PE
Ratio by Sector
Data Used: Value Line database, of 6177 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2013
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which companies are included in each industry
PE
Ratio by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 6177 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2013
can be obtained by clicking here
on
which companies are included in each industry
| Industry Name | Number of Firms | Aggregate Market Cap/ Aggregate Net Income | Price/Current EPS | Price/Trailing EPS | Price/Forward EPS | Expected Growth | PEG Ratio | Payout | Beta |
| Advertising | 32 | 16.13 | 38.04 | 31.25 | 18.16 | 13.49% | 2.32 | 38.30% | 1.68 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 12.93 | 20.26 | 15.79 | 15.48 | 12.35% | 1.28 | 29.59% | 0.98 |
| Air Transport | 36 | 15.89 | 18.91 | 14.60 | 10.74 | 17.66% | 0.83 | 24.53% | 1.03 |
| Apparel | 54 | 21.16 | 18.95 | 21.64 | 17.74 | 13.59% | 1.59 | 20.00% | 1.36 |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 12.55 | 14.02 | 15.39 | 12.44 | 19.71% | 0.78 | 18.35% | 1.76 |
| Automotive | 12 | 12.57 | 16.03 | 15.84 | 9.99 | 19.08% | 0.83 | 26.07% | 1.73 |
| Bank | 416 | 13.12 | 19.74 | 16.58 | 14.38 | 9.28% | 1.79 | 31.35% | 0.77 |
| Bank (Midwest) | 68 | 13.98 | 21.83 | 16.43 | 12.41 | 8.20% | 2.00 | 34.43% | 0.89 |
| Beverage | 35 | 20.02 | 21.39 | 19.92 | 17.05 | 12.33% | 1.62 | 49.30% | 0.95 |
| Biotechnology | 214 | 154.73 | 32.89 | 31.24 | 47.35 | 20.28% | 1.54 | 0.16% | 1.23 |
| Building Materials | 43 | NA | 81.34 | 29.27 | 67.27 | 30.77% | 0.95 | NA | 1.57 |
| Cable TV | 20 | 21.30 | 76.63 | 22.28 | 62.92 | 11.12% | 2.00 | 26.26% | 1.40 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 18 | 11.72 | 13.18 | 31.77 | 13.13 | 12.34% | 2.57 | 32.85% | 1.37 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 17.46 | 14.58 | 19.75 | 13.85 | 12.01% | 1.64 | 24.44% | 1.55 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 20.53 | 19.81 | 17.57 | 16.65 | 14.87% | 1.18 | 31.34% | 1.18 |
| Coal | 20 | 12.16 | 10.17 | 29.76 | 53.72 | 5.55% | 5.36 | 36.06% | 1.47 |
| Computer Software | 191 | 15.72 | 53.18 | 77.29 | 37.59 | 19.80% | 3.90 | 23.05% | 0.98 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 81 | 11.05 | 31.48 | 46.69 | 14.20 | 18.19% | 2.57 | 20.96% | 1.37 |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 14.68 | 42.56 | 16.19 | 14.72 | 14.64% | 1.11 | 35.62% | 1.22 |
| Drug | 223 | 15.42 | 24.56 | 28.46 | 22.21 | 13.19% | 2.16 | 48.28% | 1.08 |
| E-Commerce | 64 | 67.22 | 61.67 | 237.12 | 121.56 | 22.76% | 10.42 | 3.18% | 1.05 |
| Educational Services | 33 | 24.92 | 12.42 | 13.29 | 15.26 | 7.63% | 1.74 | 9.37% | 0.91 |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 20 | 14.24 | 17.45 | 15.66 | 15.47 | 6.55% | 2.39 | 60.93% | 0.57 |
| Electric Utility (East) | 17 | 15.83 | 17.64 | 17.08 | 14.76 | 3.99% | 4.28 | 66.01% | 0.43 |
| Electric Utility (West) | 15 | 15.42 | 17.30 | 16.05 | 15.01 | 6.11% | 2.63 | 59.16% | 0.58 |
| Electrical Equipment | 64 | 14.00 | 25.89 | 22.95 | 15.49 | 13.09% | 1.75 | 30.39% | 1.43 |
| Electronics | 123 | 13.33 | 18.47 | 15.11 | 15.90 | 11.62% | 1.30 | 14.75% | 1.22 |
| Engineering & Const | 30 | 16.76 | 19.36 | 44.34 | 26.40 | 14.46% | 3.07 | 10.68% | 1.28 |
| Entertainment | 76 | 19.66 | 22.21 | 27.83 | 12.28 | 10.20% | 2.73 | 24.31% | 1.60 |
