Multiples by
Market Cap Class (US)
Data Used: Value Line
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2009
Critieria for inclusion: All publicly traded firms in the United States
Multiples by
Market Cap Class (US) Data Used: Value Line
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2009
Critieria for inclusion: All publicly traded firms in the United States
| Size class | Number of firms | Aggregate Mkt Cap/ Net income | PE | PBV | PS | EV/Sales | EV/EBITDA | EV/EBIT |
| <10 mil | 1813 | NA | 7.54 | 2.01 | 0.06 | 0.48 | 6.70 | 15.67 |
| 10-20 mil | 498 | NA | 10.10 | 7.46 | 0.06 | 1.31 | 3.16 | 3.38 |
| 20-40 mil | 586 | NA | 14.04 | 8.84 | 0.20 | 0.67 | 4.38 | 6.57 |
| 40-100 mil | 754 | NA | 22.00 | 8.86 | 0.24 | 0.62 | 3.60 | 5.15 |
| 100-250 mil | 760 | 103.00 | 25.79 | 10.89 | 0.38 | 0.58 | 3.90 | 5.34 |
| 250 - 500 mil | 615 | 25.46 | 24.96 | 14.94 | 0.47 | 1.61 | 6.02 | 7.16 |
| 500-1000 mil | 511 | 11.29 | 19.45 | 8.83 | 0.60 | 1.80 | 6.39 | 7.54 |
| 1000-2500 mil | 527 | 12.72 | 21.95 | 2.12 | 0.56 | 0.81 | 3.81 | 4.84 |
| 2500-10000 mil | 436 | 9.45 | 14.97 | 1.79 | 0.72 | 1.11 | 4.33 | 5.41 |
| >10000 mil | 370 | 12.46 | 14.98 | 160.29 | 1.04 | 1.32 | 5.17 | 6.26 |
| All firms | 6870 | 12.42 | 18.91 | 17.00 | 0.94 | 1.28 | 5.05 | 6.14 |
Last updated in January 2009
By Aswath Damodaran