Margins
by Sector
Data Used: Value Line database, of 7364 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2008
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which companies are included in each industry
Margins
by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 7364 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2008
can be obtained by clicking here
on
which companies are included in each industry
| Industry Name | Number of Firms | EBITDASG&A/Sales | EBITDA/Sales | EBIT/Sales | After-tax Operating Margin (EBIT(1-t) | Net Margin |
| Advertising | 40 | 59.47% | 21.61% | 16.75% | 11.30% | 2.09% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 69 | 20.97% | 13.20% | 10.87% | 7.50% | 3.32% |
| Air Transport | 49 | 27.36% | 18.18% | 13.77% | 10.28% | 2.95% |
| Apparel | 57 | 44.53% | 15.11% | 12.72% | 8.49% | 2.97% |
| Auto & Truck | 28 | 30.39% | 18.28% | 12.58% | 8.68% | 1.50% |
| Auto Parts | 56 | 18.67% | 9.37% | 6.22% | 5.47% | -0.18% |
| Bank | 504 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 38 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Beverage | 44 | 56.78% | 22.88% | 18.37% | 13.27% | 4.92% |
| Biotechnology | 103 | 89.97% | 35.03% | 28.72% | 18.57% | 8.00% |
| Building Materials | 49 | 29.86% | 16.56% | 13.55% | 9.45% | 1.90% |
| Cable TV | 23 | 73.19% | 49.84% | 33.12% | 20.14% | 3.23% |
| Canadian Energy | 13 | 63.29% | 53.66% | 41.31% | 25.84% | 8.10% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 27.00% | 17.78% | 13.18% | 10.60% | 3.57% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 37 | 42.67% | 28.23% | 22.77% | 13.51% | 4.27% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 90 | 36.00% | 17.61% | 13.57% | 9.80% | 2.88% |
| Coal | 18 | 32.63% | 28.12% | 20.69% | 17.95% | 3.88% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 376 | 57.10% | 26.33% | 22.13% | 15.31% | 7.35% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 144 | 32.51% | 13.29% | 10.30% | 7.66% | 3.46% |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 30.79% | 15.43% | 12.80% | 9.29% | 3.15% |
| Drug | 368 | 85.04% | 39.64% | 31.44% | 22.91% | 9.59% |
| E-Commerce | 56 | 58.82% | 15.35% | 10.94% | 7.95% | 2.93% |
| Educational Services | 39 | 59.32% | 21.37% | 17.62% | 10.67% | 4.18% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 25 | 34.41% | 28.79% | 20.56% | 14.57% | 3.20% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 27 | 32.25% | 32.25% | 24.17% | 16.31% | 4.53% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 17 | 35.00% | 33.75% | 24.33% | 16.43% | 3.95% |
| Electrical Equipment | 86 | 67.06% | 50.54% | 45.70% | 37.22% | 6.07% |
| Electronics | 179 | 20.33% | 9.49% | 6.96% | 5.05% | 0.92% |
| Entertainment | 93 | 47.82% | 30.32% | 23.60% | 16.21% | 3.90% |
| Entertainment Tech | 38 | 55.29% | 3.72% | -1.27% | -2.48% | -0.09% |
| Environmental | 89 | 42.36% | 29.12% | 21.24% | 13.15% | 2.94% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 294 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Food Processing | 123 | 30.09% | 13.01% | 10.70% | 7.64% | 3.04% |
| Food Wholesalers | 19 | 14.83% | 7.26% | 5.51% | 3.03% | 0.56% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 39.28% | 14.46% | 9.49% | 5.66% | 1.41% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 39 | 34.34% | 13.43% | 10.68% | 7.34% | 2.09% |
| Grocery | 15 | 29.47% | 7.52% | 5.39% | 3.38% | 0.96% |
| Healthcare Information | 38 | 59.94% | 24.28% | 17.37% | 12.14% | 3.28% |
| Heavy Construction | 12 | 12.85% | 5.73% | 4.72% | 2.91% | 1.47% |
| Home Appliance | 11 | 26.28% | 12.17% | 9.43% | 6.98% | 2.26% |
| Homebuilding | 36 | 17.41% | 8.81% | 8.32% | 5.01% | -2.47% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 75 | 46.82% | 29.78% | 23.23% | 16.01% | 3.90% |
| Household Products | 28 | 52.93% | 25.46% | 21.43% | 15.12% | 5.80% |
| Human Resources | 35 | 24.50% | 6.57% | 5.33% | 3.33% | 1.28% |
| Industrial Services | 196 | 29.87% | 16.77% | 12.04% | 7.93% | 1.91% |
| Information Services | 38 | 43.30% | 27.35% | 22.40% | 15.49% | 6.19% |
