 1.98% | 1.96% | $50,849 | 15.31% | 16.88% | 67.32% | 36.20% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 1.48% | 14.55% | $157,599 | 20.44% | 6.95% | 62.97% | 31.20% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 1.19% | 11.18% | $624,094 | 17.06% | 13.81% | 59.24% | 43.75% |
| Securities Brokerage | 32 | 1.35% | 28.02% | $257,419 | 7.11% | 7.77% | 50.14% | 57.09% |
| Semiconductor | 122 | 0.41% | 21.82% | $427,406 | 12.94% | 4.17% | 54.18% | 61.60% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 0.16% | 5.01% | $44,383 | 19.45% | 6.68% | 74.09% | 41.96% |
| Shoe | 19 | 1.19% | 11.89% | $58,606 | 18.65% | 44.04% | 55.88% | 42.43% |
| Steel (General) | 20 | 2.75% | 9.43% | $52,471 | 21.96% | 9.61% | 50.65% | 45.90% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 1.74% | 6.35% | $150,166 | 17.80% | 1.74% | 23.79% | 57.46% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 110 | 0.27% | 13.06% | $571,275 | 14.77% | 6.89% | 35.06% | 92.10% |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | 1.75% | 21.11% | $1,908,680 | 14.04% | 15.21% | 33.74% | 71.49% |
| Thrift | 234 | 1.51% | 64.16% | $106,015 | 4.92% | 6.10% | 24.00% | 33.33% |
| Tobacco | 12 | 3.49% | 32.09% | $320,205 | 44.67% | 1.47% | 44.67% | 97.55% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 23 | 1.31% | 16.72% | $45,871 | 40.04% | 18.95% | 53.37% | 60.15% |
| Trucking | 33 | 1.04% | 8.06% | $40,565 | 10.31% | 14.49% | 58.59% | 41.45% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | 0.00% | 0.00% | $48,455 | 3.57% | NA | 18.01% | 30.34% |
| Water Utility | 16 | 2.56% | 274.15% | $24,003 | 0.62% | 3.24% | 35.11% | 37.51% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 0.22% | 1.53% | $106,094 | 5.47% | 7.36% | 49.32% | 63.40% |
| Public/Private Equity | 10 | 43.47% | 23.46% | $10,360 | 16.36% | 10.02% | 36.05% | 50.12% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 4.67% | 17.83% | $7,664 | 13.29% | 5.03% | 55.84% | 29.77% |
| Total Market | 6870 | 1.48% | 16.22% | $29,471,034 | 15.24% | 8.92% | 42.73% | 64.10% |