Revenue
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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/Sales | Net Margin | Expected Growth | Payout | Beta | Value/Sales | After-tax Operating Margin |
| Advertising | 30 | 0.51 | 2.26% | 18.44% | 7.17% | 1.43 | 0.94 | 11.95% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 0.65 | 3.57% | 15.52% | 12.42% | 1.27 | 0.73 | 8.31% |
| Air Transport | 44 | 0.44 | 0.17% | 13.59% | 9.33% | 1.15 | 0.65 | 11.05% |
| Apparel | 53 | 0.49 | 2.69% | 11.83% | 8.42% | 1.14 | 0.64 | 10.18% |
| Auto & Truck | 20 | 0.22 | 0.57% | 11.80% | 8.71% | 1.49 | 0.51 | 7.96% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 0.18 | 0.90% | 13.22% | 17.95% | 1.56 | 0.29 | 5.56% |
| Bank | 477 | NA | NA | 8.77% | 36.07% | 0.71 | NA | NA |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | NA | NA | 5.33% | 46.75% | 0.86 | NA | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | NA | NA | 5.03% | 54.64% | 0.91 | NA | NA |
| Beverage | 41 | 1.73 | 5.77% | 11.77% | 23.38% | 0.95 | 1.99 | 14.75% |
| Biotechnology | 108 | 5.81 | 8.33% | 20.96% | 0.49% | 1.25 | 5.71 | 16.90% |
| Building Materials | 52 | 0.44 | 2.23% | 7.68% | 14.30% | 1.39 | 0.85 | 10.51% |
| Cable TV | 25 | 1.20 | 3.28% | 19.43% | 11.78% | 1.56 | 2.20 | 19.49% |
| Canadian Energy | 12 | 1.21 | 9.48% | 10.23% | 11.45% | 1.22 | 1.61 | 28.84% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 0.73 | 6.40% | 24.21% | 16.37% | 1.26 | 0.88 | 11.97% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 0.99 | 5.55% | 12.78% | 19.75% | 1.21 | 1.15 | 14.14% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 88 | 0.71 | 2.69% | 11.12% | 17.73% | 1.18 | 0.90 | 9.75% |
| Coal | 18 | 0.88 | 4.53% | 20.83% | 20.71% | 1.98 | 1.26 | 15.76% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 322 | 2.08 | 8.24% | 18.83% | 10.17% | 1.22 | 1.93 | 17.24% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 125 | 0.74 | 3.55% | 20.79% | 6.33% | 1.29 | 0.70 | 8.78% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 0.83 | 4.85% | 13.46% | 20.12% | 1.25 | 1.96 | 17.93% |
| Drug | 342 | 2.57 | 8.38% | 18.46% | 25.99% | 1.16 | 2.63 | 22.65% |
| E-Commerce | 54 | 2.16 | 3.38% | 20.51% | 1.20% | 1.50 | 1.86 | 8.76% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 2.91 | 5.63% | 23.73% | 2.31% | 0.84 | 2.75 | 11.69% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 24 | 0.81 | 3.61% | 6.95% | 31.65% | 0.82 | 1.65 | 14.67% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 26 | 1.13 | 4.49% | 7.95% | 29.52% | 0.74 | 1.93 | 17.24% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 16 | 0.85 | 3.72% | 4.93% | 24.77% | 0.79 | 1.57 | 16.51% |
| Electrical Equipment | 83 | 0.89 | 4.96% | 13.79% | 13.79% | 1.37 | 1.00 | 11.48% |
| Electronics | 173 | 0.29 | 1.40% | 16.93% | 7.35% | 1.31 | 0.32 | 5.61% |
| Entertainment | 84 | 0.77 | 3.66% | 14.42% | 11.91% | 1.66 | 1.27 | 15.00% |
| Entertainment Tech | 33 | 1.34 | -1.45% | 15.26% | NA | 1.45 | 0.85 | 1.77% |
| Environmental | 79 | 1.18 | 3.48% | 19.52% | 22.11% | 1.11 | 1.73 | 13.42% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | 2.14 | -22.60% | 10.19% | 22.83% | 1.27 | 6.96 | 76.59% |
