Price
and Value to Book Ratio by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 6177 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2013
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| Industry Name | Number of Fir | Price/BV | ROE | Expected Growth in E | Payout | Beta | EV/Invested Capi | ROC |
| Advertising | 32 | 2.04 | 12.66% | 13.49% | 38.30% | 1.68 | 1.72 | 11.49% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 3.11 | 24.03% | 12.35% | 29.59% | 0.98 | 2.54 | 19.40% |
| Air Transport | 36 | 3.68 | 23.17% | 17.66% | 24.53% | 1.03 | 2.14 | 17.97% |
| Apparel | 54 | 3.38 | 15.99% | 13.59% | 20.00% | 1.36 | 2.88 | 13.86% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 2.27 | 18.07% | 19.71% | 18.35% | 1.76 | 2.04 | 17.65% |
| Automotive | 12 | 1.26 | 10.02% | 19.08% | 26.07% | 1.73 | 1.14 | 5.77% |
| Bank | 416 | 0.98 | 7.46% | 9.28% | 31.35% | 0.77 | 0.99 | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 68 | 1.32 | 9.46% | 8.20% | 34.43% | 0.89 | 1.24 | NA |
| Beverage | 35 | 4.54 | 22.69% | 12.33% | 49.30% | 0.95 | 3.00 | 14.56% |
| Biotechnology | 214 | 4.56 | 2.95% | 20.28% | 0.16% | 1.23 | 5.64 | 14.57% |
| Building Materials | 43 | 1.67 | -4.61% | 30.77% | NA | 1.57 | 1.35 | 2.98% |
| Cable TV | 20 | 4.09 | 19.18% | 11.12% | 26.26% | 1.40 | 1.89 | 10.52% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 18 | 2.77 | 23.62% | 12.34% | 32.85% | 1.37 | 2.24 | 17.75% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 3.18 | 18.21% | 12.01% | 24.44% | 1.55 | 2.71 | 18.12% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 3.60 | 17.51% | 14.87% | 31.34% | 1.18 | 2.69 | 12.48% |
| Coal | 20 | 1.33 | 10.98% | 5.55% | 36.06% | 1.47 | 1.19 | 10.10% |
| Computer Software | 191 | 3.94 | 25.05% | 19.80% | 23.05% | 0.98 | 6.23 | 43.31% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 81 | 3.57 | 32.35% | 18.19% | 20.96% | 1.37 | 3.67 | 34.66% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 2.38 | 16.24% | 14.64% | 35.62% | 1.22 | 1.61 | 9.21% |
| Drug | 223 | 3.04 | 19.72% | 13.19% | 48.28% | 1.08 | 2.76 | 16.94% |
| E-Commerce | 64 | 5.15 | 7.67% | 22.76% | 3.18% | 1.05 | 5.94 | 5.46% |
| Educational Services | 33 | 1.67 | 6.71% | 7.63% | 9.37% | 0.91 | 1.86 | 42.33% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 20 | 1.49 | 10.45% | 6.55% | 60.93% | 0.57 | 1.22 | 6.47% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 17 | 1.79 | 11.29% | 3.99% | 66.01% | 0.43 | 1.36 | 6.69% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 15 | 1.44 | 9.37% | 6.11% | 59.16% | 0.58 | 1.21 | 6.17% |
| Electrical Equipment | 64 | 2.34 | 16.74% | 13.09% | 30.39% | 1.43 | 2.34 | 15.98% |
| Electronics | 123 | 1.90 | 14.24% | 11.62% | 14.75% | 1.22 | 1.80 | 14.60% |
| Engineering & Const | 30 | 1.89 | 11.29% | 14.46% | 10.68% | 1.28 | 1.99 | 13.16% |
| Entertainment | 76 | 2.38 | 12.11% | 10.20% | 24.31% | 1.60 | 1.85 | 10.41% |
| Entertainment Tech | 42 | 1.97 | 6.98% | 15.90% | 14.10% | 1.11 | 2.40 | 19.51% |
| Environmental | 84 | 2.29 | 9.71% | 14.36% | 45.77% | 0.66 | 1.68 | 8.90% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 256 | 1.98 | 9.92% | 12.97% | 25.33% | 1.34 | 1.23 | 7.33% |
