PE
Ratio by Sector
Data Used: Value Line database, of 5891 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2012
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which companies are included in each industry
PE
Ratio by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 5891 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2012
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 EPS | Expected Growth | Payout | Beta |
| Advertising | 31 | 20.63 | 12.38 | 27.39 | 74.48 | 14.29% | 43.75% | 2.02 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 64 | 13.30 | 33.39 | 34.40 | 17.03 | 11.84% | 29.13% | 1.10 |
| Air Transport | 36 | 32.75 | 22.84 | 156.14 | 11.26 | 15.76% | 18.91% | 1.21 |
| Apparel | 57 | 17.92 | 14.70 | 20.56 | 25.60 | 19.27% | 18.85% | 1.30 |
| Auto Parts | 51 | 13.28 | 21.64 | 15.83 | 10.60 | 28.55% | 23.74% | 1.70 |
| Automotive | 12 | 9.46 | 21.51 | 10.84 | 8.70 | 44.50% | 22.24% | 1.59 |
| Bank | 426 | 13.99 | 17.29 | 16.69 | 12.79 | 10.22% | 33.53% | 0.77 |
| Bank (Midwest) | 45 | 18.83 | 39.59 | 34.13 | 14.75 | 10.25% | 38.36% | 0.93 |
| Beverage | 34 | 18.80 | 18.77 | 22.51 | 15.00 | 9.30% | 46.35% | 0.88 |
| Biotechnology | 158 | 70.48 | 20.20 | 18.87 | 17.41 | 20.53% | 59.34% | 1.03 |
| Building Materials | 45 | NA | 42.95 | 265.15 | 23.54 | 17.00% | NA | 1.50 |
| Cable TV | 21 | 18.25 | 14.31 | 12.66 | 13.33 | 13.35% | 18.03% | 1.37 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 16 | 14.77 | 16.97 | 12.17 | 9.64 | 15.45% | 30.79% | 1.36 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | 20.45 | 18.91 | 12.94 | 15.87 | 16.55% | 31.68% | 1.51 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 20.30 | 21.93 | 15.63 | 13.26 | 19.21% | 40.43% | 1.28 |
| Coal | 20 | 15.40 | 14.57 | 12.09 | 11.56 | 11.96% | 33.78% | 1.53 |
| Computer Software | 184 | 14.57 | 235.77 | 68.56 | 31.87 | 17.66% | 21.61% | 1.04 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 87 | 13.66 | 34.76 | 38.66 | 15.51 | 19.61% | 8.61% | 1.30 |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 15.27 | 21.13 | 17.94 | 14.09 | 14.88% | 36.81% | 1.14 |
| Drug | 279 | 16.51 | 21.20 | 25.45 | 14.59 | 15.04% | 49.12% | 1.12 |
| E-Commerce | 57 | 50.24 | 62.16 | 192.91 | 57.61 | 22.85% | 1.89% | 1.03 |
| Educational Services | 34 | 9.81 | 16.21 | 13.83 | 17.52 | 13.05% | 2.83% | 0.83 |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 21 | 15.18 | 21.17 | 16.46 | 16.35 | 6.23% | 63.88% | 0.75 |
| Electric Utility (East) | 21 | 15.77 | 18.27 | 20.61 | 16.03 | 4.83% | 66.22% | 0.70 |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | 14.62 | 16.36 | 15.54 | 14.74 | 7.21% | 56.70% | 0.75 |
| Electrical Equipment | 68 | 13.97 | 26.46 | 24.10 | 13.48 | 14.60% | 29.40% | 1.33 |
| Electronics | 139 | 11.22 | 16.39 | 14.19 | 11.23 | 16.03% | 11.97% | 1.07 |
| Engineering & Const | 25 | 16.75 | 15.32 | 15.95 | 13.18 | 12.39% | 6.31% | 1.22 |
| Entertainment | 77 | 17.85 | 19.76 | 15.42 | 16.13 | 16.64% | 25.84% | 1.63 |
| Entertainment Tech | 40 | 24.00 | 26.66 | 23.93 | 14.36 | 21.77% | 11.57% | 1.23 |
