| Industry name | Number of firms | After-tax Operating Margin | Sales/Capital | Return on Capital | |||||
| Advertising | 44 | 11.16% | 5.35 | 59.68% | |||||
| Aerospace/Defense | 92 | 10.78% | 2.80 | 30.15% | |||||
| Air Transport | 20 | 12.47% | 1.49 | 18.57% | |||||
| Apparel | 63 | 10.47% | 1.53 | 15.99% | |||||
| Auto & Truck | 19 | 4.26% | 1.19 | 5.06% | |||||
| Auto Parts | 65 | 6.95% | 2.64 | 18.38% | |||||
| Bank (Money Center) | 9 | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| Banks (Regional) | 644 | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 22 | 20.32% | 0.78 | 15.85% | |||||
| Beverage (Soft) | 43 | 16.97% | 1.32 | 22.42% | |||||
| Broadcasting | 29 | 17.81% | 1.09 | 19.38% | |||||
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 42 | 0.01% | 0.20 | 0.00% | |||||
| Building Materials | 39 | 7.06% | 2.25 | 15.91% | |||||
| Business & Consumer Services | 159 | 9.58% | 2.34 | 22.41% | |||||
| Cable TV | 19 | 16.52% | 0.97 | 16.04% | |||||
| Chemical (Basic) | 42 | 8.78% | 1.43 | 12.57% | |||||
| Chemical (Diversified) | 9 | 9.20% | 1.39 | 12.75% | |||||
| Chemical (Specialty) | 104 | 13.41% | 1.51 | 20.20% | |||||
| Coal & Related Energy | 38 | 0.36% | 0.60 | 0.22% | |||||
| Computer Services | 118 | 7.68% | 3.92 | 30.10% | |||||
| Computers/Peripherals | 64 | 18.79% | 1.90 | 35.70% | |||||
| Construction Supplies | 52 | 8.68% | 1.40 | 12.18% | |||||
| Diversified | 26 | 13.28% | 0.58 | 7.71% | |||||
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 411 | 34.62% | 0.59 | 20.33% | |||||
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 157 | 23.99% | 0.63 | 15.19% | |||||
| Education | 40 | 7.04% | 1.37 | 9.63% | |||||
| Electrical Equipment | 120 | 10.70% | 2.28 | 24.35% | |||||
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 25 | 8.99% | 2.24 | 20.18% | |||||
| Electronics (General) | 167 | 8.96% | 1.40 | 12.50% | |||||
| Engineering/Construction | 51 | 3.23% | 4.70 | 15.20% | |||||
| Entertainment | 84 | 20.69% | 1.60 | 33.00% | |||||
| Environmental & Waste Services | 97 | 11.14% | 1.64 | 18.31% | |||||
| Farming/Agriculture | 37 | 4.43% | 1.68 | 7.43% | |||||
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 272 | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| Food Processing | 89 | 9.98% | 2.32 | 23.13% | |||||
| Food Wholesalers | 14 | 2.44% | 7.34 | 17.94% | |||||
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 30 | 7.00% | 2.15 | 15.07% | |||||
| Green & Renewable Energy | 28 | 13.32% | 0.21 | 2.81% | |||||
| Healthcare Products | 254 | 15.83% | 1.06 | 16.75% | |||||
| Healthcare Support Services | 127 | 4.09% | 10.14 | 41.50% | |||||
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 126 | 12.29% | 1.17 | 14.34% | |||||
| Homebuilding | 34 | 7.79% | 1.08 | 8.45% | |||||
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 58 | 11.58% | 0.82 | 9.50% | |||||
| Hotel/Gaming | 73 | 14.60% | 0.64 | 9.41% | |||||
| Household Products | 134 | 15.60% | 1.86 | 29.01% | |||||
| Information Services | 70 | 19.46% | 1.93 | 37.61% | |||||
| Insurance (General) | 20 | 10.36% | 0.60 | 6.26% | |||||
