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Market Cap Class (US) Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2023
Critieria for inclusion: All publicly traded firms in the United States with market capitalizations >$10 million
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| Market Cap Decile | Number of firms | Trailing PE | Forward PE | PEG Ratio | PBV | Price/Sales | EV/EBIT | EV/EBITDA | EV/Sales | EV/Invested Capital | ROE | Pre-tax ROIC | Net Margin | Operating Margin | % of companies with Net Income <0 | % of companies with Operating Income <0 |
| Bottom decile | 550 | 10.50 | 16.88 | 0.06 | 0.86 | 1.63 | 15.55 | 14.53 | 2.23 | 1.45 | -45.05% | -44.65% | -42.21% | -43.01% | 83.64% | 87.64% |
| 2nd decile | 548 | 8.71 | 10.25 | 0.21 | 1.10 | 1.89 | 23.01 | 22.41 | 2.06 | 1.21 | -14.91% | -12.60% | -7.77% | -4.65% | 68.43% | 76.46% |
| 3rd decile | 553 | 9.74 | 10.97 | 0.76 | 1.13 | 2.13 | 21.10 | 18.39 | 2.34 | 1.44 | -9.43% | -4.63% | -2.79% | -0.55% | 63.47% | 74.14% |
| 4th decile | 551 | 10.10 | 9.80 | 0.68 | 1.23 | 1.93 | 19.32 | 16.86 | 1.92 | 1.35 | 0.15% | -1.07% | 1.51% | -0.16% | 55.35% | 69.51% |
| 5th decile | 550 | 18.08 | 9.29 | 0.84 | 1.35 | 2.17 | 17.73 | 14.07 | 2.28 | 1.53 | 2.19% | -7.31% | 1.71% | -0.09% | 43.64% | 74.18% |
| 6th decile | 550 | 14.74 | 10.89 | 0.98 | 1.49 | 2.41 | 15.56 | 10.36 | 2.35 | 1.75 | 6.14% | -0.05% | 3.14% | 0.12% | 40.00% | 61.45% |
| 7th decile | 551 | 13.65 | 12.44 | 1.56 | 1.67 | 2.05 | 16.66 | 10.82 | 2.79 | 1.91 | 6.27% | 3.89% | 3.90% | 3.20% | 38.11% | 41.38% |
| 8th decile | 551 | 16.23 | 14.94 | 1.88 | 2.30 | 2.44 | 18.15 | 12.70 | 3.11 | 2.54 | 8.94% | 8.39% | 5.44% | 6.67% | 32.85% | 31.58% |
| 9th decile | 550 | 16.82 | 16.16 | 1.88 | 2.56 | 2.47 | 17.60 | 12.62 | 3.26 | 2.76 | 13.19% | 12.90% | 8.83% | 10.54% | 18.91% | 20.18% |
| Top decile | 551 | 22.95 | 19.24 | 2.60 | 3.48 | 3.19 | 21.38 | 15.02 | 4.28 | 4.02 | 18.17% | 19.51% | 12.97% | 16.61% | 9.62% | 9.98% |
| All firms | 5,505 | 14.50 | 14.44 | 1.99 | 1.59 | 2.19 | 18.38 | 13.30 | 2.70 | 1.96 | 4.47% | 0.05% | 2.63% | 0.11% | 45.48% | 64.02% |
Last updated in January 2023
By Aswath Damodaran