Betas
by Sector (Global)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2026
Download as an excel file instead: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pc/datasets/betaGlobal.xls
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YouTube Video explaining data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxmttgceSjg
| 5.89% |
| Do you want to use marginal or effective tax rates in unlevering betas? | Marginal | ||||||||||||
| If marginal tax rate, enter the marginal tax rate to use | 25.37% | Effective | |||||||||||
| Marginal | |||||||||||||
| Industry Name | Number of firms | Beta | D/E Ratio | Effective Tax rate | Unlevered beta | Cash/Firm value | Unlevered beta corrected for cash | HiLo Risk | Standard deviation of equity | Standard deviation in operating income (last 10 years) | |||
| Advertising | 419 | 1.27 | 40.55% | 13.47% | 0.98 | 10.04% | 1.09 | 0.4367 | 47.82% | 22.99% | |||
| Aerospace/Defense | 319 | 1.23 | 13.00% | 10.93% | 1.12 | 3.82% | 1.17 | 0.4404 | 46.54% | 20.01% | |||
| Air Transport | 150 | 0.99 | 78.89% | 14.62% | 0.62 | 8.85% | 0.68 | 0.3091 | 33.63% | 199.56% | |||
| Apparel | 1207 | 0.76 | 18.70% | 15.24% | 0.67 | 5.14% | 0.71 | 0.3570 | 40.91% | 32.17% | |||
| Auto & Truck | 165 | 1.41 | 47.81% | 11.57% | 1.04 | 9.53% | 1.15 | 0.4438 | 46.54% | 30.27% | |||
| Auto Parts | 797 | 1.45 | 27.80% | 17.28% | 1.20 | 11.29% | 1.35 | 0.3402 | 38.55% | 18.62% | |||
| Bank (Money Center) | 604 | 0.70 | 211.72% | 21.59% | 0.27 | 25.48% | 0.36 | 0.2489 | 24.57% | 22.54% | |||
| Banks (Regional) | 825 | 0.51 | 202.28% | 18.36% | 0.20 | 31.88% | 0.30 | 0.2085 | 23.33% | 207.41% | |||
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 217 | 0.79 | 20.29% | 17.62% | 0.69 | 5.05% | 0.73 | 0.2641 | 34.01% | 18.64% | |||
| Beverage (Soft) | 94 | 0.59 | 18.72% | 13.30% | 0.52 | 4.03% | 0.54 | 0.3841 | 36.93% | 21.82% | |||
| Broadcasting | 127 | 0.83 | 56.77% | 15.20% | 0.58 | 10.87% | 0.66 | 0.3820 | 40.48% | 18.27% | |||
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 623 | 0.98 | 179.14% | 15.37% | 0.42 | 13.94% | 0.49 | 0.3692 | 40.96% | 44.37% | |||
| Building Materials | 469 | 1.00 | 22.78% | 16.72% | 0.86 | 4.86% | 0.90 | 0.3169 | 34.63% | 24.79% | |||
| Business & Consumer Services | 994 | 0.99 | 20.61% | 15.82% | 0.86 | 5.33% | 0.91 | 0.3704 | 39.44% | 21.99% | |||
| Cable TV | 42 | 1.10 | 124.17% | 10.02% | 0.57 | 3.63% | 0.59 | 0.3609 | 39.03% | 22.81% | |||
| Chemical (Basic) | 909 | 1.26 | 50.48% | 14.72% | 0.91 | 8.96% | 1.00 | 0.3163 | 37.70% | 38.53% | |||
| Chemical (Diversified) | 63 | 1.17 | 52.52% | 21.13% | 0.84 | 7.70% | 0.91 | 0.2759 | 29.76% | 27.42% | |||
| Chemical (Specialty) | 952 | 1.15 | 23.52% | 15.73% | 0.98 | 5.89% | 1.04 | 0.3482 | 39.45% | 33.57% | |||
| Coal & Related Energy | 212 | 1.14 | 19.90% | 10.66% | 1.00 | 12.17% | 1.13 | 0.4598 | 58.63% | 63.85% | |||
