Insider and Institutional Holdings by Sector

Data Used: Value Line database, of 7364 firms

Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2008

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Industry Name Number of Firms Insider Holdings Institutional Holdings
Advertising 40 10.05% 39.05%
Aerospace/Defense 69 6.64% 46.99%
Air Transport 49 3.87% 57.77%
Apparel 57 15.21% 41.19%
Auto & Truck 28 3.42% 43.82%
Auto Parts 56 6.21% 45.60%
Bank 504 4.24% 23.11%
Bank (Canadian) 8 0.81% 31.65%
Bank (Midwest) 38 8.88% 43.99%
Beverage 44 12.91% 41.98%
Biotechnology 103 10.76% 40.47%
Building Materials 49 6.15% 55.83%
Cable TV 23 23.59% 39.83%
Canadian Energy 13 1.46% 40.33%
Chemical (Basic) 19 2.49% 53.25%
Chemical (Diversified) 37 9.07% 54.26%
Chemical (Specialty) 90 7.47% 48.51%
Coal 18 2.08% 53.39%
Computer Software/Svcs 376 6.65% 35.72%
Computers/Peripherals 144 5.68% 41.94%
Diversified Co. 107 5.35% 48.62%
Drug 368 5.27% 36.54%
E-Commerce 56 12.98% 45.88%
Educational Services 39 10.54% 39.45%
Electric Util. (Central) 25 1.19% 62.25%
Electric Utility (East) 27 NA 51.59%
Electric Utility (West) 17 NA 67.37%
Electrical Equipment 86 6.32% 42.25%
Electronics 179 8.90% 37.28%
Entertainment 93 23.78% 46.93%
Entertainment Tech 38 13.23% 45.65%
Environmental 89 9.16% 35.28%
Financial Svcs. (Div.) 294 11.63% 45.84%
Food Processing 123 9.57% 38.88%
Food Wholesalers 19 2.29% 47.41%
Foreign Electronics 10 4.50% 9.65%
Furn/Home Furnishings 39 13.89% 46.62%
Grocery 15 8.81% 65.15%
Healthcare Information 38 9.15% 45.64%
Heavy Construction 12 3.97% 57.97%
Home Appliance 11 8.64% 36.18%
Homebuilding 36 10.14% 54.02%
Hotel/Gaming 75 21.93% 41.69%
Household Products 28 9.73% 55.28%
Human Resources 35 10.51% 55.31%
Industrial Services 196 10.96% 44.29%
Information Services 38 11.04% 54.02%
Insurance (Life) 40 2.07% 42.69%
Insurance (Prop/Cas.) 87 7.67% 61.38%
Internet 266 13.80% 35.14%
Investment Co. 18 1.00% 10.58%
Investment Co.(Foreign) 15 NA 17.10%
Machinery 126 7.44% 48.30%
Manuf. Housing/RV 18 10.62% 49.69%
Maritime 52 6.06% 43.91%
Medical Services 178 9.15% 40.10%
Medical Supplies 274 7.61% 42.94%
Metal Fabricating 37 5.27% 47.12%
Metals & Mining (Div.) 78 3.01% 22.49%
Natural Gas (Div.) 31 6.20% 59.90%
Natural Gas Utility 26 2.69% 41.42%
Newspaper 18 16.40% 55.86%
Office Equip/Supplies 25 2.36% 51.91%
Oil/Gas Distribution 15 0.83% 38.43%
Oilfield Svcs/Equip. 113 6.16% 55.53%
Packaging & Container 35 6.22% 60.32%
Paper/Forest Products 39 3.63% 51.89%
Petroleum (Integrated) 26 4.20% 51.83%
Petroleum (Producing) 186 4.15% 34.24%
Pharmacy Services 19 5.63% 50.15%
Power 58 6.09% 35.04%
Precious Metals 84 0.82% 26.03%
Precision Instrument 103 7.01% 52.37%
Property Management 12 11.45% 44.11%
Publishing 40 17.66% 43.05%
R.E.I.T. 147 5.64% 55.24%
Railroad 16 3.17% 57.67%
Recreation 73 16.50% 38.81%
Reinsurance 11 5.21% 63.14%
Restaurant 75 9.44% 53.86%
Retail (Special Lines) 164 13.49% 51.16%
Retail Automotive 16 13.55% 71.84%
Retail Building Supply 9 7.68% 67.73%
Retail Store 42 13.05% 58.78%
Securities Brokerage 31 4.25% 51.29%
Semiconductor 138 5.30% 52.72%
Semiconductor Equip 16 6.51% 80.81%
Shoe 20 46.87% 59.39%
Steel (General) 26 7.83% 53.33%
Steel (Integrated) 14 1.97% 30.07%
Telecom. Equipment 124 6.62% 36.43%
Telecom. Services 152 14.04% 33.63%
Thrift 234 5.73% 23.88%
Tobacco 11 1.45% 34.45%
Toiletries/Cosmetics 21 21.68% 45.74%
Trucking 32 12.02% 56.98%
Utility (Foreign) 6 NA 15.54%
Water Utility 16 2.88% 29.06%
Wireless Networking 74 8.34% 47.13%
Market 7364 8.87% 41.69%


Last Updated in January 2008
By Aswath Damodaran