| Environmental | 82 | 21.89 | 24.31 | 30.21 | 16.89 | 19.46% | 46.73% | 0.81 |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 225 | NA | 19.86 | 21.14 | 13.76 | 13.76% | NA | 1.31 |
| Food Processing | 112 | 16.50 | 16.35 | 20.14 | 15.27 | 13.87% | 45.25% | 0.91 |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | 20.55 | 16.37 | 16.66 | 12.96 | 24.38% | 51.37% | 1.09 |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 17.74 | 15.24 | 13.98 | 12.29 | 16.50% | 49.81% | 1.14 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | 23.37 | 18.12 | 21.08 | 14.72 | 21.62% | 27.83% | 1.81 |
| Healthcare Information | 25 | 58.26 | 43.87 | 59.71 | 85.57 | 20.66% | 12.22% | 1.17 |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 21 | 20.23 | 27.41 | 22.63 | 11.11 | 15.00% | 34.22% | 1.80 |
| Homebuilding | 23 | NA | 41.83 | 33.27 | 43.31 | 20.01% | NA | 1.45 |
| Hotel/Gaming | 51 | 57.46 | 57.37 | 45.84 | 25.43 | 15.60% | 40.37% | 1.74 |
| Household Products | 26 | 16.52 | 18.05 | 17.57 | 15.18 | 11.76% | 48.97% | 1.07 |
| Human Resources | 23 | 32.33 | 41.65 | 57.02 | 17.48 | 21.39% | 50.59% | 1.24 |
| Industrial Services | 137 | 23.18 | 25.18 | 22.05 | 17.54 | 15.11% | 24.98% | 0.93 |
| Information Services | 27 | 21.64 | 29.00 | 25.56 | 21.10 | 17.59% | 38.73% | 1.07 |
| Insurance (Life) | 30 | 9.49 | 12.19 | 18.61 | 7.97 | 12.74% | 29.39% | 1.58 |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 49 | 10.24 | 13.31 | 35.02 | 14.96 | 9.73% | 23.46% | 0.91 |
| Internet | 186 | 31.88 | 232.98 | 36.16 | 44.30 | 23.75% | 0.66% | 1.09 |
| IT Services | 60 | 18.60 | 165.14 | 21.18 | 20.41 | 18.70% | 32.87% | 1.06 |
| Machinery | 100 | 20.32 | 76.19 | 21.51 | 14.78 | 16.26% | 25.38% | 1.20 |
| Maritime | 52 | 19.82 | 286.65 | 31.34 | 12.55 | 21.90% | 25.25% | 1.40 |
| Med Supp Invasive | 83 | 14.61 | 27.01 | 43.84 | 21.37 | 15.55% | 22.91% | 0.85 |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 146 | 16.01 | 33.83 | 37.04 | 25.60 | 17.03% | 37.29% | 1.03 |
| Medical Services | 122 | 12.36 | 23.25 | 16.47 | 16.00 | 14.37% | 8.82% | 0.91 |
| Metal Fabricating | 24 | 17.61 | 23.09 | 18.01 | 16.83 | 23.50% | 25.70% | 1.59 |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 73 | 11.75 | 39.63 | 31.32 | 11.82 | 18.04% | 33.51% | 1.33 |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 29 | 18.25 | 30.59 | 54.76 | 16.22 | 10.58% | 33.81% | 1.33 |
| Natural Gas Utility | 22 | 17.15 | 16.74 | 15.86 | 15.75 | 5.21% | 67.28% | 0.66 |
| Newspaper | 13 | 15.46 | 11.07 | 40.89 | 10.21 | 9.18% | 14.56% | 1.76 |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 24 | 10.14 | 16.02 | 16.85 | 15.16 | 12.65% | 28.06% | 1.38 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 13 | 25.14 | 36.49 | 43.30 | 36.97 | 7.83% | 73.98% | 0.96 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 93 | 22.65 | 23.05 | 27.58 | 16.35 | 12.68% | 41.88% | 1.55 |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 14.43 | 22.23 | 13.14 | 12.08 | 12.75% | 24.38% | 1.16 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 17.98 | 21.91 | 26.24 | 16.20 | 13.00% | 43.21% | 1.36 |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 20 | 12.73 | 13.37 | 58.87 | 9.13 | 15.27% | 38.99% | 1.18 |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 19.67 | 70.09 | 38.34 | 17.51 | 18.51% | 9.50% | 1.34 |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 15.92 | 13.85 | 12.97 | 15.41 | 12.20% | 20.26% | 1.12 |
