| Industry
name |
Number of firms |
After-tax Operating
Margin |
Sales/ Invested Capital
(LTM) |
Return on Capital |
| Advertising |
54 |
10.53% |
4.19 |
44.19% |
| Aerospace/Defense |
67 |
7.03% |
2.62 |
18.41% |
| Air
Transport |
24 |
4.95% |
1.75 |
8.64% |
| Apparel |
37 |
8.84% |
1.73 |
15.34% |
| Auto
& Truck |
34 |
3.24% |
1.15 |
3.73% |
| Auto Parts |
33 |
4.75% |
2.43 |
11.51% |
| Bank
(Money Center) |
15 |
NA |
0.00 |
NA |
| Banks (Regional) |
591 |
NA |
0.00 |
NA |
| Beverage
(Alcoholic) |
18 |
20.99% |
0.85 |
17.86% |
| Beverage (Soft) |
29 |
18.74% |
1.67 |
31.37% |
| Broadcasting |
22 |
11.17% |
1.14 |
12.68% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking |
30 |
NA |
0.00 |
NA |
| Building
Materials |
39 |
11.08% |
2.66 |
29.43% |
| Business & Consumer Services |
152 |
10.91% |
2.66 |
29.03% |
| Cable
TV |
9 |
16.25% |
0.85 |
13.82% |
| Chemical (Basic) |
31 |
5.75% |
1.59 |
9.11% |
| Chemical
(Diversified) |
4 |
4.38% |
1.31 |
5.74% |
| Chemical (Specialty) |
60 |
10.91% |
1.13 |
12.37% |
| Coal
& Related Energy |
16 |
10.73% |
1.24 |
13.31% |
| Computer Services |
63 |
5.77% |
4.71 |
27.19% |
| Computers/Peripherals |
35 |
20.91% |
3.34 |
69.95% |
| Construction Supplies |
46 |
13.15% |
1.56 |
20.57% |
| Diversified |
21 |
31.35% |
0.80 |
25.07% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) |
535 |
7.47% |
0.93 |
6.98% |
| Drugs
(Pharmaceutical) |
231 |
25.00% |
1.01 |
25.38% |
| Education |
29 |
7.55% |
1.86 |
14.03% |
| Electrical
Equipment |
101 |
7.26% |
2.09 |
15.16% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) |
11 |
-4.87% |
2.74 |
-13.33% |
| Electronics
(General) |
122 |
7.82% |
2.17 |
17.00% |
| Engineering/Construction |
42 |
4.98% |
3.86 |
19.24% |
| Entertainment |
96 |
8.09% |
1.41 |
11.38% |
| Environmental & Waste Services |
50 |
14.09% |
2.32 |
32.68% |
| Farming/Agriculture |
35 |
6.81% |
1.57 |
10.67% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) |
166 |
14.50% |
0.07 |
0.99% |
| Food
Processing |
77 |
10.91% |
1.70 |
18.52% |
| Food Wholesalers |
14 |
2.22% |
7.78 |
17.30% |
| Furn/Home
Furnishings |
28 |
6.07% |
1.96 |
11.89% |
| Green & Renewable Energy |
18 |
19.50% |
0.19 |
3.67% |
| Healthcare
Products |
218 |
14.53% |
1.33 |
19.39% |
| Healthcare Support Services |
113 |
3.13% |
14.65 |
45.79% |
| Heathcare
Information and Technology |
116 |
12.98% |
1.22 |
15.86% |
| Homebuilding |
30 |
12.82% |
1.64 |
21.05% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare
Facilities |
33 |
11.04% |
1.92 |
21.25% |
| Hotel/Gaming |
65 |
13.32% |
0.98 |
13.01% |
| Household
Products |
101 |
17.08% |
2.22 |
37.87% |
| Information Services |
16 |
10.38% |
2.73 |
28.35% |
| Insurance
(General) |
22 |
15.05% |
1.16 |
17.52% |
| Insurance (Life) |
