Revenue
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SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 5891 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2012
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | Price/Sales | Net Margin | Expected Growth | Payout | Beta | EV/Sales | After-tax Operating Margin |
| Advertising | 31 | 0.95 | 3.63% | 14.29% | 43.75% | 2.02 | 1.14 | 7.44% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 64 | 0.84 | 6.78% | 11.84% | 29.13% | 1.10 | 0.93 | 7.31% |
| Air Transport | 36 | 1.55 | 3.76% | 15.76% | 18.91% | 1.21 | 1.78 | 6.86% |
| Apparel | 57 | 1.09 | 6.72% | 19.27% | 18.85% | 1.30 | 1.19 | 7.60% |
| Auto Parts | 51 | 0.53 | 5.10% | 28.55% | 23.74% | 1.70 | 0.59 | 4.98% |
| Automotive | 12 | 0.38 | 3.36% | 44.50% | 22.24% | 1.59 | 0.73 | 4.94% |
| Bank | 426 | NA | NA | 10.22% | 33.53% | 0.77 | NA | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 45 | NA | NA | 10.25% | 38.36% | 0.93 | NA | NA |
| Beverage | 34 | 2.52 | 13.99% | 9.30% | 46.35% | 0.88 | 3.03 | 15.60% |
| Biotechnology | 158 | 5.04 | 9.11% | 20.53% | 59.34% | 1.03 | 4.49 | -13.73% |
| Building Materials | 45 | 0.68 | -4.01% | 17.00% | NA | 1.50 | 1.22 | 3.16% |
| Cable TV | 21 | 1.40 | 9.02% | 13.35% | 18.03% | 1.37 | 2.21 | 12.43% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 16 | 1.32 | 12.46% | 15.45% | 30.79% | 1.36 | 1.52 | 9.56% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | 1.43 | 8.79% | 16.55% | 31.68% | 1.51 | 1.62 | 9.30% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 1.36 | 8.04% | 19.21% | 40.43% | 1.28 | 1.56 | 7.87% |
| Coal | 20 | 1.49 | 12.00% | 11.96% | 33.78% | 1.53 | 1.78 | 12.53% |
| Computer Software | 184 | 3.45 | 24.78% | 17.66% | 21.61% | 1.04 | 3.07 | 24.62% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 87 | 1.42 | 10.74% | 19.61% | 8.61% | 1.30 | 1.39 | 10.83% |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 1.22 | 9.21% | 14.88% | 36.81% | 1.14 | 2.11 | 11.76% |
| Drug | 279 | 2.72 | 17.99% | 15.04% | 49.12% | 1.12 | 2.85 | 16.96% |
| E-Commerce | 57 | 4.76 | 10.73% | 22.85% | 1.89% | 1.03 | 4.55 | 10.87% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 1.21 | 11.86% | 13.05% | 2.83% | 0.83 | 1.14 | 12.91% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 21 | 1.24 | 8.89% | 6.23% | 63.88% | 0.75 | 2.26 | 11.58% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 21 | 1.54 | 9.77% | 4.83% | 66.22% | 0.70 | 2.51 | 12.66% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | 1.22 | 8.53% | 7.21% | 56.70% | 0.75 | 2.19 | 11.38% |
| Electrical Equipment | 68 | 1.54 | 12.12% | 14.60% | 29.40% | 1.33 | 1.54 | 9.95% |
| Electronics | 139 | 0.47 | 4.63% | 16.03% | 11.97% | 1.07 | 0.47 | 4.48% |
| Engineering & Const | 25 | 0.51 | 3.47% | 12.39% | 6.31% | 1.22 | 0.46 | 3.35% |
| Entertainment | 77 | 1.46 | 10.12% | 16.64% | 25.84% | 1.63 | 1.89 | 12.17% |
| Entertainment Tech | 40 | 2.22 | 9.62% | 21.77% | 11.57% | 1.23 | 1.87 | 9.04% |
| Environmental | 82 | 1.48 | 7.53% | 19.46% | 46.73% | 0.81 | 2.07 | 9.48% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 225 | 2.22 | 5.08% | 13.76% | NA | 1.31 | 6.67 | 33.84% |