| Pipeline MLPs | 27 | 25.40 | 28.61 | 27.55 | 22.58 | 8.06% | 33.53% | 0.98 |
| Power | 93 | 20.04 | 16.09 | 17.92 | 32.70 | 11.43% | 13.75% | 1.35 |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 27.11 | 67.71 | 90.39 | 13.34 | 16.38% | 26.71% | 1.15 |
| Precision Instrument | 77 | 22.34 | 27.44 | 32.86 | 14.77 | 20.05% | 11.24% | 1.28 |
| Property Management | 31 | 17.53 | 38.49 | 48.20 | 17.08 | 15.50% | 27.66% | 1.13 |
| Public/Private Equity | 11 | 3.69 | 6.65 | 8.92 | 8.05 | 24.83% | 17.28% | 2.18 |
| Publishing | 24 | 9.34 | 102.49 | 104.19 | 12.45 | 12.74% | 25.02% | 1.25 |
| R.E.I.T. | 5 | 13.57 | 13.98 | 16.98 | 13.06 | 6.10% | 91.36% | 1.47 |
| Railroad | 12 | 17.65 | 28.93 | 37.96 | 15.32 | 16.75% | 34.63% | 1.44 |
| Recreation | 56 | 18.12 | 23.39 | 40.21 | 15.64 | 14.40% | 42.67% | 1.45 |
| Reinsurance | 13 | 6.86 | 7.25 | 47.47 | 7.91 | 11.04% | 15.87% | 0.93 |
| Restaurant | 63 | 23.11 | 28.11 | 20.03 | 19.94 | 17.41% | 46.73% | 1.27 |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 75 | 20.29 | 94.24 | 36.52 | 22.64 | 20.38% | 19.62% | 1.77 |
| Retail (Softlines) | 47 | 16.84 | 32.68 | 45.45 | 15.39 | 19.00% | 21.08% | 1.44 |
| Retail Automotive | 20 | 17.40 | 19.56 | 16.22 | 14.88 | 18.34% | 2.49% | 1.37 |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 19.83 | 25.44 | 22.78 | 20.32 | 14.57% | 47.32% | 1.04 |
| Retail Store | 37 | 15.11 | 22.19 | 18.78 | 15.03 | 13.36% | 29.16% | 1.29 |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 17.77 | 36.90 | 36.66 | 13.97 | 11.45% | 28.62% | 0.75 |
| Securities Brokerage | 28 | 6.96 | 82.75 | 24.77 | 12.47 | 12.19% | 10.93% | 1.20 |
| Semiconductor | 141 | 12.67 | 23.13 | 20.90 | 23.73 | 20.66% | 30.53% | 1.50 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 12 | 7.31 | 11.95 | 10.83 | 11.99 | 20.83% | 11.30% | 1.79 |
| Shoe | 19 | 20.06 | 26.72 | 14.10 | 13.80 | 15.00% | 25.89% | 1.25 |
| Steel | 32 | 14.57 | 25.94 | 16.46 | 11.38 | 22.15% | 34.26% | 1.68 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 99 | 27.35 | 14.48 | 18.32 | 17.61 | 14.97% | 53.72% | 1.02 |
| Telecom. Services | 74 | 12.79 | 15.61 | 16.97 | 12.73 | 11.14% | 43.63% | 0.98 |
| Telecom. Utility | 25 | 10.89 | 36.70 | 132.35 | 18.32 | 12.66% | 80.94% | 0.88 |
| Thrift | 148 | NA | 29.24 | 36.40 | 18.71 | 11.41% | NA | 0.71 |
| Tobacco | 11 | 16.97 | 16.12 | 14.88 | 13.18 | 10.29% | 67.56% | 0.85 |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 15 | 20.79 | 25.52 | 35.50 | 13.51 | 14.06% | 25.04% | 1.30 |
| Trucking | 36 | 69.78 | 37.42 | 30.78 | 15.43 | 19.39% | 41.07% | 1.24 |
| Utility (Foreign) | 4 | 21.67 | 13.92 | 1687.02 | #DIV/0! | 3.97% | 0.32% | 0.96 |
| Water Utility | 11 | 21.14 | 23.37 | 22.35 | 19.46 | 7.07% | 48.16% | 0.66 |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 17.49 | 25.17 | 38.68 | 29.93 | 19.66% | 9.13% | 1.27 |
| Total Market | 5891 | 17.46 | 42.56 | 33.67 | 18.28 | 15.61% | 37.92% | 1.15 |