Revenue
Multiples by
Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2023
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which companies are included in each industry
| Industry Name | Number of firms | Price/Sales | Net Margin | EV/Sales | Pre-tax Operating Margin |
| Advertising | 58 | 1.49 | 3.79% | 1.96 | 11.11% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 77 | 2.10 | 4.05% | 2.55 | 8.68% |
| Air Transport | 21 | 0.42 | -1.71% | 1.02 | 2.08% |
| Apparel | 39 | 0.81 | 5.07% | 1.16 | 11.11% |
| Auto & Truck | 31 | 1.32 | 5.02% | 1.81 | 6.49% |
| Auto Parts | 37 | 0.62 | 2.16% | 0.82 | 5.19% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 7 | 2.55 | 26.96% | 4.49 | 0.10% |
| Banks (Regional) | 557 | 3.20 | 30.31% | 4.34 | -0.10% |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 23 | 3.38 | 5.76% | 4.07 | 20.17% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 31 | 4.16 | 14.60% | 4.67 | 19.14% |
| Broadcasting | 26 | 0.60 | 11.90% | 1.33 | 14.75% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 30 | 2.14 | 16.01% | 4.46 | 0.31% |
| Building Materials | 45 | 1.10 | 10.30% | 1.36 | 13.94% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 164 | 1.69 | 4.92% | 2.05 | 9.22% |
| Cable TV | 10 | 1.19 | 7.91% | 2.43 | 19.52% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 38 | 0.63 | 9.70% | 0.89 | 13.14% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 4 | 0.64 | 13.16% | 0.91 | 13.56% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 76 | 2.05 | 8.07% | 2.48 | 14.80% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 19 | 1.35 | 20.44% | 1.43 | 22.17% |
| Computer Services | 80 | 0.93 | 2.53% | 1.17 | 6.89% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 42 | 3.41 | 16.68% | 3.67 | 21.43% |
| Construction Supplies | 49 | 1.72 | 8.23% | 2.15 | 11.16% |
| Diversified | 23 | 2.16 | 0.98% | 2.50 | 3.59% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 598 | 5.78 | 0.65% | 6.18 | 11.87% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 281 | 4.38 | 18.35% | 4.85 | 27.37% |
| Education | 33 | 1.57 | 2.92% | 1.85 | 5.16% |
| Electrical Equipment | 110 | 2.38 | 7.31% | 2.77 | 10.25% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 16 | 0.78 | 0.54% | 0.78 | 2.11% |
| Electronics (General) | 138 | 1.73 | 6.32% | 1.94 | 9.83% |
| Engineering/Construction | 43 | 0.87 | 2.16% | 1.08 | 4.69% |
| Entertainment | 110 | 2.47 | 0.90% | 3.06 | 7.44% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 62 | 2.44 | 7.29% | 3.03 | 12.85% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 39 | 0.94 | 5.66% | 1.22 | 7.78% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 223 | 2.18 | 26.32% | 23.49 | 15.88% |
| Food Processing | 92 | 1.66 | 7.10% | 2.10 | 11.94% |
| Food Wholesalers | 14 | 0.29 | 1.09% | 0.41 | 2.10% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 32 | 0.60 | 2.03% | 0.88 | 7.89% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 19 | 3.68 | 17.77% | 7.79 | 24.48% |
| Healthcare Products | 254 | 4.73 | 7.00% | 5.15 | 15.13% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 131 | 0.61 | 2.01% | 0.69 | 4.00% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 138 | 4.81 | -0.33% | 5.33 | 17.00% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | 0.71 | 13.98% | 0.85 | 18.79% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 34 | 0.85 | 5.31% | 1.57 | 11.62% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 69 | 2.75 | 1.10% | 4.20 | 4.23% |
| Household Products | 127 | 3.23 | 11.25% | 3.65 | 17.12% |
| Information Services | 73 | 5.77 | 16.62% | 6.26 | 24.21% |