| Food Processing | 109 | 0.77 | 2.98% | 15.45% | 14.65% | 0.80 | 1.01 | 8.59% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 0.24 | 0.94% | 12.88% | 11.15% | 0.73 | 0.36 | 3.75% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 0.34 | 1.67% | 11.25% | 9.77% | 1.18 | 0.32 | 7.43% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 34 | 0.29 | 1.43% | 3.94% | 13.14% | 1.29 | 0.45 | 7.04% |
| Grocery | 14 | 0.70 | 1.06% | 11.44% | 6.47% | 0.84 | 0.79 | 3.81% |
| Healthcare Information | 29 | 2.01 | 7.79% | 19.86% | 3.84% | 1.05 | 2.08 | 14.16% |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | 0.56 | 2.23% | 17.14% | 3.83% | 1.48 | 0.49 | 3.85% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | 0.27 | -10.34% | 10.13% | NA | 1.36 | 0.58 | -16.36% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 68 | 0.66 | 3.26% | 15.15% | 10.47% | 1.70 | 1.50 | 15.26% |
| Household Products | 26 | 1.71 | 5.90% | 12.80% | 21.58% | 1.08 | 2.05 | 15.33% |
| Human Resources | 31 | 0.24 | 1.20% | 16.16% | 7.33% | 1.44 | 0.23 | 3.31% |
| Industrial Services | 167 | 0.55 | 2.03% | 14.60% | 5.16% | 1.20 | 0.71 | 8.27% |
| Information Services | 34 | 1.65 | 5.92% | 13.74% | 5.47% | 1.22 | 1.68 | 14.72% |
| Insurance (Life) | 35 | NA | NA | 9.00% | 23.35% | 1.17 | NA | NA |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 78 | NA | NA | 9.59% | 14.29% | 0.91 | NA | NA |
| Internet | 208 | 2.60 | 6.53% | 20.31% | 0.20% | 1.41 | 2.22 | 13.94% |
| Investment Co. | 17 | NA | NA | 0.00% | NA | 0.83 | NA | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | NA | NA | 0.00% | 36.72% | 1.31 | NA | NA |
| Machinery | 124 | 0.50 | 3.49% | 15.12% | 10.21% | 1.39 | 0.70 | 9.49% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 0.17 | -1.61% | 6.79% | 9.05% | 1.32 | 0.17 | 2.37% |
| Maritime | 56 | 0.85 | 13.32% | 8.91% | 17.67% | 1.30 | 2.23 | 29.09% |
| Medical Services | 160 | 0.45 | 2.38% | 15.05% | 0.86% | 1.10 | 0.59 | 8.16% |
| Medical Supplies | 252 | 1.03 | 3.60% | 18.56% | 15.25% | 1.17 | 1.08 | 8.54% |
| Metal Fabricating | 35 | 0.57 | 2.71% | 10.14% | 10.49% | 1.56 | 0.59 | 10.22% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 1.29 | 5.94% | 9.13% | 10.00% | 1.69 | 1.49 | 25.33% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 34 | 1.29 | 9.41% | 11.83% | 13.80% | 1.20 | 2.00 | 23.75% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 25 | 0.60 | 2.30% | 5.63% | 30.14% | 0.69 | 1.09 | 10.36% |
| Newspaper | 16 | 0.62 | 2.18% | -8.44% | 9.12% | 1.16 | 1.12 | 16.06% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 26 | 0.36 | 1.74% | 12.12% | 10.66% | 1.11 | 0.52 | 6.92% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | 0.77 | 4.25% | 8.88% | 39.70% | 0.89 | 1.36 | 12.24% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 112 | 0.94 | 8.24% | 13.03% | 6.06% | 1.56 | 1.24 | 19.65% |
