Revenue
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SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 7036 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2010
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | Price/Sales | Net Margin | Expected Growth | Payout | Beta | Value/Sales | After-tax Operating Margin |
| Advertising | 36 | 0.92 | -7.53% | 11.40% | NA | 1.60 | 1.40 | 12.09% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 67 | 0.79 | 5.34% | 9.68% | 48.72% | 1.19 | 0.90 | 8.51% |
| Air Transport | 44 | 0.53 | 0.00% | 11.76% | 2070.48% | 1.06 | 0.80 | 7.29% |
| Apparel | 56 | 0.88 | 3.67% | 10.45% | 20.35% | 1.30 | 1.01 | 9.02% |
| Auto & Truck | 22 | 0.37 | -3.31% | 9.70% | NA | 1.72 | 0.82 | 6.80% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 0.35 | -1.47% | 10.63% | 50.30% | 1.75 | 0.46 | 5.47% |
| Bank | 481 | NA | NA | 7.79% | NA | 0.75 | NA | NA |
| Bank (Canadian) | 7 | NA | NA | 7.08% | 0.00% | 0.86 | NA | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | NA | NA | 7.18% | 0.00% | 0.96 | NA | NA |
| Beverage | 41 | 2.03 | 10.83% | 16.50% | 59.61% | 1.04 | 2.30 | 14.16% |
| Biotechnology | 121 | 4.89 | 11.84% | 20.28% | 0.54% | 1.10 | 4.79 | 14.69% |
| Building Materials | 53 | 0.61 | 2.68% | 2.95% | 36.11% | 1.45 | 1.05 | 9.50% |
| Cable TV | 24 | 1.21 | 3.58% | 21.63% | 43.54% | 1.69 | 2.16 | 22.46% |
| Canadian Energy | 10 | 1.46 | 8.36% | 5.25% | 100.30% | 1.18 | 1.87 | 27.06% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 17 | 1.10 | 4.01% | 11.30% | 45.60% | 1.27 | 1.23 | 13.03% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | 1.41 | 7.83% | 6.53% | 99.55% | 1.37 | 1.62 | 13.80% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 97 | 0.91 | 3.48% | 9.39% | 88.45% | 1.29 | 1.13 | 9.94% |
| Coal | 21 | 1.67 | 8.94% | 11.75% | 63.20% | 1.67 | 1.97 | 18.50% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 333 | 3.15 | 13.69% | 17.27% | 8.03% | 1.02 | 2.98 | 18.85% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 129 | 1.32 | 5.95% | 17.35% | 37.99% | 1.29 | 1.28 | 9.59% |
| Diversified Co. | 121 | 0.93 | 5.57% | 4.39% | 42.74% | 1.20 | 1.97 | 17.75% |
| Drug | 337 | 2.93 | 17.97% | 17.52% | 27.33% | 1.11 | 3.04 | 24.68% |
| E-Commerce | 56 | 2.68 | 5.94% | 22.23% | 0.68% | 1.18 | 2.57 | 9.65% |
| Educational Services | 38 | 2.42 | 11.08% | 21.70% | 5.58% | 0.75 | 2.37 | 12.60% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 23 | 0.88 | 6.09% | 5.60% | 518.59% | 0.79 | 1.74 | 13.96% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 24 | 1.17 | 7.95% | 5.31% | 385.66% | 0.73 | 2.02 | 17.43% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | 0.98 | 7.71% | 6.79% | 398.39% | 0.75 | 1.77 | 16.69% |
| Electrical Equipment | 87 | 1.29 | 4.82% | 9.91% | 29.68% | 1.41 | 1.40 | 11.42% |
| Electronics | 183 | 0.51 | 0.38% | 12.52% | 26.06% | 1.16 | 0.54 | 5.38% |
| Entertainment | 95 | 1.13 | 3.75% | 15.22% | 43.82% | 1.81 | 1.66 | 15.50% |
| Entertainment Tech | 35 | 2.31 | -5.51% | 16.62% | NA | 1.32 | 2.01 | 2.68% |
