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on Equity by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 7364 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2008
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | ROC | Book D/E | Non-cash ROE | ROE |
| Advertising | 40 | 11.92% | 120.68% | 16.81% | 9.93% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 69 | 17.43% | 65.97% | 22.98% | 17.32% |
| Air Transport | 49 | 33.07% | 290.83% | -178.86% | 36.59% |
| Apparel | 57 | 15.54% | 47.79% | 17.91% | 14.55% |
| Auto & Truck | 28 | 15.65% | 236.69% | 31.99% | 13.71% |
| Auto Parts | 56 | 25.26% | 218.62% | -53.99% | -15.52% |
| Bank | 504 | NA | 125.45% | 18.41% | 13.14% |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | NA | 28.83% | 22.35% | 19.04% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 38 | NA | 139.52% | 25.63% | 16.35% |
| Beverage | 44 | 18.72% | 73.83% | 25.88% | 22.33% |
| Biotechnology | 103 | 14.57% | 40.37% | 21.01% | 11.11% |
| Building Materials | 49 | 16.15% | 77.47% | 28.70% | 23.84% |
| Cable TV | 23 | 9.79% | 120.61% | 6.13% | 5.37% |
| Canadian Energy | 13 | 22.49% | 61.41% | 20.15% | 19.17% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 19.93% | 79.49% | 24.71% | 20.47% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 37 | 25.23% | 58.21% | 25.55% | 20.26% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 90 | 18.77% | 61.72% | 19.42% | 15.47% |
| Coal | 18 | 27.03% | 100.83% | 30.23% | 26.12% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 376 | 36.57% | 20.54% | 43.28% | 20.03% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 144 | 31.61% | 30.22% | 40.54% | 18.03% |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 18.02% | 61.22% | 21.63% | 16.84% |
| Drug | 368 | 24.85% | 29.99% | 27.17% | 17.42% |
| E-Commerce | 56 | 15.89% | 16.33% | 12.45% | 5.05% |
| Educational Services | 39 | 56.00% | 11.16% | 45.34% | 21.70% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 25 | 10.30% | 137.53% | 10.59% | 9.97% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 27 | 11.44% | 134.95% | 13.45% | 12.67% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 17 | 12.42% | 107.21% | 12.37% | 11.35% |
| Electrical Equipment | 86 | 17.59% | 302.33% | 43.47% | 18.47% |
| Electronics | 179 | 13.06% | 30.47% | 9.44% | 6.79% |
| Entertainment | 93 | 9.77% | 61.79% | 8.80% | 7.77% |
| Entertainment Tech | 38 | -6.92% | 13.35% | -32.19% | -8.82% |
| Environmental | 89 | 12.60% | 137.28% | 11.98% | 10.96% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 294 | 10.69% | 333.44% | 27.45% | 14.54% |
| Food Processing | 123 | 16.12% | 78.23% | 19.97% | 17.69% |
| Food Wholesalers | 19 | 11.53% | 108.12% | 9.08% | 7.65% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | NA | 33.82% | 8.13% | 5.45% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 39 | 14.87% | 57.87% | 14.95% | 12.87% |
| Grocery | 15 | 16.63% | 95.21% | 16.53% | 15.12% |
| Healthcare Information | 38 | 28.81% | 72.39% | 35.08% | 14.78% |
| Heavy Construction | 12 | 19.47% | 17.77% | 19.52% | 10.93% |
| Home Appliance | 11 | 21.68% | 69.24% | 22.46% | 18.41% |
| Homebuilding | 36 | 7.42% | 86.08% | 12.81% | 10.96% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 75 | 11.03% | 154.75% | 14.31% | 11.95% |
| Household Products | 28 | 16.59% | 71.12% | 20.62% | 18.28% |
| Human Resources | 35 | 17.42% | 16.29% | 15.10% | 10.30% |
| Industrial Services | 196 | 17.62% | 80.06% | 13.42% | 9.88% |
| Information Services | 38 | 18.66% | 43.97% | 20.20% | 16.51% |
| Insurance (Life) | 40 | 58.61% | 27.65% | 18.31% | 11.95% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 87 | 1.98% | 20.47% | 21.48% | 15.99% |
