| Industry name |
Number of firms |
After-tax Operating Margin |
Sales/ Invested Capital (LTM) |
Return on Capital |
| Advertising |
52 |
9.69% |
3.85 |
37.32% |
| Aerospace/Defense |
79 |
7.76% |
2.74 |
21.29% |
| Air Transport |
23 |
4.49% |
1.80 |
8.09% |
| Apparel |
35 |
8.92% |
1.77 |
15.78% |
| Auto & Truck |
33 |
2.44% |
1.08 |
2.62% |
| Auto
Parts |
35 |
5.09% |
2.39 |
12.17% |
| Bank (Money Center) |
15 |
0.06% |
0.19 |
0.01% |
| Banks
(Regional) |
568 |
-0.10% |
0.33 |
-0.03% |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) |
14 |
19.97% |
0.79 |
15.74% |
| Beverage
(Soft) |
27 |
19.22% |
1.54 |
29.68% |
| Broadcasting |
24 |
11.40% |
1.28 |
14.57% |
| Brokerage
& Investment Banking |
32 |
-0.08% |
0.27 |
-0.02% |
| Building Materials |
41 |
10.54% |
2.06 |
21.72% |
| Business
& Consumer Services |
155 |
11.10% |
2.80 |
31.06% |
| Cable TV |
9 |
16.28% |
0.74 |
12.10% |
| Chemical
(Basic) |
29 |
2.61% |
1.49 |
3.89% |
| Chemical (Diversified) |
4 |
3.44% |
1.27 |
4.35% |
| Chemical
(Specialty) |
59 |
10.76% |
1.11 |
11.89% |
| Coal & Related Energy |
16 |
-3.73% |
1.29 |
-4.81% |
| Computer
Services |
64 |
7.01% |
5.19 |
36.37% |
| Computers/Peripherals |
36 |
21.59% |
3.62 |
78.17% |
| Construction
Supplies |
40 |
12.77% |
1.45 |
18.48% |
| Diversified |
20 |
22.20% |
0.68 |
15.01% |
| Drugs
(Biotechnology) |
496 |
8.86% |
0.82 |
7.26% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) |
228 |
26.36% |
1.11 |
29.30% |
| Education |
32 |
11.64% |
1.63 |
18.94% |
| Electrical Equipment |
112 |
9.48% |
2.03 |
19.24% |
| Electronics
(Consumer & Office) |
8 |
-6.26% |
5.57 |
-34.87% |
| Electronics (General) |
114 |
9.76% |
2.38 |
23.27% |
| Engineering/Construction |
48 |
5.84% |
4.36 |
25.45% |
| Entertainment |
92 |
10.26% |
1.39 |
14.27% |
| Environmental
& Waste Services |
53 |
14.22% |
2.30 |
32.70% |
| Farming/Agriculture |
35 |
5.25% |
1.48 |
7.77% |
| Financial
Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) |
176 |
16.50% |
0.07 |
1.17% |
| Food Processing |
78 |
9.62% |
1.71 |
16.44% |
| Food
Wholesalers |
13 |
2.31% |
7.71 |
17.84% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings |
27 |
6.02% |
1.96 |
11.79% |
| Green
& Renewable Energy |
15 |
18.38% |
0.20 |
3.64% |
| Healthcare Products |
204 |
15.08% |
1.48 |
22.27% |
| Healthcare
Support Services |
104 |
2.71% |
11.75 |
31.86% |
| Heathcare Information and
Technology |
115 |
13.85% |
1.25 |
17.26% |
| Homebuilding |
30 |
10.49% |
1.42 |
14.91% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities |
31 |
11.40% |
1.95 |
22.23% |
| Hotel/Gaming |
63 |
15.23% |
1.04 |
15.84% |
| Household Products |
110 |
17.59% |
2.21 |
38.95% |
| Information
Services |
15 |
10.21% |
2.51 |
25.65% |
| Insurance (General) |
21 |