| Food Processing | 112 | 0.87 | 5.36% | 13.87% | 45.25% | 0.91 | 1.08 | 6.52% |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | 0.38 | 1.83% | 24.38% | 51.37% | 1.09 | 0.37 | 3.23% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 1.24 | 7.48% | 16.50% | 49.81% | 1.14 | 1.86 | 9.82% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | 0.81 | 3.76% | 21.62% | 27.83% | 1.81 | 0.92 | 4.58% |
| Healthcare Information | 25 | 3.86 | 8.81% | 20.66% | 12.22% | 1.17 | 3.82 | 7.64% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 21 | 1.03 | 8.48% | 15.00% | 34.22% | 1.80 | 1.34 | 6.64% |
| Homebuilding | 23 | 0.84 | -5.64% | 20.01% | NA | 1.45 | 1.23 | -2.09% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 51 | 1.81 | 6.29% | 15.60% | 40.37% | 1.74 | 2.58 | 10.13% |
| Household Products | 26 | 1.89 | 11.66% | 11.76% | 48.97% | 1.07 | 2.21 | 12.79% |
| Human Resources | 23 | 0.32 | 1.66% | 21.39% | 50.59% | 1.24 | 0.29 | 1.18% |
| Industrial Services | 137 | 0.70 | 3.26% | 15.11% | 24.98% | 0.93 | 0.85 | -23.67% |
| Information Services | 27 | 2.34 | 11.94% | 17.59% | 38.73% | 1.07 | 2.94 | 15.06% |
| Insurance (Life) | 30 | NA | NA | 12.74% | 29.39% | 1.58 | NA | NA |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 49 | NA | NA | 9.73% | 23.46% | 0.91 | NA | NA |
| Internet | 186 | 4.43 | 16.00% | 23.75% | 0.66% | 1.09 | 3.91 | 14.58% |
| IT Services | 60 | 1.87 | 10.59% | 18.70% | 32.87% | 1.06 | 1.75 | 10.32% |
| Machinery | 100 | 1.26 | 7.26% | 16.26% | 25.38% | 1.20 | 1.37 | 8.22% |
| Maritime | 52 | 1.08 | 0.78% | 21.90% | 25.25% | 1.40 | 2.69 | 13.69% |
| Med Supp Invasive | 83 | 2.34 | 16.64% | 15.55% | 22.91% | 0.85 | 2.52 | 17.28% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 146 | 0.75 | 4.89% | 17.03% | 37.29% | 1.03 | 0.73 | 4.81% |
| Medical Services | 122 | 0.55 | 4.84% | 14.37% | 8.82% | 0.91 | 0.68 | 7.39% |
| Metal Fabricating | 24 | 1.64 | 7.84% | 23.50% | 25.70% | 1.59 | 1.67 | 10.89% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 73 | 2.34 | 7.36% | 18.04% | 33.51% | 1.33 | 2.47 | 21.88% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 29 | 2.54 | 12.72% | 10.58% | 33.81% | 1.33 | 3.37 | 17.50% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 22 | 0.88 | 5.10% | 5.21% | 67.28% | 0.66 | 1.45 | 8.57% |
| Newspaper | 13 | 0.97 | 3.11% | 9.18% | 14.56% | 1.76 | 1.31 | 9.02% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 24 | 0.38 | 4.07% | 12.65% | 28.06% | 1.38 | 0.55 | 4.59% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 13 | 2.27 | 9.80% | 7.83% | 73.98% | 0.96 | 3.56 | 14.46% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 93 | 2.06 | 10.72% | 12.68% | 41.88% | 1.55 | 2.38 | 11.28% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 0.74 | 13.46% | 12.75% | 24.38% | 1.16 | 1.06 | 7.02% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 0.72 | 4.63% | 13.00% | 43.21% | 1.36 | 1.06 | 9.84% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 20 | 0.78 | 7.99% | 15.27% | 38.99% | 1.18 | 0.87 | 5.65% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 1.81 | 10.69% | 18.51% | 9.50% | 1.34 | 2.20 | 19.10% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 0.45 | 2.91% | 12.20% | 20.26% | 1.12 | 0.53 | 3.14% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 27 | 1.41 | 7.11% | 8.06% | 33.53% | 0.98 | 1.97 | 8.68% |