| Internet | 266 | 21.77% | 11.72% | 19.61% | 10.22% |
| Investment Co. | 18 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 15 | NA | 0.00% | 52.00% | 24.07% |
| Machinery | 126 | 16.46% | 90.53% | 22.30% | 18.56% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 11.45% | 32.42% | 9.41% | 6.30% |
| Maritime | 52 | 13.33% | 123.37% | 18.49% | 15.80% |
| Medical Services | 178 | 18.48% | 59.14% | 21.15% | 14.32% |
| Medical Supplies | 274 | 20.08% | 36.76% | 23.30% | 18.47% |
| Metal Fabricating | 37 | 21.52% | 32.44% | 25.98% | 22.37% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 29.22% | 51.66% | 39.90% | 32.21% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 16.40% | 83.91% | 16.43% | 15.40% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 26 | 11.77% | 145.09% | 13.24% | 12.21% |
| Newspaper | 18 | 10.45% | 71.69% | 12.03% | 11.50% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 25 | 17.67% | 79.42% | 23.00% | 17.58% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 15 | 12.30% | 145.68% | 16.30% | 14.21% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 113 | 22.82% | 57.35% | 28.58% | 22.89% |
| Packaging & Container | 35 | 16.34% | 158.34% | 14.43% | 12.34% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 39 | 14.59% | 78.66% | 11.74% | 9.94% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 26.42% | 23.33% | 27.26% | 23.96% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 186 | 22.85% | 51.95% | 19.08% | 18.30% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 6.29% | 41.20% | 14.74% | 13.45% |
| Power | 58 | 12.43% | 294.75% | 20.58% | 11.07% |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 11.34% | 19.41% | 6.17% | 5.08% |
| Precision Instrument | 103 | 13.55% | 28.88% | 11.93% | 8.09% |
| Property Management | 12 | 11.28% | 274.48% | 26.27% | 15.37% |
| Publishing | 40 | 21.79% | 474.92% | 132.07% | 80.43% |
| R.E.I.T. | 147 | 8.46% | 180.84% | 14.82% | 7.89% |
| Railroad | 16 | 14.26% | 61.15% | 15.10% | 14.10% |
| Recreation | 73 | 15.04% | 63.53% | 15.66% | 13.28% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | NA | 15.49% | 19.50% | 12.44% |
| Restaurant | 75 | 21.02% | 65.10% | 23.30% | 19.44% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 164 | 24.63% | 36.05% | 24.84% | 16.14% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 12.90% | 93.85% | 17.29% | 15.04% |
| Retail Building Supply | 9 | 19.71% | 39.21% | 22.28% | 21.45% |
| Retail Store | 42 | 16.54% | 53.77% | 20.06% | 16.74% |
| Securities Brokerage | 31 | 16.52% | 563.12% | -56.95% | 20.03% |
| Semiconductor | 138 | 27.92% | 14.64% | 21.05% | 13.10% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 29.78% | 26.03% | 35.51% | 19.71% |
| Shoe | 20 | 29.57% | 10.63% | 30.53% | 19.71% |
| Steel (General) | 26 | 29.51% | 33.52% | 35.20% | 26.08% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 17.66% | 48.52% | 19.45% | 15.99% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 124 | 28.95% | 22.02% | 38.40% | 14.72% |
| Telecom. Services | 152 | 15.72% | 81.95% | 6.56% | 5.85% |
| Thrift | 234 | NA | 55.26% | 11.40% | 8.96% |
| Tobacco | 11 | 27.06% | 72.13% | 37.23% | 29.28% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 21 | 21.47% | 110.01% | 36.67% | 22.58% |
| Trucking | 32 | 18.57% | 90.97% | 18.59% | 15.88% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 6 | 12.88% | 23.35% | 10.95% | 7.09% |
| Water Utility | 16 | 9.47% | 117.99% | 9.25% | 8.91% |
| Wireless Networking | 74 | 9.38% | 101.48% | 3.57% | 2.04% |
| Market | 7364 | 17.56% | 89.90% | 21.08% | 15.39% |