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on Equity by 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 | ROC | Book D/E | Non-cash ROE | ROE |
| Advertising | 30 | 13.01% | 129.31% | 21.54% | 12.31% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 19.53% | 50.50% | 25.52% | 18.50% |
| Air Transport | 44 | 22.00% | 118.69% | 31.77% | 17.45% |
| Apparel | 53 | 18.05% | 51.89% | 16.38% | 13.49% |
| Auto & Truck | 20 | 18.80% | 296.73% | 85.35% | 15.67% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 21.81% | 114.17% | 19.79% | 10.69% |
| Bank | 477 | NA | 140.56% | 14.58% | 10.58% |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | NA | 28.78% | 23.19% | 19.92% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | NA | 155.30% | 17.19% | 11.24% |
| Beverage | 41 | 18.98% | 63.76% | 24.85% | 21.63% |
| Biotechnology | 108 | 14.78% | 46.56% | 22.16% | 10.08% |
| Building Materials | 52 | 11.35% | 87.16% | 13.03% | 11.72% |
| Cable TV | 25 | 10.91% | 134.92% | 7.00% | 6.43% |
| Canadian Energy | 12 | 25.35% | 58.84% | 20.83% | 19.98% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 21.96% | 51.58% | 25.33% | 20.98% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 23.67% | 60.69% | 26.45% | 20.46% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 88 | 17.93% | 72.51% | 18.88% | 15.86% |
| Coal | 18 | 20.13% | 105.09% | 13.96% | 12.55% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 322 | 36.64% | 26.05% | 47.49% | 23.68% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 125 | 32.96% | 44.32% | 49.14% | 21.19% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 10.79% | 248.43% | 29.12% | 17.84% |
| Drug | 342 | 22.57% | 39.16% | 26.23% | 17.56% |
| E-Commerce | 54 | 12.54% | 24.49% | 10.10% | 4.61% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 46.84% | 15.41% | 48.89% | 22.46% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 24 | 10.28% | 144.90% | 11.46% | 10.71% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 26 | 11.64% | 119.23% | 13.38% | 12.87% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 16 | 11.52% | 105.02% | 10.89% | 10.22% |
| Electrical Equipment | 83 | 20.50% | 46.24% | 24.82% | 19.21% |
| Electronics | 173 | 13.01% | 33.03% | 10.63% | 7.92% |
| Entertainment | 84 | 9.98% | 61.06% | 8.08% | 7.21% |
| Entertainment Tech | 33 | 4.51% | 17.43% | -5.09% | -1.36% |
| Environmental | 79 | 13.67% | 134.68% | 14.34% | 13.03% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | 12.33% | 376.10% | 14.91% | 7.18% |
| Food Processing | 109 | 15.64% | 85.29% | 20.98% | 18.70% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 14.62% | 101.86% | 15.36% | 12.99% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 16.90% | 31.29% | 12.30% | 8.00% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 34 | 13.85% | 54.06% | 12.64% | 11.19% |
| Grocery | 14 | 17.38% | 74.50% | 17.58% | 16.31% |
| Healthcare Information | 29 | 24.69% | 76.32% | 43.47% | 16.01% |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | 18.45% | 19.15% | 21.05% | 11.93% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | -23.17% | 110.25% | -63.59% | -44.25% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 68 | 10.83% | 166.12% | 17.10% | 13.88% |
| Household Products | 26 | 17.10% | 70.73% | 21.67% | 19.74% |
| Human Resources | 31 | 17.34% | 21.70% | 16.30% | 11.64% |
| Industrial Services | 167 | 18.18% | 81.14% | 19.74% | 14.44% |
| Information Services | 34 | 21.20% | 53.80% | 32.04% | 16.06% |
| Insurance (Life) | 35 | NA | 32.26% | 20.91% | 13.18% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 78 | NA | 20.81% | 20.44% | 15.35% |
| Internet | 208 | 26.46% | 11.59% | 25.60% | 11.95% |