| Insurance (Life) | 40 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 87 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Internet | 266 | 59.48% | 25.66% | 20.46% | 14.34% | 6.48% |
| Investment Co. | 18 | 14.11% | 0.60% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -17.94% |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 15 | 13.23% | 13.23% | 12.65% | 8.48% | 10.31% |
| Machinery | 126 | 33.07% | 17.03% | 13.88% | 9.62% | 3.53% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 15.55% | 5.36% | 4.30% | 2.47% | 0.54% |
| Maritime | 52 | 44.20% | 37.62% | 28.60% | 27.23% | 8.04% |
| Medical Services | 178 | 28.22% | 14.13% | 12.47% | 7.79% | 2.70% |
| Medical Supplies | 274 | 33.90% | 14.56% | 12.10% | 8.98% | 3.87% |
| Metal Fabricating | 37 | 27.09% | 15.06% | 12.64% | 10.41% | 3.40% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 40.21% | 37.22% | 32.37% | 23.90% | 9.31% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 56.23% | 48.53% | 36.15% | 25.11% | 6.70% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 26 | 31.85% | 18.56% | 14.33% | 9.68% | 2.16% |
| Newspaper | 18 | 53.77% | 28.41% | 23.50% | 15.49% | 4.30% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 25 | 36.86% | 12.80% | 10.22% | 7.06% | 2.39% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 15 | 17.66% | 14.21% | 10.93% | 9.32% | 2.13% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 113 | 38.43% | 31.36% | 25.88% | 18.68% | 8.43% |
| Packaging & Container | 35 | 27.66% | 17.87% | 13.24% | 9.46% | 1.81% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 39 | 29.01% | 20.73% | 14.77% | 11.12% | 2.61% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 27.44% | 22.44% | 18.78% | 10.91% | 4.40% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 186 | 51.29% | 46.99% | 37.47% | 26.14% | 6.24% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 19.02% | 3.73% | 2.42% | 1.64% | 1.59% |
| Power | 58 | 34.22% | 26.70% | 20.22% | 15.08% | 4.87% |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 64.68% | 55.74% | 41.24% | 30.10% | 8.85% |
| Precision Instrument | 103 | 52.65% | 21.29% | 15.46% | 10.63% | 4.12% |
| Property Management | 12 | 50.29% | 48.39% | 40.31% | 32.99% | 6.41% |
| Publishing | 40 | 52.73% | 19.93% | 16.18% | 11.11% | 2.20% |
| R.E.I.T. | 147 | 30.15% | 27.90% | 21.48% | 18.90% | 73.22% |
| Railroad | 16 | 39.29% | 38.88% | 31.03% | 20.06% | 6.92% |
| Recreation | 73 | 45.40% | 24.37% | 19.09% | 15.25% | 4.80% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Restaurant | 75 | 34.46% | 22.41% | 17.59% | 12.05% | 4.54% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 164 | 37.39% | 12.40% | 9.53% | 6.10% | 2.00% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 23.09% | 9.36% | 7.63% | 4.69% | 1.47% |
| Retail Building Supply | 9 | 34.53% | 14.37% | 12.35% | 7.66% | 2.63% |
| Retail Store | 42 | 28.79% | 9.19% | 7.30% | 4.71% | 1.81% |
| Securities Brokerage | 31 | 34.80% | 34.49% | 33.88% | 23.18% | 4.23% |
| Semiconductor | 138 | 68.99% | 39.98% | 28.05% | 22.13% | 5.87% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 53.43% | 29.08% | 24.58% | 18.11% | 6.49% |
| Shoe | 20 | 45.65% | 15.03% | 13.31% | 8.70% | 4.16% |
| Steel (General) | 26 | 22.72% | 16.61% | 14.62% | 9.59% | 3.43% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 28.58% | 22.93% | 18.65% | 14.78% | 5.78% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 124 | 44.63% | 18.03% | 15.16% | 11.08% | 4.89% |
| Telecom. Services | 152 | 68.53% | 41.51% | 30.76% | 24.23% | 4.24% |
| Thrift | 234 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Tobacco | 11 | 18.21% | 10.05% | 9.25% | 6.66% | 4.32% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 21 | 68.50% | 16.83% | 13.57% | 8.76% | 3.23% |
| Trucking | 32 | 26.51% | 20.39% | 14.48% | 9.16% | 1.68% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 6 | 32.98% | 21.99% | 15.71% | 15.71% | 12.30% |
| Water Utility | 16 | 57.87% | 52.13% | 41.14% | 25.36% | 6.29% |
| Wireless Networking | 74 | 54.93% | 27.90% | 18.12% | 10.67% | 0.68% |
| Market | 7364 | 41.90% | 24.83% | 20.39% | 14.25% | 4.58% |