Value
Multiples 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 | Value/EBITDA | Value/EBIT | Value/EBIT(1-t) |
| Advertising | 40 | 9.33 | 12.03 | 17.83 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 69 | 10.43 | 12.67 | 18.37 |
| Air Transport | 49 | 4.92 | 6.50 | 8.70 |
| Apparel | 57 | 7.56 | 8.99 | 13.46 |
| Auto & Truck | 28 | 4.57 | 6.63 | 9.62 |
| Auto Parts | 56 | 5.75 | 8.66 | 9.85 |
| Bank | 504 | 7.91 | 7.91 | 11.81 |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | 7.63 | 7.63 | 9.59 |
| Bank (Midwest) | 38 | 8.45 | 8.45 | 12.08 |
| Beverage | 44 | 13.61 | 16.96 | 23.47 |
| Biotechnology | 103 | 17.11 | 20.87 | 32.28 |
| Building Materials | 49 | 7.13 | 8.71 | 12.48 |
| Cable TV | 23 | 6.15 | 9.25 | 15.21 |
| Canadian Energy | 13 | 5.83 | 7.58 | 12.11 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 10.78 | 14.54 | 18.07 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 37 | 6.38 | 7.91 | 13.33 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 90 | 8.12 | 10.54 | 14.59 |
| Coal | 18 | 10.11 | 13.74 | 15.84 |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 376 | 13.57 | 16.14 | 23.33 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 144 | 12.27 | 15.83 | 21.30 |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 10.17 | 12.26 | 16.90 |
| Drug | 368 | 9.47 | 11.94 | 16.38 |
| E-Commerce | 56 | 26.35 | 36.98 | 50.86 |
| Educational Services | 39 | 13.71 | 16.63 | 27.46 |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 25 | 6.87 | 9.62 | 13.58 |
| Electric Utility (East) | 27 | 8.21 | 10.95 | 16.23 |
| Electric Utility (West) | 17 | 5.54 | 7.69 | 11.38 |
| Electrical Equipment | 86 | 7.51 | 8.31 | 10.20 |
| Electronics | 179 | 8.67 | 11.82 | 16.27 |
| Entertainment | 93 | 7.92 | 10.17 | 14.81 |
| Entertainment Tech | 38 | 100.41 | NA | NA |
| Environmental | 89 | 6.90 | 9.46 | 15.27 |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 294 | 8.65 | 8.82 | 11.20 |
| Food Processing | 123 | 11.13 | 13.54 | 18.96 |
| Food Wholesalers | 19 | 6.09 | 8.01 | 14.59 |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 5.55 | 8.45 | 14.17 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 39 | 5.82 | 7.32 | 10.65 |
| Grocery | 15 | 5.82 | 8.12 | 12.94 |
| Healthcare Information | 38 | 10.20 | 14.26 | 20.40 |
| Heavy Construction | 12 | 16.51 | 20.07 | 32.56 |
| Home Appliance | 11 | 6.53 | 8.43 | 11.39 |
| Homebuilding | 36 | 6.20 | 6.57 | 10.90 |
| Hotel/Gaming | 75 | 11.75 | 15.07 | 21.87 |
| Household Products | 28 | 10.78 | 12.81 | 18.16 |
| Human Resources | 35 | 6.96 | 8.59 | 13.73 |
| Industrial Services | 196 | 6.92 | 9.63 | 14.64 |
| Information Services | 38 | 11.28 | 13.77 | 19.90 |
| Insurance (Life) | 40 | 4.66 | 4.66 | 6.27 |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 87 | NA | NA | NA |
| Internet | 266 | 24.86 | 31.19 | 44.48 |
| Investment Co. | 18 | 986.33 | NA | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 15 | 40.15 | 42.00 | 62.62 |
| Machinery | 126 | 9.00 | 11.04 | 15.94 |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 9.20 | 11.46 | 20.00 |
| Maritime | 52 | 9.17 | 12.07 | 12.67 |
| Medical Services | 178 | 7.92 | 8.98 | 14.37 |
| Medical Supplies | 274 | 12.57 | 15.12 | 20.39 |
| Metal Fabricating | 37 | 9.15 | 10.90 | 13.24 |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 13.72 | 15.78 | 21.37 |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 6.49 | 8.72 | 12.55 |
| Natural Gas Utility | 26 | 6.76 | 8.76 | 12.97 |
| Newspaper | 18 | 6.57 | 7.94 | 12.05 |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 25 | 6.13 | 7.67 | 11.11 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 15 | 11.54 | 15.01 | 17.59 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 113 | 10.41 | 12.62 | 17.49 |
| Packaging & Container | 35 | 5.99 | 8.09 | 11.32 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 39 | 5.79 | 8.13 | 10.80 |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 5.03 | 6.01 | 10.35 |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 186 | 5.28 | 6.63 | 9.50 |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 24.29 | 37.45 | 55.14 |
| Power | 58 | 36.15 | 47.72 | 63.98 |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 12.71 | 17.18 | 23.54 |
| Precision Instrument | 103 | 10.47 | 14.41 | 20.97 |
| Property Management | 12 | 10.13 | 12.16 | 14.86 |
| Publishing | 40 | 8.87 | 10.92 | 15.91 |
| R.E.I.T. | 147 | 22.09 | 28.68 | 32.60 |
| Railroad | 16 | 6.77 | 8.48 | 13.12 |
| Recreation | 73 | 7.73 | 9.87 | 12.36 |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 128.07 | 128.07 | 151.87 |
| Restaurant | 75 | 8.67 | 11.05 | 16.13 |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 164 | 5.83 | 7.58 | 11.85 |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 6.52 | 8.00 | 13.02 |
| Retail Building Supply | 9 | 4.74 | 5.52 | 8.90 |
| Retail Store | 42 | 7.86 | 9.90 | 15.35 |
| Securities Brokerage | 31 | 6.90 | 7.02 | 10.26 |
| Semiconductor | 138 | 7.79 | 11.10 | 14.07 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 7.02 | 8.30 | 11.27 |
| Shoe | 20 | 9.91 | 11.19 | 17.13 |
| Steel (General) | 26 | 5.68 | 6.46 | 9.84 |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 8.03 | 9.87 | 12.45 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 124 | 12.76 | 15.17 | 20.75 |
| Telecom. Services | 152 | 6.84 | 9.23 | 11.71 |
| Thrift | 234 | 7.60 | 7.60 | 10.96 |
| Tobacco | 11 | 16.41 | 17.82 | 24.76 |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 21 | 10.59 | 13.13 | 20.35 |
| Trucking | 32 | 3.61 | 5.09 | 8.04 |
| Utility (Foreign) | 6 | 46.82 | 65.55 | 65.55 |
| Water Utility | 16 | 8.30 | 10.52 | 17.06 |
| Wireless Networking | 74 | 20.98 | 32.30 | 54.87 |
| Market | 7364 | 8.50 | 10.35 | 14.81 |