Price
and Value to Book Ratio by SectorData 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 | Price/BV | ROE | Expected Growth in EPS | Payout | Beta | Value/BV | ROC |
| Advertising | 30 | 1.02 | 12.31% | 18.44% | 7.17% | 1.43 | 1.26 | 13.01% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 1.86 | 18.50% | 15.52% | 12.42% | 1.27 | 1.93 | 19.53% |
| Air Transport | 44 | 1.52 | 17.45% | 13.59% | 9.33% | 1.15 | 1.56 | 22.00% |
| Apparel | 53 | 1.17 | 13.49% | 11.83% | 8.42% | 1.14 | 1.26 | 18.05% |
| Auto & Truck | 20 | 1.61 | 15.67% | 11.80% | 8.71% | 1.49 | 1.45 | 18.80% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 1.21 | 10.69% | 13.22% | 17.95% | 1.56 | 1.40 | 21.81% |
| Bank | 477 | 1.54 | 10.58% | 8.77% | 36.07% | 0.71 | 1.39 | NA |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | 2.78 | 19.92% | 5.33% | 46.75% | 0.86 | 2.85 | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | 2.25 | 11.24% | 5.03% | 54.64% | 0.91 | 1.73 | NA |
| Beverage | 41 | 3.35 | 21.63% | 11.77% | 23.38% | 0.95 | 2.65 | 18.98% |
| Biotechnology | 108 | 4.66 | 10.08% | 20.96% | 0.49% | 1.25 | 5.59 | 14.78% |
| Building Materials | 52 | 0.85 | 11.72% | 7.68% | 14.30% | 1.39 | 0.97 | 11.35% |
| Cable TV | 25 | 1.52 | 6.43% | 19.43% | 11.78% | 1.56 | 1.26 | 10.91% |
| Canadian Energy | 12 | 1.65 | 19.98% | 10.23% | 11.45% | 1.22 | 1.45 | 25.35% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 1.77 | 20.98% | 24.21% | 16.37% | 1.26 | 1.74 | 21.96% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 2.27 | 20.46% | 12.78% | 19.75% | 1.21 | 2.10 | 23.67% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 88 | 2.03 | 15.86% | 11.12% | 17.73% | 1.18 | 1.76 | 17.93% |
| Coal | 18 | 2.19 | 12.55% | 20.83% | 20.71% | 1.98 | 1.66 | 20.13% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 322 | 3.35 | 23.68% | 18.83% | 10.17% | 1.22 | 4.77 | 36.64% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 125 | 2.41 | 21.19% | 20.79% | 6.33% | 1.29 | 3.28 | 32.96% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 1.54 | 17.84% | 13.46% | 20.12% | 1.25 | 1.30 | 10.79% |
| Drug | 342 | 2.70 | 17.56% | 18.46% | 25.99% | 1.16 | 2.94 | 22.57% |
| E-Commerce | 54 | 2.14 | 4.61% | 20.51% | 1.20% | 1.50 | 3.44 | 12.54% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 6.93 | 22.46% | 23.73% | 2.31% | 0.84 | 11.92 | 46.84% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 24 | 1.34 | 10.71% | 6.95% | 31.65% | 0.82 | 1.18 | 10.28% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 26 | 1.63 | 12.87% | 7.95% | 29.52% | 0.74 | 1.32 | 11.64% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 16 | 1.16 | 10.22% | 4.93% | 24.77% | 0.79 | 1.13 | 11.52% |
| Electrical Equipment | 83 | 1.96 | 19.21% | 13.79% | 13.79% | 1.37 | 1.96 | 20.50% |
| Electronics | 173 | 0.72 | 7.92% | 16.93% | 7.35% | 1.31 | 0.98 | 13.01% |
| Entertainment | 84 | 0.77 | 7.21% | 14.42% | 11.91% | 1.66 | 0.92 | 9.98% |
| Entertainment Tech | 33 | 1.51 | -1.36% | 15.26% | NA | 1.45 | 3.82 | 4.51% |
| Environmental | 79 | 2.70 | 13.03% | 19.52% | 22.11% | 1.11 | 1.80 | 13.67% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | 1.44 | 7.18% | 10.19% | 22.83% | 1.27 | 1.24 | 12.33% |