18.72% |
2.41 |
45.11% |
| Insurance
(Life) |
20 |
9.03% |
1.19 |
10.77% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) |
57 |
12.49% |
1.48 |
18.49% |
| Investments
& Asset Management |
283 |
24.37% |
0.59 |
14.36% |
| Machinery |
105 |
13.97% |
1.95 |
27.27% |
| Metals
& Mining |
73 |
23.15% |
1.18 |
27.22% |
| Office Equipment & Services |
14 |
9.46% |
2.21 |
20.86% |
| Oil/Gas
(Integrated) |
4 |
8.31% |
1.02 |
8.51% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and
Exploration) |
142 |
24.03% |
0.57 |
13.79% |
| Oil/Gas
Distribution |
23 |
23.67% |
0.52 |
12.35% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. |
97 |
4.39% |
2.79 |
12.26% |
| Packaging
& Container |
19 |
8.24% |
1.84 |
15.17% |
| Paper/Forest Products |
6 |
6.06% |
1.73 |
10.50% |
| Power |
46 |
18.64% |
0.37 |
6.93% |
| Precious Metals |
56 |
37.93% |
0.68 |
25.71% |
| Publishing
& Newspapers |
19 |
8.92% |
2.16 |
19.31% |
| R.E.I.T. |
190 |
21.86% |
0.15 |
3.20% |
| Real
Estate (Development) |
14 |
20.15% |
0.35 |
7.04% |
| Real Estate
(General/Diversified) |
12 |
21.06% |
0.25 |
5.19% |
| Real
Estate (Operations & Services) |
54 |
2.61% |
2.52 |
6.56% |
| Recreation |
49 |
7.14% |
1.24 |
8.87% |
| Reinsurance |
1 |
5.04% |
2.01 |
10.14% |
| Restaurant/Dining |
64 |
12.52% |
1.51 |
18.94% |
| Retail
(Automotive) |
34 |
5.21% |
2.34 |
12.20% |
| Retail (Building Supply) |
14 |
10.41% |
3.41 |
35.47% |
| Retail
(Distributors) |
62 |
8.82% |
1.83 |
16.13% |
| Retail (General) |
23 |
5.87% |
3.51 |
20.60% |
| Retail
(Grocery and Food) |
15 |
1.50% |
4.65 |
6.98% |
| Retail (REITs) |
26 |
38.02% |
0.14 |
5.16% |
| Retail
(Special Lines) |
94 |
7.26% |
2.99 |
21.70% |
| Rubber& Tires |
3 |
2.49% |
1.39 |
3.48% |
| Semiconductor |
66 |
34.66% |
1.21 |
41.83% |
| Semiconductor Equip |
31 |
24.24% |
1.85 |
44.88% |
| Shipbuilding
& Marine |
8 |
12.81% |
0.94 |
11.99% |
| Shoe |
11 |
8.07% |
2.62 |
21.15% |
| Software
(Entertainment) |
77 |
34.22% |
1.34 |
46.02% |
| Software (Internet) |
29 |
4.59% |
1.35 |
6.20% |
| Software
(System & Application) |
309 |
32.62% |
1.54 |
50.17% |
| Steel |
19 |
3.73% |
1.80 |
6.72% |
| Telecom
(Wireless) |
12 |
18.96% |
0.55 |
10.38% |
| Telecom. Equipment |
57 |
20.53% |
2.57 |
52.73% |
| Telecom.
Services |
39 |
20.13% |
0.60 |
12.13% |
| Tobacco |
10 |
37.34% |
1.82 |
68.11% |
| Transportation |
19 |
7.05% |
1.98 |
13.93% |
| Transportation (Railroads) |
4 |
31.08% |
0.46 |
14.24% |
| Trucking |
26 |
6.38% |
1.47 |
9.36% |
| Utility (General) |
14 |
20.24% |
0.30 |
5.99% |
| Utility
(Water) |
14 |
29.87% |
0.24 |
7.25% |
| Total Market |
5994 |
11.88% |
0.82 |
9.76% |
| Total
Market (without financials) |
4822 |
12.33% |
1.43 |
17.69% |
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