| Food Processing | 119 | 2.93 | 15.90% | 12.40% | 49.55% | 0.87 | 2.24 | 13.56% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 0.90 | -4.21% | 16.83% | NA | 1.10 | 0.90 | 5.44% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 2.09 | 11.27% | 10.90% | 49.83% | 1.12 | 1.56 | 8.28% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 32 | 2.18 | 7.93% | 21.79% | 32.92% | 1.63 | 1.90 | 14.06% |
| Healthcare Information | 20 | 3.89 | 9.28% | 14.77% | 11.80% | 0.97 | 3.85 | 11.68% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 23 | 3.23 | 27.32% | 18.34% | 20.88% | 1.80 | 2.07 | 15.21% |
| Homebuilding | 22 | 2.54 | -5.32% | 18.29% | NA | 1.55 | 1.91 | 7.68% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 57 | 3.07 | 11.23% | 19.09% | 43.30% | 1.65 | 1.99 | 10.21% |
| Household Products | 27 | 3.75 | 21.33% | 12.13% | 53.76% | 0.98 | 2.76 | 14.81% |
| Human Resources | 25 | 2.21 | 9.68% | 23.21% | 29.41% | 1.38 | 2.29 | 12.19% |
| Industrial Services | 136 | 2.29 | 10.88% | 15.51% | 31.12% | 0.97 | 1.83 | 9.95% |
| Information Services | 28 | 3.90 | 15.79% | 14.78% | 39.37% | 1.25 | 2.50 | 12.71% |
| Insurance (Life) | 32 | 0.72 | 7.07% | 12.48% | 24.23% | 1.44 | 0.74 | NA |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 62 | 1.11 | 5.46% | 10.32% | 45.77% | 0.85 | 1.12 | NA |
| Internet | 194 | 5.25 | 13.34% | 23.17% | 1.36% | 1.17 | 9.95 | 21.54% |
| Investment Companies | 31 | 1.31 | 5.48% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.27 | 1.29 | 5.87% |
| IT Services | 63 | 4.36 | 22.68% | 17.20% | 30.62% | 1.05 | 5.35 | 21.77% |
| Machinery | 94 | 2.76 | 14.17% | 18.55% | 23.09% | 1.26 | 2.37 | 13.43% |
| Maritime | 51 | 0.85 | 0.61% | 10.69% | 16.76% | 1.51 | 0.94 | 3.54% |
| Med Supp Invasive | 87 | 2.82 | 17.15% | 14.22% | 26.63% | 0.87 | 2.49 | 14.91% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 143 | 3.11 | 18.81% | 18.10% | 38.24% | 1.07 | 3.26 | 19.94% |
| Medical Services | 118 | 2.03 | 16.74% | 12.89% | 10.18% | 0.84 | 1.61 | 14.44% |
| Metal Fabricating | 25 | 1.90 | 14.06% | 21.05% | 25.25% | 1.63 | 1.77 | 14.39% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 77 | 2.35 | 26.70% | 15.06% | 24.78% | 1.62 | 2.16 | 25.19% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 1.35 | 8.81% | 15.84% | 26.42% | 1.28 | 1.24 | 7.36% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 27 | 1.99 | 8.12% | 7.07% | 76.95% | 0.46 | 1.44 | 7.04% |
| Newspaper | 14 | 2.70 | 16.40% | 14.86% | 22.41% | 1.86 | 1.92 | 10.99% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 22 | 1.11 | 14.20% | 11.83% | 29.35% | 1.43 | 1.07 | 10.89% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 12 | 3.56 | 13.31% | 11.93% | 95.57% | 1.02 | 1.90 | 7.62% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 81 | 1.79 | 11.36% | 15.19% | 23.26% | 1.66 | 1.59 | 9.50% |
| Packaging & Container | 27 | 2.49 | 17.18% | 11.60% | 24.43% | 1.20 | 1.68 | 11.11% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 1.92 | 8.09% | 9.68% | 49.04% | 1.37 | 1.57 | 11.16% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 1.49 | 18.18% | 14.25% | 27.05% | 1.17 | 1.41 | 14.65% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 1.47 | 11.28% | 18.62% | 14.47% | 1.45 | 1.35 | 14.99% |