| Food Processing | 109 | 2.43 | 18.70% | 15.45% | 14.65% | 0.80 | 1.90 | 15.64% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 1.71 | 12.99% | 12.88% | 11.15% | 0.73 | 1.50 | 14.62% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 0.74 | 8.00% | 11.25% | 9.77% | 1.18 | 1.09 | 16.90% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 34 | 0.82 | 11.19% | 3.94% | 13.14% | 1.29 | 0.96 | 13.85% |
| Grocery | 14 | 5.36 | 16.31% | 11.44% | 6.47% | 0.84 | 3.65 | 17.38% |
| Healthcare Information | 29 | 3.84 | 16.01% | 19.86% | 3.84% | 1.05 | 4.19 | 24.69% |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | 2.02 | 11.93% | 17.14% | 3.83% | 1.48 | 2.92 | 18.45% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | 0.68 | -44.25% | 10.13% | NA | 1.36 | 1.00 | -23.17% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 68 | 1.16 | 13.88% | 15.15% | 10.47% | 1.70 | 1.14 | 10.83% |
| Household Products | 26 | 3.05 | 19.74% | 12.80% | 21.58% | 1.08 | 2.35 | 17.10% |
| Human Resources | 31 | 1.18 | 11.64% | 16.16% | 7.33% | 1.44 | 1.50 | 17.34% |
| Industrial Services | 167 | 1.84 | 14.44% | 14.60% | 5.16% | 1.20 | 1.73 | 18.18% |
| Information Services | 34 | 2.46 | 16.06% | 13.74% | 5.47% | 1.22 | 2.90 | 21.20% |
| Insurance (Life) | 35 | 1.49 | 13.18% | 9.00% | 23.35% | 1.17 | 2.01 | NA |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 78 | 11.01 | 15.35% | 9.59% | 14.29% | 0.91 | 12.06 | NA |
| Internet | 208 | 2.85 | 11.95% | 20.31% | 0.20% | 1.41 | 5.14 | 26.46% |
| Investment Co. | 17 | -91.00 | NA | 0.00% | NA | 0.83 | -9.50 | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | 1.21 | 9.30% | 0.00% | 36.72% | 1.31 | 1.33 | NA |
| Machinery | 124 | 1.43 | 18.05% | 15.12% | 10.21% | 1.39 | 1.43 | 17.21% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 0.68 | 5.91% | 6.79% | 9.05% | 1.32 | 1.02 | 9.47% |
| Maritime | 56 | 0.84 | 16.16% | 8.91% | 17.67% | 1.30 | 1.01 | 12.18% |
| Medical Services | 160 | 1.44 | 16.31% | 15.05% | 0.86% | 1.10 | 1.54 | 18.25% |
| Medical Supplies | 252 | 2.77 | 17.65% | 18.56% | 15.25% | 1.17 | 2.78 | 20.34% |
| Metal Fabricating | 35 | 1.25 | 16.28% | 10.14% | 10.49% | 1.56 | 1.48 | 21.33% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 1.75 | 27.49% | 9.13% | 10.00% | 1.69 | 1.71 | 27.62% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 34 | 1.45 | 13.57% | 11.83% | 13.80% | 1.20 | 1.30 | 15.08% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 25 | 1.58 | 11.56% | 5.63% | 30.14% | 0.69 | 1.29 | 12.02% |
| Newspaper | 16 | 0.66 | 13.45% | -8.44% | 9.12% | 1.16 | 0.80 | 11.21% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 26 | 1.27 | 15.91% | 12.12% | 10.66% | 1.11 | 1.31 | 15.81% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | 1.67 | 14.72% | 8.88% | 39.70% | 0.89 | 1.33 | 11.69% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 112 | 1.42 | 21.25% | 13.03% | 6.06% | 1.56 | 1.40 | 20.50% |