| Computer Services | 1225 | 1.12 | 15.01% | 16.58% | 1.00 | 6.29% | 1.07 | 0.3663 | 42.51% | 16.17% | |||
| Computers/Peripherals | 343 | 1.49 | 6.19% | 12.93% | 1.42 | 3.25% | 1.47 | 0.3738 | 43.56% | 23.39% | |||
| Construction Supplies | 804 | 1.03 | 30.27% | 16.72% | 0.84 | 7.95% | 0.92 | 0.3297 | 37.32% | 27.88% | |||
| Diversified | 329 | 0.80 | 48.50% | 15.18% | 0.59 | 10.28% | 0.65 | 0.2871 | 30.02% | 34.36% | |||
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 1193 | 1.23 | 12.35% | 2.08% | 1.13 | 4.56% | 1.18 | 0.5504 | 65.51% | 42.43% | |||
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 1260 | 1.06 | 14.94% | 10.35% | 0.96 | 4.28% | 1.00 | 0.4199 | 47.49% | 19.88% | |||
| Education | 281 | 0.81 | 28.61% | 14.55% | 0.67 | 10.16% | 0.74 | 0.3741 | 41.91% | 28.83% | |||
| Electrical Equipment | 1158 | 1.37 | 13.74% | 12.20% | 1.25 | 7.08% | 1.34 | 0.4109 | 46.76% | 28.94% | |||
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 122 | 1.20 | 16.33% | 13.28% | 1.07 | 10.53% | 1.19 | 0.3899 | 43.63% | 24.91% | |||
| Electronics (General) | 1481 | 1.60 | 14.17% | 11.89% | 1.45 | 7.85% | 1.57 | 0.3894 | 44.37% | 24.73% | |||
| Engineering/Construction | 1390 | 1.00 | 76.55% | 17.66% | 0.64 | 16.10% | 0.76 | 0.3613 | 40.13% | 19.92% | |||
| Entertainment | 733 | 1.01 | 12.73% | 8.03% | 0.92 | 5.83% | 0.98 | 0.4294 | 47.54% | 18.14% | |||
| Environmental & Waste Services | 397 | 1.10 | 35.70% | 12.80% | 0.87 | 4.18% | 0.91 | 0.4001 | 43.98% | 28.11% | |||
| Farming/Agriculture | 428 | 0.67 | 59.04% | 15.63% | 0.47 | 5.62% | 0.49 | 0.3387 | 36.17% | 33.77% | |||
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insura | 1138 | 0.82 | 264.81% | 15.91% | 0.28 | 6.25% | 0.30 | 0.3699 | 41.34% | 28.84% | |||
| Food Processing | 1450 | 0.67 | 37.10% | 16.35% | 0.53 | 5.82% | 0.56 | 0.3120 | 33.90% | 14.52% | |||
| Food Wholesalers | 183 | 0.68 | 58.24% | 17.44% | 0.48 | 4.32% | 0.50 | 0.3343 | 35.99% | 29.33% | |||
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 383 | 0.97 | 25.73% | 15.39% | 0.81 | 13.50% | 0.94 | 0.3207 | 37.31% | 19.83% | |||
| Green & Renewable Energy | 258 | 0.84 | 71.43% | 11.00% | 0.55 | 3.72% | 0.57 | 0.3628 | 39.03% | 33.54% | |||
| Healthcare Products | 842 | 1.18 | 13.86% | 8.45% | 1.07 | 4.06% | 1.12 | 0.4226 | 48.39% | 27.87% | |||
| Healthcare Support Services | 478 | 0.92 | 38.13% | 14.62% | 0.71 | 8.37% | 0.78 | 0.3930 | 42.40% | 20.70% | |||
| Heathcare Information and Technol | 430 | 1.29 | 13.96% | 7.86% | 1.17 | 3.23% | 1.21 | 0.4492 | 54.35% | 38.46% | |||
| Homebuilding | 160 | 0.96 | 39.90% | 19.73% | 0.74 | 10.03% | 0.82 | 0.3194 | 32.37% | 37.63% | |||
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 249 | 0.76 | 46.58% | 18.46% | 0.56 | 3.39% | 0.58 | 0.3212 | 36.00% | 24.07% | |||
| Hotel/Gaming | 656 | 0.80 | 40.24% | 15.06% | 0.61 | 6.43% | 0.66 | 0.3340 | 39.27% | 99.03% | |||