| Pharmacy Services | 18 | 2.58 | 13.25% | 19.29% | 26.55% | 1.17 | 2.19 | 11.53% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 53 | 2.96 | 15.07% | 12.18% | 69.72% | 0.74 | 1.86 | 9.50% |
| Power | 101 | 0.82 | -2.51% | 12.60% | NA | 1.35 | 0.92 | 2.62% |
| Precious Metals | 83 | 1.61 | 11.26% | 8.88% | 20.04% | 1.03 | 1.57 | 11.91% |
| Precision Instrument | 82 | 2.57 | 12.13% | 15.63% | 18.90% | 1.27 | 2.32 | 5.78% |
| Property Management | 31 | 1.66 | 8.62% | 11.41% | 23.88% | 1.30 | 1.26 | 4.72% |
| Public/Private Equity | 12 | 1.12 | 16.46% | 17.10% | 21.00% | 2.02 | 1.11 | 8.83% |
| Publishing | 29 | 3.37 | 12.56% | 10.94% | 30.35% | 1.17 | 2.19 | 11.20% |
| R.E.I.T. | 127 | 1.29 | 13.27% | 11.18% | 76.79% | 1.43 | 1.21 | 14.58% |
| Railroad | 12 | 2.99 | 17.91% | 15.06% | 35.08% | 1.32 | 2.22 | 12.37% |
| Recreation | 51 | 2.01 | 10.92% | 17.09% | 44.80% | 1.45 | 1.63 | 9.09% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 0.82 | -1.07% | 11.82% | NA | 0.82 | 0.80 | NA |
| Restaurant | 65 | 6.65 | 31.69% | 15.74% | 48.38% | 1.16 | 4.50 | 21.41% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 79 | 2.76 | 18.37% | 17.24% | 16.85% | 1.79 | 2.28 | 14.89% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 42 | 4.94 | 24.03% | 20.86% | 24.70% | 1.43 | 5.88 | 30.03% |
| Retail Automotive | 19 | 3.46 | 21.13% | 14.06% | 2.58% | 1.39 | 2.02 | 9.57% |
| Retail Building Supply | 10 | 4.32 | 18.11% | 17.00% | 44.08% | 1.11 | 3.35 | 13.54% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 2.90 | 18.07% | 15.35% | 31.55% | 1.29 | 2.21 | 12.85% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 3.18 | 16.33% | 9.66% | 25.11% | 0.68 | 2.16 | 11.26% |
| Securities Brokerage | 27 | 0.93 | 7.22% | 10.48% | 21.76% | 1.07 | 0.97 | 7.09% |
| Semiconductor | 142 | 2.72 | 17.58% | 17.75% | 40.06% | 1.49 | 3.05 | 22.88% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 10 | 1.64 | 8.75% | 13.45% | 29.61% | 1.79 | 1.74 | 11.35% |
| Shoe | 17 | 3.66 | 18.02% | 17.00% | 29.01% | 1.26 | 4.60 | 17.66% |
| Steel | 33 | 0.88 | 8.11% | 22.28% | 20.11% | 1.65 | 0.92 | 7.59% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 105 | 2.08 | 15.68% | 12.60% | 26.69% | 1.07 | 2.91 | 26.25% |
| Telecom. Services | 76 | 2.02 | 13.81% | 10.20% | 41.17% | 1.15 | 1.72 | 13.66% |
| Telecom. Utility | 23 | 1.77 | 16.22% | 8.31% | 41.15% | 0.92 | 1.28 | 7.49% |
| Thrift | 170 | 0.99 | 0.66% | 10.34% | 20.45% | 0.68 | 0.99 | NA |
| Tobacco | 11 | 11.46 | 65.87% | 10.50% | 72.59% | 0.86 | 4.84 | 31.97% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 14 | 6.04 | 32.00% | 12.69% | 22.15% | 1.17 | 3.88 | 21.44% |
| Trucking | 34 | 3.07 | 11.17% | 18.88% | 27.28% | 1.09 | 2.00 | 11.97% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 2.00 | 9.58% | 6.61% | 44.67% | 0.49 | 1.41 | 5.89% |
| Wireless Networking | 58 | 3.51 | 10.28% | 15.52% | 19.19% | 1.35 | 2.53 | 12.27% |
| Total Market | 6177 | 2.11 | 12.89% | 14.49% | 36.10% | 1.17 | 1.70 | 12.88% |