| Packaging & Container | 33 | 1.45 | 13.26% | 11.79% | 12.39% | 1.27 | 1.30 | 17.06% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 38 | 0.67 | 5.23% | 7.84% | 28.92% | 1.20 | 0.86 | 11.21% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 25 | 1.67 | 23.14% | 6.23% | 14.04% | 1.34 | 1.69 | 25.61% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 188 | 1.17 | 15.98% | 15.49% | 5.13% | 1.24 | 1.17 | 23.41% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 1.89 | 11.33% | 16.55% | 6.20% | 0.94 | 1.70 | 12.17% |
| Power | 66 | 1.98 | 7.59% | 30.08% | 0.19% | 1.63 | 1.65 | 11.71% |
| Precious Metals | 75 | 1.74 | 2.86% | 18.07% | 19.95% | 1.41 | 1.83 | 8.54% |
| Precision Instrument | 90 | 1.21 | 10.11% | 13.08% | 4.96% | 1.47 | 1.59 | 16.76% |
| Property Management | 17 | 0.99 | 6.04% | 12.95% | 23.90% | 1.38 | 1.12 | 9.81% |
| Publishing | 27 | 19.80 | 50.13% | 10.85% | 80.61% | 1.24 | 1.81 | 20.12% |
| R.E.I.T. | 144 | 4.01 | 6.68% | 9.01% | 115.46% | 1.35 | 2.23 | 8.49% |
| Railroad | 15 | 1.60 | 14.30% | 13.41% | 14.10% | 1.25 | 1.41 | 13.91% |
| Recreation | 64 | 1.06 | 12.66% | 8.51% | 21.67% | 1.41 | 1.13 | 14.02% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 1.60 | 11.60% | 11.06% | 12.85% | 0.91 | 2.16 | NA |
| Restaurant | 68 | 4.03 | 24.79% | 13.02% | 21.18% | 1.26 | 2.74 | 22.15% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 155 | 1.56 | 16.63% | 11.61% | 9.70% | 1.26 | 1.75 | 22.65% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 1.50 | 15.31% | 8.35% | 1.96% | 1.31 | 1.29 | 11.67% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 2.18 | 20.44% | 3.92% | 14.55% | 1.01 | 1.78 | 17.82% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 2.29 | 17.06% | 10.38% | 11.18% | 1.01 | 1.92 | 15.19% |
| Securities Brokerage | 32 | 1.52 | 7.11% | 16.29% | 28.02% | 1.37 | 1.35 | 15.35% |
| Semiconductor | 122 | 1.56 | 12.94% | 18.48% | 21.82% | 1.81 | 2.24 | 28.67% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 1.30 | 19.45% | 11.42% | 5.01% | 1.78 | 1.90 | 29.91% |
| Shoe | 19 | 2.37 | 18.65% | 7.04% | 11.89% | 1.23 | 3.30 | 28.46% |
| Steel (General) | 20 | 1.56 | 21.96% | 9.65% | 9.43% | 1.71 | 1.57 | 21.54% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 0.74 | 17.80% | 8.54% | 6.35% | 1.96 | 0.91 | 19.41% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 110 | 1.82 | 14.77% | 15.00% | 13.06% | 1.49 | 3.16 | 26.58% |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | 1.52 | 14.04% | 14.60% | 21.11% | 1.43 | 1.40 | 22.22% |
| Thrift | 234 | 2.10 | 4.92% | 9.60% | 64.16% | 0.66 | 2.50 | NA |
| Tobacco | 12 | 10.85 | 44.67% | 4.70% | 32.09% | 0.71 | 7.44 | 32.64% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 23 | 5.99 | 40.04% | 10.50% | 16.72% | 0.95 | 3.06 | 23.11% |
| Trucking | 33 | 1.27 | 10.31% | 12.06% | 8.06% | 1.17 | 1.17 | 12.67% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | 0.92 | 3.57% | 20.00% | 0.00% | 1.23 | 1.00 | 9.93% |
| Water Utility | 16 | 1.40 | 0.62% | 10.50% | 274.15% | 0.86 | 1.20 | 8.11% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 2.65 | 5.47% | 17.02% | 1.53% | 1.54 | 2.26 | 10.21% |
| Public/Private Equity | 10 | 0.21 | 16.36% | 1.25% | 23.46% | 2.08 | 0.59 | 6.46% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 1.44 | 13.29% | 14.13% | 17.83% | 1.41 | 1.30 | 11.67% |
| Total Market | 6870 | 1.89 | 15.24% | 13.46% | 16.22% | 1.19 | 1.71 | 17.73% |