| Household Products | 588 | 0.83 | 15.67% | 13.11% | 0.74 | 4.00% | 0.77 | 0.3872 | 40.42% | 11.06% | |||
| Information Services | 86 | 1.02 | 31.98% | 19.82% | 0.83 | 5.41% | 0.87 | 0.3521 | 38.00% | 32.27% | |||
| Insurance (General) | 204 | 0.51 | 30.06% | 15.38% | 0.42 | 11.91% | 0.47 | 0.3034 | 31.99% | 21.89% | |||
| Insurance (Life) | 143 | 0.80 | 75.13% | 17.25% | 0.52 | 35.21% | 0.79 | 0.2720 | 30.01% | 17.06% | |||
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 248 | 0.43 | 16.34% | 19.38% | 0.38 | 6.66% | 0.41 | 0.2731 | 29.54% | 31.60% | |||
| Investments & Asset Management | 1315 | 0.75 | 60.34% | 7.28% | 0.52 | 8.79% | 0.57 | 0.3197 | 36.86% | 30.20% | |||
| Machinery | 1553 | 1.37 | 13.56% | 15.99% | 1.24 | 6.47% | 1.33 | 0.3476 | 40.34% | 17.69% | |||
| Metals & Mining | 1874 | 1.24 | 23.04% | 4.37% | 1.05 | 6.28% | 1.13 | 0.5370 | 74.74% | 51.57% | |||
| Office Equipment & Services | 139 | 0.76 | 28.57% | 16.19% | 0.63 | 12.08% | 0.71 | 0.3073 | 36.87% | 7.09% | |||
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 34 | 0.69 | 21.60% | 28.27% | 0.59 | 6.22% | 0.63 | 0.2144 | 29.12% | 66.31% | |||
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploratio | 539 | 0.89 | 35.82% | 8.96% | 0.70 | 6.38% | 0.75 | 0.4669 | 53.92% | 121.03% | |||
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 186 | 0.65 | 61.54% | 12.14% | 0.45 | 2.89% | 0.46 | 0.3471 | 33.96% | 40.53% | |||
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 431 | 0.95 | 39.66% | 13.73% | 0.73 | 8.50% | 0.80 | 0.3715 | 42.21% | 61.31% | |||
| Packaging & Container | 438 | 0.76 | 52.65% | 16.67% | 0.55 | 5.31% | 0.58 | 0.3191 | 34.41% | 12.62% | |||
| Paper/Forest Products | 271 | 0.89 | 78.08% | 12.51% | 0.56 | 8.05% | 0.61 | 0.3058 | 36.75% | 37.74% | |||
| Power | 486 | 0.71 | 85.87% | 17.86% | 0.43 | 4.55% | 0.46 | 0.2609 | 30.61% | 21.92% | |||
| Precious Metals | 777 | 1.40 | 9.06% | 5.11% | 1.31 | 4.72% | 1.37 | 0.5774 | 79.89% | 65.29% | |||
| Publishing & Newspapers | 307 | 0.82 | 27.99% | 15.03% | 0.68 | 13.26% | 0.78 | 0.3130 | 36.18% | 13.60% | |||
| R.E.I.T. | 643 | 0.56 | 80.07% | 3.97% | 0.35 | 2.24% | 0.36 | 0.2051 | 22.81% | 20.53% | |||
| Real Estate (Development) | 895 | 0.93 | 191.18% | 14.52% | 0.38 | 14.47% | 0.45 | 0.3518 | 43.16% | 49.13% | |||
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 312 | 0.93 | 88.56% | 14.29% | 0.56 | 6.53% | 0.60 | 0.2920 | 33.51% | 13.41% | |||
| Real Estate (Operations & Services | 752 | 0.78 | 82.50% | 14.27% | 0.48 | 5.89% | 0.51 | 0.2987 | 36.27% | 15.20% | |||
| Recreation | 332 | 1.01 | 33.37% | 14.77% | 0.81 | 9.47% | 0.89 | 0.3565 | 38.88% | 25.75% | |||
| Reinsurance | 32 | 0.99 | 20.28% | 17.74% | 0.86 | 9.79% | 0.95 | 0.2533 | 30.57% | 42.04% | |||
| Restaurant/Dining | 410 | 0.75 | 26.01% | 15.21% | 0.63 | 4.33% | 0.66 | 0.3241 | 33.14% | 33.73% | |||