| Packaging & Container | 33 | 0.41 | 1.97% | 11.79% | 12.39% | 1.27 | 0.72 | 10.04% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 38 | 0.36 | 0.80% | 7.84% | 28.92% | 1.20 | 0.74 | 10.31% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 25 | 0.60 | 5.11% | 6.23% | 14.04% | 1.34 | 0.65 | 10.45% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 188 | 0.96 | 6.99% | 15.49% | 5.13% | 1.24 | 1.29 | 26.43% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 0.47 | 1.43% | 16.55% | 6.20% | 0.94 | 0.56 | 4.13% |
| Power | 66 | 0.87 | 2.50% | 30.08% | 0.19% | 1.63 | 1.54 | 12.74% |
| Precious Metals | 75 | 4.55 | 9.32% | 18.07% | 19.95% | 1.41 | 4.72 | 23.79% |
| Precision Instrument | 90 | 0.97 | 4.11% | 13.08% | 4.96% | 1.47 | 0.92 | 12.59% |
| Property Management | 17 | 0.84 | 4.02% | 12.95% | 23.90% | 1.38 | 2.90 | 27.99% |
| Publishing | 27 | 0.39 | 1.30% | 10.85% | 80.61% | 1.24 | 0.89 | 10.27% |
| R.E.I.T. | 144 | 2.76 | 61.19% | 9.01% | 115.46% | 1.35 | 4.05 | 16.08% |
| Railroad | 15 | 1.47 | 7.24% | 13.41% | 14.10% | 1.25 | 2.03 | 20.60% |
| Recreation | 64 | 0.77 | 4.49% | 8.51% | 21.67% | 1.41 | 1.16 | 15.62% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | NA | NA | 11.06% | 12.85% | 0.91 | NA | NA |
| Restaurant | 68 | 1.30 | 4.10% | 13.02% | 21.18% | 1.26 | 1.57 | 13.16% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 155 | 0.37 | 1.82% | 11.61% | 9.70% | 1.26 | 0.40 | 6.06% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 0.28 | 1.26% | 8.35% | 1.96% | 1.31 | 0.47 | 4.31% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 0.58 | 2.26% | 3.92% | 14.55% | 1.01 | 0.72 | 7.31% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 0.43 | 1.56% | 10.38% | 11.18% | 1.01 | 0.54 | 4.47% |
| Securities Brokerage | 32 | 0.40 | -1.40% | 16.29% | 28.02% | 1.37 | 1.82 | 25.61% |
| Semiconductor | 122 | 1.52 | 4.69% | 18.48% | 21.82% | 1.81 | 1.31 | 21.97% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 0.97 | 4.57% | 11.42% | 5.01% | 1.78 | 0.81 | 17.41% |
| Shoe | 19 | 0.95 | 1.68% | 7.04% | 11.89% | 1.23 | 0.84 | 8.44% |
| Steel (General) | 20 | 0.46 | 4.36% | 9.65% | 9.43% | 1.71 | 0.55 | 8.29% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 0.41 | 5.67% | 8.54% | 6.35% | 1.96 | 0.59 | 14.41% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 110 | 1.12 | 2.81% | 15.00% | 13.06% | 1.49 | 0.90 | 10.62% |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | 1.18 | 3.45% | 14.60% | 21.11% | 1.43 | 1.69 | 28.38% |
| Thrift | 234 | NA | NA | 9.60% | 64.16% | 0.66 | NA | NA |
| Tobacco | 12 | 1.39 | 3.00% | 4.70% | 32.09% | 0.71 | 1.47 | 6.66% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 23 | 0.76 | 3.04% | 10.50% | 16.72% | 0.95 | 0.98 | 7.97% |
| Trucking | 33 | 0.35 | 0.95% | 12.06% | 8.06% | 1.17 | 0.75 | 8.54% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | 0.59 | 0.01% | 20.00% | 0.00% | 1.23 | 0.90 | 9.47% |
| Water Utility | 16 | 2.10 | 3.63% | 10.50% | 274.15% | 0.86 | 3.80 | 25.93% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 1.89 | 3.52% | 17.02% | 1.53% | 1.54 | 2.36 | 11.63% |
| Public/Private Equity | 10 | 0.88 | 22.90% | 1.25% | 23.46% | 2.08 | 4.01 | 47.57% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 0.88 | 2.96% | 14.13% | 17.83% | 1.41 | 1.40 | 13.16% |
| Total Market | 6870 | 0.94 | 3.44% | 13.46% | 16.22% | 1.19 | 1.28 | 14.61% |