| Investment Co. | 17 | NA | NA | 647.73% | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | NA | 6.22% | 10.46% | 9.30% |
| Machinery | 124 | 17.21% | 79.89% | 23.51% | 18.05% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 9.47% | 34.03% | 8.90% | 5.91% |
| Maritime | 56 | 12.18% | 155.39% | 19.95% | 16.16% |
| Medical Services | 160 | 18.25% | 78.79% | 24.56% | 16.31% |
| Medical Supplies | 252 | 20.34% | 36.74% | 23.17% | 17.65% |
| Metal Fabricating | 35 | 21.33% | 31.80% | 22.01% | 16.28% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 27.62% | 38.44% | 30.86% | 27.49% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 34 | 15.08% | 85.10% | 14.31% | 13.57% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 25 | 12.02% | 134.71% | 12.36% | 11.56% |
| Newspaper | 16 | 11.21% | 57.30% | 13.96% | 13.45% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 26 | 15.81% | 76.88% | 19.85% | 15.91% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | 11.69% | 136.93% | 15.81% | 14.72% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 112 | 20.50% | 60.34% | 25.10% | 21.25% |
| Packaging & Container | 33 | 17.06% | 123.34% | 15.41% | 13.26% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 38 | 11.21% | 79.10% | 5.75% | 5.23% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 25 | 25.61% | 24.49% | 26.14% | 23.14% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 188 | 23.41% | 43.97% | 16.75% | 15.98% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 12.17% | 44.50% | 11.99% | 11.33% |
| Power | 66 | 11.71% | 213.48% | 19.05% | 7.59% |
| Precious Metals | 75 | 8.54% | 20.44% | 3.32% | 2.86% |
| Precision Instrument | 90 | 16.76% | 27.51% | 15.26% | 10.11% |
| Property Management | 17 | 9.81% | 281.01% | 9.58% | 6.04% |
| Publishing | 27 | 20.12% | 2714.82% | -66.38% | 50.13% |
| R.E.I.T. | 144 | 8.49% | 213.14% | 8.95% | 6.68% |
| Railroad | 15 | 13.91% | 66.38% | 15.12% | 14.30% |
| Recreation | 64 | 14.02% | 66.48% | 14.49% | 12.66% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | NA | 18.21% | 17.04% | 11.60% |
| Restaurant | 68 | 22.15% | 100.58% | 29.70% | 24.79% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 155 | 22.65% | 40.65% | 23.03% | 16.63% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 11.67% | 100.64% | 16.17% | 15.31% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 17.82% | 57.44% | 21.07% | 20.44% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 15.19% | 69.23% | 19.89% | 17.06% |
| Securities Brokerage | 32 | 15.35% | 700.49% | -11.10% | 7.11% |
| Semiconductor | 122 | 28.67% | 20.81% | 22.18% | 12.94% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 29.91% | 17.71% | 32.37% | 19.45% |
| Shoe | 19 | 28.46% | 8.67% | 28.40% | 18.65% |
| Steel (General) | 20 | 21.54% | 50.33% | 27.03% | 21.96% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 19.41% | 47.81% | 20.96% | 17.80% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 110 | 26.58% | 23.10% | 35.37% | 14.77% |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | 22.22% | 78.11% | 16.18% | 14.04% |
| Thrift | 234 | NA | 20.39% | 6.69% | 4.92% |
| Tobacco | 12 | 32.64% | 95.92% | 70.43% | 44.67% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 23 | 23.11% | 230.58% | 98.41% | 40.04% |
| Trucking | 33 | 12.67% | 160.82% | 12.03% | 10.31% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | 9.93% | 57.97% | 3.89% | 3.57% |
| Water Utility | 16 | 8.11% | 115.88% | 0.63% | 0.62% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 10.21% | 96.21% | 7.85% | 5.47% |
| Public/Private Equity | 10 | 6.46% | 81.64% | 17.72% | 16.36% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 11.67% | 96.88% | 15.04% | 13.29% |
| Total Market | 6870 | 17.73% | 92.42% | 20.64% | 15.24% |