| Retail (Automotive) | 212 | 0.83 | 52.75% | 16.93% | 0.60 | 4.92% | 0.63 | 0.3492 | 37.07% | 28.89% | |||
| Retail (Building Supply) | 121 | 0.94 | 25.95% | 18.44% | 0.79 | 1.63% | 0.80 | 0.3039 | 34.32% | 26.26% | |||
| Retail (Distributors) | 1079 | 0.81 | 48.34% | 17.48% | 0.60 | 6.98% | 0.64 | 0.3516 | 38.60% | 34.81% | |||
| Retail (General) | 252 | 0.98 | 13.04% | 17.67% | 0.90 | 4.47% | 0.94 | 0.3193 | 36.15% | 29.13% | |||
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 215 | 0.87 | 45.96% | 20.81% | 0.65 | 5.81% | 0.69 | 0.2967 | 36.19% | 21.37% | |||
| Retail (REITs) | 113 | 0.61 | 71.13% | 6.82% | 0.40 | 2.52% | 0.41 | 0.1698 | 17.81% | 12.78% | |||
| Retail (Special Lines) | 649 | 0.96 | 18.36% | 16.92% | 0.84 | 6.53% | 0.90 | 0.3547 | 39.75% | 20.94% | |||
| Rubber& Tires | 91 | 0.94 | 44.12% | 18.04% | 0.71 | 9.35% | 0.78 | 0.2609 | 30.13% | 15.01% | |||
| Semiconductor | 675 | 1.88 | 4.13% | 8.46% | 1.82 | 2.58% | 1.87 | 0.3834 | 45.08% | 41.95% | |||
| Semiconductor Equip | 391 | 2.13 | 5.61% | 12.19% | 2.04 | 3.63% | 2.12 | 0.3931 | 45.99% | 50.23% | |||
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 359 | 0.87 | 41.69% | 15.06% | 0.67 | 15.28% | 0.79 | 0.3161 | 33.78% | 104.61% | |||
| Shoe | 84 | 0.92 | 14.29% | 15.07% | 0.83 | 7.16% | 0.89 | 0.3540 | 42.42% | 27.83% | |||
| Software (Entertainment) | 298 | 1.25 | 3.14% | 10.87% | 1.22 | 1.36% | 1.23 | 0.4718 | 49.31% | 54.49% | |||
| Software (Internet) | 150 | 1.39 | 10.01% | 11.32% | 1.30 | 3.12% | 1.34 | 0.4472 | 48.49% | 71.07% | |||
| Software (System & Application) | 1532 | 1.35 | 5.84% | 9.04% | 1.30 | 2.52% | 1.33 | 0.4458 | 50.94% | 41.63% | |||
| Steel | 719 | 1.13 | 47.34% | 14.55% | 0.83 | 10.24% | 0.93 | 0.3241 | 37.70% | 59.21% | |||
| Telecom (Wireless) | 101 | 0.78 | 49.97% | 17.67% | 0.57 | 5.46% | 0.60 | 0.3119 | 28.26% | 14.79% | |||
| Telecom. Equipment | 437 | 1.33 | 9.62% | 8.27% | 1.24 | 4.55% | 1.30 | 0.4051 | 46.97% | 13.95% | |||
| Telecom. Services | 283 | 0.73 | 73.18% | 15.40% | 0.47 | 4.99% | 0.50 | 0.3446 | 37.53% | 5.49% | |||
| Tobacco | 48 | 0.43 | 23.66% | 20.13% | 0.36 | 2.98% | 0.37 | 0.3863 | 40.50% | 13.38% | |||
| Transportation | 451 | 0.96 | 53.47% | 17.59% | 0.69 | 7.83% | 0.75 | 0.3257 | 36.86% | 31.41% | |||
| Transportation (Railroads) | 54 | 0.72 | 47.44% | 24.19% | 0.53 | 4.08% | 0.55 | 0.2085 | 22.88% | 24.44% | |||
| Trucking | 130 | 0.85 | 39.87% | 20.03% | 0.65 | 3.30% | 0.68 | 0.3708 | 38.33% | 33.13% | |||
| Utility (General) | 52 | 0.50 | 76.23% | 18.54% | 0.32 | 3.95% | 0.33 | 0.1795 | 20.73% | 27.06% | |||
| Utility (Water) | 106 | 0.70 | 91.27% | 16.09% | 0.42 | 5.89% | 0.45 | 0.2468 | 42.07% | 14.66% | |||
| Total Market | 48156 | 1.04 | 51.48% | 13.31% | 0.75 | 9.70% | 0.83 | 0.3691 | 42.07% | 24.29% | |||
| Total Market (without financials) | 43056 | 1.08 | 25.95% | 13.13% | 0.90 | 5.52% | 0.96 | 0.3765 | 43.02% | 24.86% | |||