PE
Ratio 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
PE
Ratio 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 | Aggregate Market Cap/ Aggregate Net Income | Price/Current EPS | Price/Trailing EPS | Price/Forward PE | Expected Growth | Payout | Beta |
| Advertising | 40 | 29.79 | 108.17 | 70.33 | 33.01 | 17.72% | 10.28% | 1.60 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 69 | 23.54 | 39.56 | 28.34 | 28.58 | 19.86% | 14.17% | 1.19 |
| Air Transport | 49 | 16.51 | 64.18 | 21.10 | 20.18 | 20.83% | 10.48% | 1.40 |
| Apparel | 57 | 16.55 | 17.39 | 20.12 | 38.98 | 14.12% | 9.15% | 0.87 |
| Auto & Truck | 28 | 17.58 | 16.51 | 16.97 | 17.61 | 13.40% | 11.49% | 1.54 |
| Auto Parts | 56 | NA | 46.91 | 20.44 | 19.89 | 20.09% | NA | 1.45 |
| Bank | 504 | 22.64 | 14.96 | 14.72 | 21.84 | 9.72% | 48.34% | 0.63 |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | 25.63 | 13.33 | 12.27 | 10.87 | 8.75% | 51.49% | 0.67 |
| Bank (Midwest) | 38 | 21.44 | 16.48 | 13.23 | 13.93 | 6.87% | 55.69% | 0.85 |
| Beverage | 44 | 28.80 | 33.57 | 22.54 | 23.78 | 13.27% | 26.24% | 0.89 |
| Biotechnology | 103 | 39.97 | 93.44 | 33.96 | 82.52 | 26.77% | 0.00% | 1.51 |
| Building Materials | 49 | 11.02 | 17.62 | 27.51 | 20.33 | 11.85% | 10.39% | 1.07 |
| Cable TV | 23 | 37.52 | 37.28 | 33.42 | 68.70 | 23.45% | 3.03% | 1.56 |
| Canadian Energy | 13 | 19.21 | 20.16 | 18.73 | 17.48 | 7.88% | 12.88% | 0.80 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 24.90 | 35.85 | 25.05 | 30.52 | 13.94% | 22.99% | 1.52 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 37 | 20.82 | 79.01 | 23.43 | 23.26 | 11.52% | 17.70% | 1.16 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 90 | 22.27 | 27.95 | 39.24 | 18.76 | 12.75% | 18.40% | 1.06 |
| Coal | 18 | 27.34 | 38.27 | 254.34 | 25.28 | 23.10% | 15.07% | 1.71 |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 376 | 29.85 | 58.80 | 46.70 | 36.94 | 20.64% | 11.00% | 1.56 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 144 | 29.07 | 32.48 | 29.79 | 44.92 | 19.53% | 7.27% | 1.86 |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 22.78 | 25.06 | 29.28 | 18.25 | 14.78% | 11.32% | 1.03 |
| Drug | 368 | 22.10 | 54.24 | 45.29 | 87.07 | 20.42% | 26.34% | 1.78 |
| E-Commerce | 56 | 96.05 | 776.41 | 320.58 | 96.34 | 24.78% | 1.53% | 2.08 |
| Educational Services | 39 | 37.97 | 53.18 | 58.17 | 45.68 | 14.66% | 2.19% | 1.27 |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 25 | 18.97 | 18.48 | 72.96 | 20.49 | 5.95% | 32.61% | 0.93 |
| Electric Utility (East) | 27 | 23.01 | 23.42 | 19.34 | 18.87 | 8.73% | 32.15% | 0.84 |
| Electric Utility (West) | 17 | 15.67 | 16.83 | 17.24 | 15.99 | 5.73% | 22.84% | 0.88 |
| Electrical Equipment | 86 | 20.24 | 26.11 | 19.82 | 21.61 | 15.98% | 26.92% | 1.35 |
| Electronics | 179 | 31.64 | 31.09 | 49.07 | 21.42 | 19.42% | 4.43% | 1.32 |
| Entertainment | 93 | 21.39 | 82.28 | 33.46 | 49.67 | 11.50% | 12.07% | 1.53 |
| Entertainment Tech | 38 | NA | 64.03 | 49.44 | 30.99 | 19.29% | NA | 2.06 |
