Value
Multiples 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 | Value/EBITDA | Value/EBIT | Value/EBIT(1-t) |
| Advertising | 30 | 4.16 | 5.25 | 7.88 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 5.00 | 5.91 | 8.74 |
| Air Transport | 44 | 3.62 | 4.81 | 5.91 |
| Apparel | 53 | 4.06 | 4.90 | 6.25 |
| Auto & Truck | 20 | 2.84 | 3.86 | 6.36 |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 2.67 | 3.77 | 5.18 |
| Bank | 477 | 5.44 | 5.44 | 7.78 |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | 4.36 | 4.36 | 5.23 |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | 6.71 | 6.71 | 9.07 |
| Beverage | 41 | 8.25 | 9.95 | 13.49 |
| Biotechnology | 108 | 17.04 | 21.23 | 33.81 |
| Building Materials | 52 | 4.51 | 6.02 | 8.04 |
| Cable TV | 25 | 4.18 | 6.38 | 11.27 |
| Canadian Energy | 12 | 3.00 | 3.97 | 5.60 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 4.55 | 5.81 | 7.31 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 4.69 | 5.81 | 8.16 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 88 | 4.94 | 6.42 | 9.26 |
| Coal | 18 | 4.77 | 6.98 | 8.00 |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 322 | 6.80 | 7.89 | 11.22 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 125 | 4.79 | 6.02 | 7.96 |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 7.40 | 8.73 | 10.90 |
| Drug | 342 | 6.96 | 8.73 | 11.62 |
| E-Commerce | 54 | 10.54 | 14.64 | 21.20 |
| Educational Services | 34 | 12.94 | 15.83 | 23.50 |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 24 | 5.47 | 7.54 | 11.24 |
| Electric Utility (East) | 26 | 5.61 | 7.48 | 11.21 |
| Electric Utility (West) | 16 | 4.60 | 6.44 | 9.51 |
| Electrical Equipment | 83 | 5.30 | 6.33 | 8.69 |
| Electronics | 173 | 3.20 | 4.24 | 5.72 |
| Entertainment | 84 | 4.31 | 5.37 | 8.50 |
| Entertainment Tech | 33 | 9.60 | 21.58 | 47.80 |
| Environmental | 79 | 5.88 | 7.91 | 12.89 |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | 7.96 | 8.12 | 9.08 |
| Food Processing | 109 | 7.03 | 8.41 | 11.74 |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 4.85 | 6.41 | 9.68 |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 1.64 | 2.38 | 4.32 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 34 | 3.32 | 4.23 | 6.32 |
| Grocery | 14 | 9.93 | 13.46 | 20.73 |
| Healthcare Information | 29 | 7.22 | 10.05 | 14.66 |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | 6.89 | 8.17 | 12.70 |
| Homebuilding | 32 | NA | NA | NA |
| Hotel/Gaming | 68 | 5.09 | 6.55 | 9.86 |
| Household Products | 26 | 8.18 | 9.67 | 13.40 |
| Human Resources | 31 | 3.29 | 4.00 | 6.87 |
| Industrial Services | 167 | 4.51 | 6.02 | 8.55 |
| Information Services | 34 | 6.42 | 7.89 | 11.40 |
| Insurance (Life) | 35 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 2.54 |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 78 | 465.64 | 466.07 | 590.68 |
| Internet | 208 | 9.04 | 11.55 | 15.93 |
| Investment Co. | 17 | 30.21 | NA | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | 11.79 | 12.44 | 13.80 |
| Machinery | 124 | 4.20 | 5.13 | 7.42 |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 3.48 | 4.46 | 7.20 |
| Maritime | 56 | 5.43 | 7.26 | 7.65 |
| Medical Services | 160 | 4.06 | 4.62 | 7.18 |
| Medical Supplies | 252 | 7.80 | 9.36 | 12.64 |
| Metal Fabricating | 35 | 3.46 | 4.05 | 5.80 |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 3.61 | 4.14 | 5.89 |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 34 | 4.27 | 5.86 | 8.41 |
| Natural Gas Utility | 25 | 5.63 | 7.38 | 10.52 |
| Newspaper | 16 | 3.84 | 5.11 | 6.97 |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 26 | 4.13 | 5.23 | 7.51 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | 6.95 | 8.93 | 11.12 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 112 | 3.86 | 4.70 | 6.31 |
| Packaging & Container | 33 | 4.05 | 5.41 | 7.21 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 38 | 3.92 | 6.05 | 7.19 |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 25 | 2.98 | 3.62 | 6.22 |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 188 | 2.62 | 3.34 | 4.87 |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 7.32 | 8.76 | 13.59 |
| Power | 66 | 6.35 | 8.50 | 12.06 |
| Precious Metals | 75 | 9.89 | 14.40 | 19.85 |
| Precision Instrument | 90 | 4.24 | 5.67 | 7.33 |
| Property Management | 17 | 6.49 | 8.16 | 10.35 |
| Publishing | 27 | 4.21 | 5.16 | 8.67 |
| R.E.I.T. | 144 | 16.55 | 22.35 | 25.17 |
| Railroad | 15 | 5.07 | 6.36 | 9.86 |
| Recreation | 64 | 4.60 | 5.95 | 7.46 |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 89.80 | 89.80 | 96.95 |
| Restaurant | 68 | 7.45 | 9.63 | 11.96 |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 155 | 3.28 | 4.29 | 6.63 |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 5.88 | 6.92 | 10.79 |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 5.19 | 6.24 | 9.90 |
| Retail Store | 38 | 6.08 | 7.76 | 12.05 |
| Securities Brokerage | 32 | 5.27 | 5.36 | 7.11 |
| Semiconductor | 122 | 3.30 | 4.74 | 5.98 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 2.89 | 3.40 | 4.64 |
| Shoe | 19 | 5.92 | 6.73 | 9.99 |
| Steel (General) | 20 | 3.80 | 4.39 | 6.63 |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 2.56 | 3.17 | 4.13 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 110 | 5.11 | 6.47 | 8.51 |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | 3.52 | 4.24 | 5.95 |
| Thrift | 234 | 8.11 | 8.11 | 10.60 |
| Tobacco | 12 | 14.24 | 15.20 | 22.10 |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 23 | 6.68 | 8.13 | 12.29 |
| Trucking | 33 | 4.09 | 5.64 | 8.77 |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | 3.78 | 5.92 | 9.55 |
| Water Utility | 16 | 7.35 | 9.39 | 14.64 |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 9.07 | 12.91 | 20.30 |
| Public/Private Equity | 10 | 6.49 | 7.53 | 8.44 |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 6.04 | 6.70 | 10.60 |
| Total Market | 6870 | 5.05 | 6.14 | 8.73 |