| Environmental | 91 | 1.29 | 5.00% | 14.04% | 86.32% | 0.97 | 1.87 | 13.27% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | 2.46 | -91.89% | 10.78% | NA | 1.39 | 8.41 | 45.55% |
| Food Processing | 121 | 0.89 | 5.51% | 14.76% | 33.59% | 0.86 | 1.11 | 8.80% |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | 0.49 | -3.45% | 15.67% | NA | 1.13 | 0.49 | 6.88% |
| Funeral Services | 5 | 1.14 | 4.94% | 9.75% | 16.43% | 1.19 | 1.72 | 15.54% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | 0.50 | 0.46% | 5.46% | 35.92% | 1.52 | 0.65 | 5.46% |
| Healthcare Information | 33 | 2.79 | 7.40% | 16.66% | 2.86% | 0.97 | 2.95 | 12.85% |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | 0.45 | 3.57% | 11.42% | 7.87% | 1.42 | 0.41 | 4.39% |
| Homebuilding | 28 | 0.65 | -19.44% | 15.83% | NA | 1.45 | 0.97 | -15.59% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 74 | 1.19 | 1.32% | 8.31% | 39.47% | 1.74 | 2.08 | 15.45% |
| Household Products | 23 | 1.88 | 11.21% | 10.59% | 58.74% | 1.15 | 2.24 | 15.07% |
| Human Resources | 30 | 0.38 | 0.59% | 7.77% | 16.64% | 1.38 | 0.37 | 2.74% |
| Industrial Services | 168 | 0.68 | 2.49% | 13.02% | 18.41% | 1.07 | 0.83 | 7.30% |
| Information Services | 29 | 1.87 | 10.28% | 13.37% | 38.17% | 1.28 | 2.22 | 15.39% |
| Insurance (Life) | 31 | NA | NA | 4.78% | 2.86% | 1.38 | NA | NA |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 85 | NA | NA | 9.02% | 5.19% | 0.92 | NA | NA |
| Internet | 239 | 4.59 | 12.02% | 17.21% | 0.13% | 1.04 | 4.24 | 17.19% |
| Investment Co. | 19 | NA | NA | 0.00% | NA | 0.76 | NA | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | 4.23 | 10.63% | 0.00% | 1.23% | 1.39 | 4.31 | 4.32% |
| Machinery | 130 | 0.72 | 2.70% | 7.04% | 67.92% | 1.32 | 0.98 | 9.53% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 15 | 0.47 | -2.57% | 3.00% | 6.92% | 1.21 | 0.42 | 2.26% |
| Maritime | 53 | 0.87 | 5.31% | 4.43% | 93.23% | 1.38 | 2.11 | 26.55% |
| Medical Services | 162 | 0.55 | 4.13% | 12.53% | 1.90% | 0.97 | 0.70 | 7.65% |
| Medical Supplies | 264 | 1.23 | 6.96% | 17.93% | 34.86% | 1.04 | 1.28 | 8.78% |
| Metal Fabricating | 36 | 0.94 | 2.40% | 2.88% | 33.21% | 1.54 | 0.98 | 9.20% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 79 | 2.60 | 0.98% | 4.31% | 87.52% | 1.23 | 2.90 | 23.53% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 32 | 1.70 | 8.20% | 6.14% | 174.20% | 1.29 | 2.46 | 26.57% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 24 | 0.67 | 4.13% | 4.23% | 178.34% | 0.68 | 1.18 | 10.29% |
| Newspaper | 15 | 0.91 | -1.93% | -4.92% | 577.06% | 1.94 | 1.37 | 10.20% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 25 | 0.45 | 1.99% | 5.78% | 19.67% | 1.19 | 0.66 | 6.36% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | 0.95 | 5.31% | 7.62% | 563.70% | 0.89 | 1.50 | 11.48% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 113 | 1.40 | 9.92% | 4.08% | 63.91% | 1.45 | 1.67 | 19.12% |