| Power | 93 | 0.67 | 1.49% | 11.43% | 13.75% | 1.35 | 1.48 | 10.88% |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 5.27 | 30.24% | 16.38% | 26.71% | 1.15 | 5.33 | 24.02% |
| Precision Instrument | 77 | 1.68 | 9.57% | 20.05% | 11.24% | 1.28 | 1.64 | 8.80% |
| Property Management | 31 | 1.31 | 9.18% | 15.50% | 27.66% | 1.13 | 2.85 | 12.95% |
| Public/Private Equity | 11 | 2.52 | 62.30% | 24.83% | 17.28% | 2.18 | 3.43 | -0.48% |
| Publishing | 24 | 0.76 | 6.22% | 12.74% | 25.02% | 1.25 | 1.15 | 8.33% |
| R.E.I.T. | 5 | 11.01 | 113.55% | 6.10% | 91.36% | 1.47 | 14.13 | 126.01% |
| Railroad | 12 | 2.82 | 17.86% | 16.75% | 34.63% | 1.44 | 3.44 | 18.56% |
| Recreation | 56 | 1.15 | 7.28% | 14.40% | 42.67% | 1.45 | 1.60 | 9.26% |
| Reinsurance | 13 | NA | NA | 11.04% | 15.87% | 0.93 | NA | NA |
| Restaurant | 63 | 2.30 | 10.70% | 17.41% | 46.73% | 1.27 | 2.50 | 11.17% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 75 | 0.74 | 3.86% | 20.38% | 19.62% | 1.77 | 0.83 | 4.99% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 47 | 0.94 | 5.56% | 19.00% | 21.08% | 1.44 | 0.87 | 5.82% |
| Retail Automotive | 20 | 0.68 | 4.35% | 18.34% | 2.49% | 1.37 | 0.92 | 4.46% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 0.93 | 5.14% | 14.57% | 47.32% | 1.04 | 1.04 | 5.13% |
| Retail Store | 37 | 0.50 | 3.45% | 13.36% | 29.16% | 1.29 | 0.59 | 3.83% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 0.27 | 4.16% | 11.45% | 28.62% | 0.75 | 0.35 | 2.07% |
| Securities Brokerage | 28 | 0.87 | 11.45% | 12.19% | 10.93% | 1.20 | 3.08 | 35.58% |
| Semiconductor | 141 | 2.29 | 17.82% | 20.66% | 30.53% | 1.50 | 2.06 | 18.13% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 12 | 1.29 | 16.30% | 20.83% | 11.30% | 1.79 | 0.97 | 18.30% |
| Shoe | 19 | 1.67 | 8.44% | 15.00% | 25.89% | 1.25 | 1.52 | 8.22% |
| Steel | 32 | 0.60 | 3.52% | 22.15% | 34.26% | 1.68 | 0.78 | 4.90% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 99 | 1.55 | 7.22% | 14.97% | 53.72% | 1.02 | 1.25 | 8.53% |
| Telecom. Services | 74 | 1.50 | 5.11% | 11.14% | 43.63% | 0.98 | 1.85 | 16.56% |
| Telecom. Utility | 25 | 0.92 | 8.50% | 12.66% | 80.94% | 0.88 | 1.75 | 11.21% |
| Thrift | 148 | NA | NA | 11.41% | NA | 0.71 | NA | NA |
| Tobacco | 11 | 2.05 | 8.46% | 10.29% | 67.56% | 0.85 | 2.36 | 15.24% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 15 | 1.32 | 7.37% | 14.06% | 25.04% | 1.30 | 1.48 | 7.24% |
| Trucking | 36 | 1.05 | 2.74% | 19.39% | 41.07% | 1.24 | 1.28 | 4.20% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 4 | 0.58 | 0.55% | 3.97% | 0.32% | 0.96 | 1.39 | 7.81% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 2.43 | 12.25% | 7.07% | 48.16% | 0.66 | 4.39 | 18.05% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 1.65 | 7.96% | 19.66% | 9.13% | 1.27 | 1.91 | -15.91% |
| Total Market | 5891 | 1.28 | 8.32% | 15.61% | 37.92% | 1.15 | 1.67 | 12.62% |