| Environmental | 89 | 27.64 | 50.07 | 37.62 | 45.00 | 20.14% | 18.93% | 1.00 |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 294 | 11.85 | 56.17 | 34.04 | 19.42 | 13.13% | 25.82% | 1.14 |
| Food Processing | 123 | 24.52 | 32.57 | 28.83 | 28.01 | 12.68% | 24.79% | 0.77 |
| Food Wholesalers | 19 | 29.27 | 32.26 | 24.72 | 24.43 | 11.07% | 26.52% | 0.79 |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 29.69 | 31.63 | 39.90 | 20.74 | 16.43% | 18.02% | 1.08 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 39 | 14.30 | 19.52 | 23.74 | 18.77 | 13.72% | 16.41% | 1.10 |
| Grocery | 15 | 20.84 | 21.05 | 18.46 | 203.48 | 13.14% | 11.65% | 0.99 |
| Healthcare Information | 38 | 38.56 | 83.73 | 33.32 | 114.76 | 19.38% | 4.08% | 0.91 |
| Heavy Construction | 12 | 45.19 | 43.16 | 31.13 | 25.35 | 20.50% | 4.84% | 1.25 |
| Home Appliance | 11 | 17.36 | 14.83 | 14.19 | 10.69 | 9.83% | 12.00% | 0.95 |
| Homebuilding | 36 | 6.10 | 30.50 | 23.35 | 25.23 | -2.00% | 5.64% | 1.64 |
| Hotel/Gaming | 75 | 36.45 | 34.02 | 42.01 | 99.53 | 20.49% | 14.63% | 1.25 |
| Household Products | 28 | 22.72 | 16.62 | 16.52 | 20.99 | 11.50% | 22.64% | 0.89 |
| Human Resources | 35 | 21.04 | 20.58 | 16.39 | 13.76 | 17.47% | 8.90% | 1.38 |
| Industrial Services | 196 | 34.07 | 29.71 | 28.56 | 26.29 | 18.11% | 8.44% | 1.22 |
| Information Services | 38 | 26.46 | 35.59 | 29.44 | 27.16 | 14.84% | 15.61% | 1.05 |
| Insurance (Life) | 40 | 27.63 | 16.49 | 13.64 | 25.39 | 11.40% | 29.95% | 0.94 |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 87 | 105.63 | 12.45 | 10.20 | 11.10 | 10.82% | 15.69% | 0.89 |
| Internet | 266 | 62.53 | 76.74 | 52.86 | 63.72 | 22.91% | 0.52% | 1.97 |
| Investment Co. | 18 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 15 | 54.73 | 27.37 | 26.85 | NA | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.31 |
| Machinery | 126 | 20.55 | 27.72 | 23.12 | 17.62 | 17.53% | 11.09% | 1.19 |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 36.13 | 50.72 | 36.39 | 19.05 | 12.60% | 16.26% | 1.92 |
| Maritime | 52 | 15.40 | 29.89 | 18.60 | 23.68 | 12.13% | 18.33% | 0.87 |
| Medical Services | 178 | 21.54 | 33.86 | 25.58 | 37.79 | 18.22% | 1.32% | 1.10 |
| Medical Supplies | 274 | 24.76 | 88.88 | 46.15 | 40.14 | 19.42% | 16.28% | 1.43 |
| Metal Fabricating | 37 | 14.27 | 16.65 | 16.01 | 28.12 | 16.60% | 10.28% | 1.19 |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 24.42 | 19.77 | 14.76 | 19.07 | 15.39% | 14.45% | 1.05 |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 18.14 | 26.03 | 24.32 | 25.26 | 10.19% | 12.38% | 0.93 |
| Natural Gas Utility | 26 | 17.91 | 20.79 | 16.96 | 18.40 | 5.46% | 30.29% | 0.78 |
| Newspaper | 18 | 12.46 | 11.95 | 13.32 | 16.51 | 1.00% | 18.24% | 1.21 |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 25 | 14.03 | 25.78 | 42.65 | 13.02 | 14.42% | 8.68% | 1.13 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 15 | 25.99 | 20.40 | 18.33 | 80.24 | 10.78% | 43.13% | 0.72 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 113 | 22.26 | 34.46 | 23.03 | 22.82 | 18.90% | 5.16% | 1.10 |