| Insurance (General) | 21 | 1.70 | 15.21% | 2.16 | 21.86% |
| Insurance (Life) | 27 | 0.83 | 6.07% | 1.33 | 8.39% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 51 | 1.21 | 4.05% | 1.39 | 6.49% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 600 | 4.15 | 24.93% | 5.16 | 18.15% |
| Machinery | 116 | 2.28 | 8.51% | 2.67 | 14.00% |
| Metals & Mining | 68 | 1.86 | 9.66% | 2.06 | 22.84% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 16 | 0.60 | 2.36% | 0.93 | 6.26% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 4 | 1.31 | 15.17% | 1.39 | 17.46% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 174 | 1.83 | 26.01% | 2.12 | 35.68% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 23 | 1.54 | 2.08% | 2.60 | 10.82% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 101 | 0.47 | 5.25% | 0.58 | 7.37% |
| Packaging & Container | 25 | 0.79 | 6.06% | 1.25 | 9.63% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 7 | 0.58 | 10.23% | 0.77 | 18.59% |
| Power | 48 | 2.14 | 9.17% | 3.75 | 15.67% |
| Precious Metals | 74 | 3.30 | 7.18% | 3.55 | 10.10% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 20 | 0.88 | 2.82% | 1.16 | 7.75% |
| R.E.I.T. | 223 | 6.35 | 23.77% | 11.06 | 23.20% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 18 | 1.42 | 15.04% | 2.81 | 17.48% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 12 | 3.14 | 12.67% | 4.02 | 18.60% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 60 | 0.52 | -0.76% | 1.00 | 0.50% |
| Recreation | 57 | 1.22 | 1.30% | 1.77 | 8.31% |
| Reinsurance | 1 | 0.58 | 3.54% | 0.63 | 4.64% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 70 | 3.16 | 9.28% | 4.07 | 12.80% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 30 | 0.59 | 4.07% | 0.91 | 5.73% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 15 | 1.64 | 8.67% | 1.96 | 13.81% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 69 | 1.06 | 7.30% | 1.45 | 11.90% |
| Retail (General) | 15 | 0.70 | 2.35% | 0.81 | 4.12% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 13 | 0.24 | 1.96% | 0.37 | 2.92% |
| Retail (Online) | 63 | 1.63 | 0.64% | 1.87 | 1.84% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 78 | 0.72 | 3.86% | 0.97 | 5.74% |
| Rubber& Tires | 3 | 0.14 | 4.21% | 0.55 | 5.84% |
| Semiconductor | 68 | 4.63 | 22.74% | 4.98 | 25.44% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 30 | 3.43 | 22.27% | 3.66 | 27.44% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 8 | 0.82 | 21.55% | 1.07 | 26.33% |
| Shoe | 13 | 3.06 | 11.17% | 3.22 | 12.83% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 91 | 3.54 | 20.91% | 3.59 | 25.65% |
| Software (Internet) | 33 | 5.57 | -19.07% | 6.33 | -5.48% |
| Software (System & Application) | 390 | 7.14 | 14.61% | 7.59 | 21.90% |
| Steel | 28 | 0.58 | 14.70% | 0.68 | 19.89% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 16 | 1.98 | 2.54% | 3.18 | 12.37% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 79 | 3.31 | 13.29% | 3.56 | 18.63% |
| Telecom. Services | 49 | 1.01 | 12.81% | 2.18 | 19.95% |
| Tobacco | 15 | 4.19 | 23.46% | 5.05 | 43.97% |
| Transportation | 18 | 0.89 | 6.99% | 1.08 | 9.38% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 4 | 5.04 | 27.65% | 6.32 | 39.86% |
| Trucking | 35 | 1.07 | 1.29% | 1.45 | 9.18% |
| Utility (General) | 15 | 2.47 | 12.68% | 4.28 | 18.03% |
| Utility (Water) | 16 | 6.43 | 25.12% | 9.18 | 29.38% |
| Total Market | 7165 | 1.95 | 8.89% | 2.80 | 11.60% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 5649 | 1.93 | 7.77% | 2.35 | 12.03% |
Last Updated in January 2023
By Aswath Damodaran