Operating Income and FCFF by Sector

Data Used: Value Line database, of 6870 firms

Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2009

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Industry Name Number of firms EBIT (1-t) FCFF
Advertising 30 $10,885.58 $10,427.10
Aerospace/Defense 66 $45,198.11 $45,976.62
Air Transport 44 $56,557.84 $47,711.37
Apparel 53 $9,627.85 $9,970.40
Auto & Truck 20 $159,040.24 $140,355.24
Auto Parts 54 $24,669.24 $26,337.49
Bank 477 $211,863.48 $211,863.48
Bank (Canadian) 8 $55,300.53 $55,300.53
Bank (Midwest) 39 $32,013.82 $32,013.82
Beverage 41 $39,260.58 $35,948.48
Biotechnology 108 $10,593.54 $9,748.17
Building Materials 52 $16,146.95 $14,267.89
Cable TV 25 $56,726.32 $53,331.79
Canadian Energy 12 $75,048.32 $51,908.04
Chemical (Basic) 19 $29,647.62 $34,030.18
Chemical (Diversified) 33 $34,338.05 $42,265.06
Chemical (Specialty) 88 $22,093.03 $23,592.33
Coal 18 $8,158.93 $8,136.42
Computer Software/Svcs 322 $88,256.73 $88,984.12
Computers/Peripherals 125 $81,841.78 $84,049.38
Diversified Co. 113 $156,468.92 $204,622.03
Drug 342 $183,545.43 $193,042.47
E-Commerce 54 $2,263.44 $2,173.47
Educational Services 34 $2,589.81 $2,314.28
Electric Util. (Central) 24 $27,510.23 $19,264.06
Electric Utility (East) 26 $65,215.67 $48,842.30
Electric Utility (West) 16 $22,982.67 $14,956.48
Electrical Equipment 83 $21,606.63 $23,564.54
Electronics 173 $18,611.68 $19,293.12
Entertainment 84 $53,472.85 $54,224.98
Entertainment Tech 33 $436.26 $(211.39)
Environmental 79 $7,907.99 $8,565.53
Financial Svcs. (Div.) 296 $320,546.07 $4,254,888.74
Food Processing 109 $76,430.89 $89,247.63
Food Wholesalers 18 $13,515.52 $12,976.68
Foreign Electronics 10 $62,686.68 $67,293.61
Furn/Home Furnishings 34 $5,351.79 $5,184.43
Grocery 14 $13,275.49 $10,768.69
Healthcare Information 29 $1,865.20 $2,036.87
Heavy Construction 14 $4,380.50 $5,055.51
Homebuilding 32 $(24,706.15) $(43,948.66)
Hotel/Gaming 68 $18,883.86 $8,336.89
Household Products 26 $46,964.56 $48,893.46
Human Resources 31 $3,573.84 $3,989.54
Industrial Services 167 $22,653.04 $21,083.93
Information Services 34 $9,146.34 $8,932.05
Insurance (Life) 35 $118,866.26 $118,872.23
Insurance (Prop/Cas.) 78 $3,677.52 $3,681.38
Internet 208 $20,078.14 $18,867.05
Investment Co. 17 $(0.45) $0.56
Investment Co.(Foreign) 16 $31.02 $31.68
Machinery 124 $48,014.93 $52,278.06
Manuf. Housing/RV 18 $486.39 $372.38
Maritime 56 $12,811.96 $4,221.16
Medical Services 160 $54,083.15 $50,605.69
Medical Supplies 252 $76,087.38 $80,935.82
Metal Fabricating 35 $10,982.75 $10,023.67
Metals & Mining (Div.) 78 $99,063.69 $88,291.68
Natural Gas (Div.) 34 $49,208.01 $23,299.17
Natural Gas Utility 25 $10,132.75 $9,594.75
Newspaper 16 $7,783.23 $7,989.22
Office Equip/Supplies 26 $12,603.49 $13,654.33
Oil/Gas Distribution 19 $21,384.09 $11,259.83
Oilfield Svcs/Equip. 112 $76,081.73 $66,369.88
Packaging & Container 33 $17,193.97 $18,048.60
Paper/Forest Products 38 $20,825.99 $19,993.36
Petroleum (Integrated) 25 $431,683.83 $392,722.18
Petroleum (Producing) 188 $103,925.34 $49,890.49
Pharmacy Services 19 $20,534.15 $21,431.56
Power 66 $16,935.61 $16,417.14
Precious Metals 75 $11,587.84 $3,713.53
Precision Instrument 90 $12,065.87 $14,344.93
Property Management 17 $9,872.93 $(588.07)
Publishing 27 $8,481.73 $8,474.27
R.E.I.T. 144 $2,223.72 $(5,436.33)
Railroad 15 $28,577.61 $22,937.56
Recreation 64 $18,977.42 $14,642.65
Reinsurance 11 $406.32 $406.32
Restaurant 68 $23,678.91 $19,950.07
Retail (Special Lines) 155 $34,056.22 $30,781.90
Retail Automotive 16 $7,698.10 $5,424.35
Retail Building Supply 8 $19,893.48 $15,119.37
Retail Store 38 $64,264.80 $49,963.98
Securities Brokerage 32 $164,495.26 $(296,370.12)
Semiconductor 122 $61,894.44 $60,926.73
Semiconductor Equip 16 $7,940.73 $7,091.56
Shoe 19 $5,232.82 $5,322.31
Steel (General) 20 $9,510.74 $13,100.97
Steel (Integrated) 14 $52,571.50 $62,148.31
Telecom. Equipment 110 $54,155.50 $59,360.28
Telecom. Services 140 $457,706.27 $463,318.81
Thrift 234 $9,710.37 $(72,308.64)
Tobacco 12 $15,284.29 $11,296.56
Toiletries/Cosmetics 23 $4,801.35 $4,869.82
Trucking 33 $9,973.84 $(6,949.94)
Utility (Foreign) 5 $7,802.10 $7,803.32
Water Utility 16 $2,970.10 $2,424.61
Wireless Networking 57 $6,527.79 $10,178.10
Public/Private Equity 10 $5,577.01 $5,563.69
Funeral Services 6 $1,150.32 $1,147.31
Total Market 6870 $4,556,012.09 $7,709,119.23


Last Updated in January 2009
By Aswath Damodaran