| Packaging & Container | 35 | 24.46 | 25.16 | 16.18 | 15.95 | 15.29% | 16.30% | 1.12 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 39 | 19.37 | 29.05 | 15.75 | 20.79 | 9.77% | 25.39% | 0.93 |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 12.23 | 18.24 | 13.97 | 13.72 | 7.49% | 12.53% | 1.02 |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 186 | 14.87 | 45.05 | 64.27 | 39.42 | 12.82% | 4.09% | 1.00 |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 31.29 | 31.30 | 22.80 | 36.24 | 18.13% | 5.78% | 1.07 |
| Power | 58 | 222.77 | 370.21 | 95.69 | 54.19 | 28.37% | 1.24% | 1.87 |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 53.08 | 41.48 | 50.42 | 54.34 | 23.52% | 13.08% | 1.11 |
| Precision Instrument | 103 | 34.32 | 29.58 | 28.26 | 25.32 | 15.76% | 6.86% | 1.66 |
| Property Management | 12 | 20.49 | 104.61 | 42.87 | 35.39 | 24.46% | 12.98% | 0.91 |
| Publishing | 40 | 17.24 | 25.45 | 17.02 | 18.29 | 16.09% | 13.81% | 1.35 |
| R.E.I.T. | 147 | 56.64 | 36.15 | 2.12 | 18.30 | 7.39% | 86.18% | 0.90 |
| Railroad | 16 | 16.64 | 20.72 | 14.72 | 12.69 | 16.12% | 13.03% | 1.23 |
| Recreation | 73 | 16.95 | 27.23 | 27.34 | 13.32 | 15.38% | 22.24% | 1.54 |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 19.32 | 29.46 | 8.05 | 9.60 | 17.31% | 12.64% | 1.01 |
| Restaurant | 75 | 23.36 | 21.28 | 23.49 | 21.95 | 14.94% | 19.79% | 0.93 |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 164 | 18.03 | 24.05 | 23.55 | 23.84 | 14.51% | 8.79% | 1.26 |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 14.81 | 15.59 | 18.98 | 18.10 | 12.97% | 2.72% | 1.58 |
| Retail Building Supply | 9 | 9.43 | 13.00 | 92.17 | 12.88 | 9.92% | 12.84% | 1.23 |
| Retail Store | 42 | 18.57 | 17.75 | 23.30 | 14.96 | 13.67% | 11.51% | 1.11 |
| Securities Brokerage | 31 | 22.83 | 42.15 | 48.52 | 17.62 | 16.87% | 12.82% | 1.66 |
| Semiconductor | 138 | 24.70 | 64.51 | 40.50 | 45.73 | 20.29% | 19.60% | 2.59 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 14.82 | 17.26 | 18.32 | 12.79 | 18.69% | 5.29% | 2.51 |
| Shoe | 20 | 20.57 | 15.51 | 19.11 | 15.94 | 12.24% | 11.98% | 1.47 |
| Steel (General) | 26 | 11.67 | 26.23 | 19.28 | 21.32 | 11.00% | 7.60% | 1.71 |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 16.05 | 15.67 | 12.40 | 10.90 | 9.52% | 7.61% | 1.97 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 124 | 27.18 | 102.34 | 29.44 | 66.48 | 18.81% | 11.47% | 1.98 |
| Telecom. Services | 152 | 41.57 | 95.67 | 32.58 | 39.65 | 15.27% | 55.16% | 1.34 |
| Thrift | 234 | 23.54 | 21.51 | 26.18 | 37.23 | 9.94% | 58.41% | 0.59 |
| Tobacco | 11 | 32.69 | 18.20 | 28.72 | 15.37 | 8.08% | 67.86% | 0.70 |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 21 | 30.04 | 41.47 | 61.10 | 18.14 | 11.35% | 22.22% | 0.85 |
| Trucking | 32 | 11.74 | 11.90 | 33.28 | 16.95 | 9.67% | 6.14% | 1.04 |
| Utility (Foreign) | 6 | 106.56 | 53.28 | 42.51 | 30.06 | 17.50% | 0.00% | 1.01 |
| Water Utility | 16 | 25.99 | 40.45 | 29.73 | 23.20 | 10.03% | 22.25% | 0.78 |
| Wireless Networking | 74 | 353.39 | 104.60 | 70.70 | 71.74 | 20.28% | 10.55% | 2.20 |
| Market | 7364 | 23.25 | 45.02 | 32.44 | 32.21 | 15.30% | 18.73% | 1.24 |