| Packaging & Container | 31 | 0.61 | 1.99% | 9.78% | 81.71% | 1.20 | 0.94 | 9.99% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 39 | 0.66 | -4.79% | 18.58% | NA | 1.63 | 1.17 | 9.54% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 24 | 0.56 | 4.19% | 3.37% | 212.22% | 1.24 | 0.60 | 8.01% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 198 | 1.25 | 2.49% | 12.51% | 49.28% | 1.16 | 1.54 | 26.28% |
| Pharmacy Services | 21 | 0.57 | 2.56% | 14.51% | 28.35% | 0.88 | 0.66 | 4.25% |
| Power | 77 | 0.90 | 4.52% | 21.19% | 3.71% | 1.23 | 1.65 | 14.61% |
| Precious Metals | 78 | 6.09 | 13.32% | 8.07% | 81.59% | 1.18 | 6.41 | 25.11% |
| Precision Instrument | 98 | 1.51 | 2.52% | 15.70% | 2.26% | 1.24 | 1.52 | 11.72% |
| Property Management | 20 | 1.22 | 2.78% | 8.28% | 140.10% | 1.63 | 3.36 | 27.02% |
| Public/Private Equity | 9 | NA | NA | -2.00% | NA | 2.40 | NA | NA |
| Publishing | 30 | 0.80 | 6.65% | 11.92% | 24.40% | 1.43 | 1.31 | 12.38% |
| R.E.I.T. | 143 | 4.86 | 10.37% | 4.61% | 813.56% | 1.60 | 7.67 | 40.23% |
| Railroad | 15 | 1.95 | 10.93% | 7.14% | 119.65% | 1.29 | 2.54 | 20.71% |
| Recreation | 65 | 1.09 | 4.11% | 14.01% | 15.06% | 1.43 | 1.55 | 15.41% |
| Reinsurance | 8 | NA | NA | 18.50% | 1.11% | 1.07 | NA | NA |
| Restaurant | 68 | 1.46 | 8.44% | 13.16% | 85.89% | 1.34 | 1.74 | 12.75% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 157 | 0.63 | 2.01% | 11.03% | 39.59% | 1.43 | 0.67 | 5.33% |
| Retail Automotive | 15 | 0.48 | 2.85% | 10.93% | 2.59% | 1.46 | 0.68 | 4.39% |
| Retail Building Supply | 7 | 0.73 | 3.64% | 7.90% | 54.15% | 0.95 | 0.85 | 5.94% |
| Retail Store | 43 | 0.47 | 2.84% | 11.27% | 87.90% | 1.35 | 0.57 | 4.25% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 32 | 0.44 | 1.85% | 12.64% | 62.66% | 0.73 | 0.54 | 3.69% |
| Securities Brokerage | 30 | 1.04 | 6.77% | 10.96% | 38.44% | 1.18 | 2.61 | 51.46% |
| Semiconductor | 125 | 2.65 | 1.27% | 15.08% | 47.89% | 1.56 | 2.49 | 20.66% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 14 | 1.99 | -3.33% | 2.65% | 5.16% | 1.93 | 1.82 | 12.14% |
| Shoe | 19 | 1.28 | 6.13% | 7.67% | 25.94% | 1.34 | 1.18 | 8.14% |
| Steel (General) | 20 | 0.55 | 0.04% | 10.75% | 54.99% | 1.61 | 0.66 | 8.47% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 15 | 0.66 | -2.44% | 4.90% | 78.53% | 1.85 | 0.85 | 13.98% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 115 | 1.59 | 2.18% | 12.80% | 27.82% | 1.15 | 1.39 | 9.38% |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | 1.41 | 5.14% | 12.50% | 190.40% | 1.10 | 1.96 | 28.12% |
| Thrift | 227 | NA | NA | 9.38% | NA | 0.73 | NA | NA |
| Tobacco | 12 | 1.75 | 11.76% | 3.20% | 28.56% | 0.78 | 2.03 | 16.30% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 19 | 1.16 | 5.24% | 10.15% | 30.46% | 1.23 | 1.37 | 8.53% |
| Trucking | 33 | 0.49 | -2.40% | 11.28% | NA | 1.30 | 0.87 | 7.88% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | 0.91 | 0.02% | 9.00% | NA | 1.07 | 1.75 | 15.19% |
| Water Utility | 15 | 2.10 | 9.81% | 4.98% | 229.90% | 0.82 | 3.91 | 24.22% |
| Wireless Networking | 60 | 2.80 | 5.82% | 15.87% | 1.27% | 1.50 | 3.19 | 14.18% |
| Total Market | 7036 | 1.12 | 3.08% | 11.39% | 143.47% | 1.17 | 1.53 | 15.68% |