19 |
7.05% |
0.99 |
6.96% |
| Insurance
(Prop/Cas.) |
53 |
11.50% |
1.91 |
21.99% |
| Investments & Asset Management |
231 |
13.25% |
0.52 |
6.85% |
| Machinery |
109 |
14.20% |
1.97 |
27.94% |
| Metals & Mining |
64 |
22.24% |
1.23 |
27.32% |
| Office
Equipment & Services |
14 |
7.34% |
2.33 |
17.09% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) |
4 |
10.26% |
1.27 |
13.01% |
| Oil/Gas
(Production and Exploration) |
147 |
27.93% |
0.67 |
18.64% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution |
24 |
24.90% |
0.49 |
12.18% |
| Oilfield
Svcs/Equip. |
97 |
4.72% |
3.13 |
14.77% |
| Packaging & Container |
22 |
8.55% |
1.74 |
14.91% |
| Paper/Forest
Products |
6 |
7.89% |
2.47 |
19.52% |
| Power |
48 |
17.29% |
0.38 |
6.57% |
| Precious
Metals |
60 |
18.55% |
0.71 |
13.16% |
| Publishing & Newspapers |
19 |
7.48% |
2.26 |
16.87% |
| R.E.I.T. |
192 |
21.83% |
0.14 |
3.09% |
| Real Estate (Development) |
15 |
13.15% |
0.28 |
3.73% |
| Real
Estate (General/Diversified) |
11 |
10.63% |
0.37 |
3.97% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) |
60 |
1.40% |
2.31 |
3.24% |
| Recreation |
50 |
6.85% |
1.29 |
8.86% |
| Reinsurance |
1 |
4.42% |
2.24 |
9.89% |
| Restaurant/Dining |
62 |
12.73% |
1.66 |
21.08% |
| Retail (Automotive) |
29 |
4.91% |
2.47 |
12.10% |
| Retail
(Building Supply) |
13 |
10.34% |
3.57 |
36.93% |
| Retail (Distributors) |
66 |
9.33% |
1.88 |
17.56% |
| Retail
(General) |
24 |
5.01% |
3.60 |
18.00% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) |
17 |
2.07% |
4.89 |
10.12% |
| Retail
(REITs) |
28 |
36.83% |
0.14 |
5.00% |
| Retail (Special Lines) |
98 |
4.88% |
3.68 |
17.94% |
| Rubber&
Tires |
3 |
4.26% |
1.50 |
6.39% |
| Semiconductor |
63 |
30.19% |
1.10 |
33.28% |
| Semiconductor
Equip |
30 |
22.43% |
1.68 |
37.76% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine |
8 |
14.11% |
0.94 |
13.23% |
| Shoe |
12 |
11.58% |
2.54 |
29.35% |
| Software (Entertainment) |
81 |
31.34% |
1.40 |
43.78% |
| Software
(Internet) |
29 |
4.19% |
1.23 |
5.16% |
| Software (System & Application) |
333 |
28.77% |
1.71 |
49.32% |
| Steel |
27 |
6.75% |
1.86 |
12.52% |
| Telecom (Wireless) |
11 |
16.09% |
0.52 |
8.31% |
| Telecom.
Equipment |
61 |
17.64% |
2.67 |
47.09% |
| Telecom. Services |
32 |
19.89% |
0.59 |
11.78% |
| Tobacco |
12 |
36.07% |
1.73 |
62.38% |
| Transportation |
21 |
6.01% |
1.94 |
11.68% |
| Transportation
(Railroads) |
4 |
31.70% |
0.48 |
15.06% |
| Trucking |
24 |
5.80% |
1.63 |
9.44% |
| Utility
(General) |
14 |
20.61% |
0.29 |
6.05% |
| Utility (Water) |
15 |
29.31% |
0.24 |
6.96% |
| Total
Market |
6062 |
11.30% |
0.84 |
9.53% |
| Total Market (without financials) |
4935 |
11.33% |
1.56 |
17.68% |
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