| Insurance (Life) | 25 | 11.34% | 0.75 | 8.56% | |||||
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 53 | 11.51% | 1.02 | 11.69% | |||||
| Investments & Asset Management | 145 | 18.10% | 0.34 | 6.23% | |||||
| Machinery | 130 | 10.88% | 2.07 | 22.54% | |||||
| Metals & Mining | 114 | 11.00% | 0.75 | 8.29% | |||||
| Office Equipment & Services | 24 | 8.58% | 2.68 | 23.02% | |||||
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 7 | 3.02% | 0.98 | 2.95% | |||||
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 351 | -11.95% | 0.33 | -3.93% | |||||
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 79 | 9.54% | 0.97 | 9.21% | |||||
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 143 | 6.32% | 2.56 | 16.19% | |||||
| Packaging & Container | 25 | 7.92% | 2.16 | 17.10% | |||||
| Paper/Forest Products | 20 | 6.92% | 1.72 | 11.92% | |||||
| Power | 73 | 13.93% | 0.52 | 7.20% | |||||
| Precious Metals | 113 | 21.20% | 0.44 | 9.34% | |||||
| Publshing & Newspapers | 39 | 7.15% | 1.85 | 13.24% | |||||
| R.E.I.T. | 221 | 21.70% | 0.13 | 2.73% | |||||
| Real Estate (Development) | 21 | -2.94% | 0.29 | -0.85% | |||||
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 12 | 13.30% | 0.24 | 3.13% | |||||
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 55 | 9.32% | 1.13 | 10.52% | |||||
| Recreation | 65 | 10.55% | 1.40 | 14.80% | |||||
| Reinsurance | 3 | 9.09% | 0.87 | 7.88% | |||||
| Restaurant/Dining | 83 | 11.16% | 1.42 | 15.87% | |||||
| Retail (Automotive) | 26 | 4.54% | 2.77 | 12.57% | |||||
| Retail (Building Supply) | 5 | 8.20% | 2.64 | 21.62% | |||||
| Retail (Distributors) | 83 | 7.39% | 1.86 | 13.74% | |||||
| Retail (General) | 19 | 3.62% | 3.44 | 12.46% | |||||
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 17 | 2.22% | 4.33 | 9.62% | |||||
| Retail (Online) | 39 | 4.00% | 5.20 | 20.81% | |||||
| Retail (Special Lines) | 124 | 5.23% | 2.47 | 12.91% | |||||
| Rubber& Tires | 4 | 9.98% | 2.01 | 20.05% | |||||
| Semiconductor | 87 | 18.74% | 0.71 | 13.35% | |||||
| Semiconductor Equip | 46 | 11.70% | 0.85 | 9.98% | |||||
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 11 | 8.75% | 0.73 | 6.42% | |||||
| Shoe | 11 | 10.31% | 2.17 | 22.41% | |||||
| Software (Entertainment) | 17 | 19.12% | 1.28 | 24.52% | |||||
| Software (Internet) | 308 | 19.82% | 0.68 | 13.47% | |||||
| Software (System & Application) | 241 | 22.74% | 0.83 | 18.95% | |||||
| Steel | 36 | -4.50% | 1.82 | -8.18% | |||||
| Telecom (Wireless) | 19 | 2.44% | 0.62 | 1.52% | |||||
| Telecom. Equipment | 121 | 17.62% | 0.80 | 14.01% | |||||
| Telecom. Services | 65 | 11.58% | 1.11 | 12.81% | |||||
| Tobacco | 20 | 33.95% | 2.28 | 77.34% | |||||
| Transportation | 21 | 7.13% | 2.82 | 20.14% | |||||
| Transportation (Railroads) | 12 | 28.01% | 0.61 | 17.19% | |||||
| Trucking | 26 | 6.97% | 1.78 | 12.42% | |||||
| Unclassified | 3 | -17.02% | 0.18 | -3.01% | |||||
| Utility (General) | 20 | 13.28% | 0.52 | 6.96% | |||||
| Utility (Water) | 18 | 26.53% | 0.33 | 8.77% | |||||
| Total Market | 7480 | 9.59% | 0.68 | 6.55% | |||||