| Entertainment Tech | 42 | 28.25 | 49.73 | 20.13 | 25.42 | 15.90% | 1.27 | 14.10% | 1.11 |
| Environmental | 84 | 23.61 | 21.00 | 16.99 | 15.47 | 14.36% | 1.18 | 45.77% | 0.66 |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 256 | 19.97 | 22.63 | 22.15 | 14.20 | 12.97% | 1.71 | 25.33% | 1.34 |
| Food Processing | 119 | 18.40 | 20.52 | 24.85 | 18.61 | 12.40% | 2.00 | 49.55% | 0.87 |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | NA | 30.96 | 31.52 | 13.16 | 16.83% | 1.87 | NA | 1.10 |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 18.56 | 18.77 | 17.80 | 15.04 | 10.90% | 1.63 | 49.83% | 1.12 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 32 | 27.44 | 22.20 | 21.64 | 20.55 | 21.79% | 0.99 | 32.92% | 1.63 |
| Healthcare Information | 20 | 41.98 | 46.49 | 54.59 | 75.69 | 14.77% | 3.70 | 11.80% | 0.97 |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 23 | 11.82 | 31.42 | 16.08 | 13.76 | 18.34% | 0.88 | 20.88% | 1.80 |
| Homebuilding | 22 | NA | 87.95 | 49.55 | 83.51 | 18.29% | 2.71 | NA | 1.55 |
| Hotel/Gaming | 57 | 27.36 | 69.04 | 35.36 | 22.99 | 19.09% | 1.85 | 43.30% | 1.65 |
| Household Products | 27 | 17.59 | 17.87 | 18.49 | 14.83 | 12.13% | 1.52 | 53.76% | 0.98 |
| Human Resources | 25 | 22.82 | 35.95 | 30.55 | 19.00 | 23.21% | 1.32 | 29.41% | 1.38 |
| Industrial Services | 136 | 21.07 | 29.38 | 34.78 | 17.72 | 15.51% | 2.24 | 31.12% | 0.97 |
| Information Services | 28 | 24.70 | 73.89 | 31.49 | 39.91 | 14.78% | 2.13 | 39.37% | 1.25 |
| Insurance (Life) | 32 | 10.12 | 23.72 | 20.40 | 13.26 | 12.48% | 1.63 | 24.23% | 1.44 |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 62 | 20.39 | 48.98 | 16.65 | 16.83 | 10.32% | 1.61 | 45.77% | 0.85 |
| Internet | 194 | 39.34 | 150.13 | 181.13 | 51.09 | 23.17% | 7.82 | 1.36% | 1.17 |
| Investment Companies | 31 | 23.92 | 25.04 | 64.45 | 16.51 | 0.00% | NA | 0.00% | 1.27 |
| IT Services | 63 | 19.24 | 50.48 | 39.49 | 25.44 | 17.20% | 2.30 | 30.62% | 1.05 |
| Machinery | 94 | 19.49 | 22.24 | 21.30 | 16.37 | 18.55% | 1.15 | 23.09% | 1.26 |
| Maritime | 51 | 140.36 | 14.26 | 22.57 | 18.19 | 10.69% | 2.11 | 16.76% | 1.51 |
| Med Supp Invasive | 87 | 16.42 | 51.41 | 46.69 | 20.39 | 14.22% | 3.28 | 26.63% | 0.87 |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 143 | 16.54 | 41.57 | 35.61 | 32.12 | 18.10% | 1.97 | 38.24% | 1.07 |
| Medical Services | 118 | 12.12 | 19.18 | 29.94 | 20.77 | 12.89% | 2.32 | 10.18% | 0.84 |
| Metal Fabricating | 25 | 13.52 | 15.56 | 63.26 | 36.57 | 21.05% | 3.01 | 25.25% | 1.63 |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 77 | 8.79 | 27.04 | 36.66 | 16.31 | 15.06% | 2.43 | 24.78% | 1.62 |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 15.39 | 19.59 | 53.21 | 20.59 | 15.84% | 3.36 | 26.42% | 1.28 |
| Natural Gas Utility | 27 | 24.52 | 25.06 | 23.01 | 21.07 | 7.07% | 3.25 | 76.95% | 0.46 |
| Newspaper | 14 | 16.45 | 12.75 | 115.92 | 11.79 | 14.86% | 7.80 | 22.41% | 1.86 |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 22 | 7.80 | 14.67 | 21.17 | 15.54 | 11.83% | 1.79 | 29.35% | 1.43 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 12 | 26.73 | 45.99 | 37.30 | 27.84 | 11.93% | 3.13 | 95.57% | 1.02 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 81 | 15.80 | 18.62 | 14.61 | 13.28 | 15.19% | 0.96 | 23.26% | 1.66 |
| Packaging & Container | 27 | 14.51 | 16.46 | 17.22 | 15.39 | 11.60% | 1.48 | 24.43% | 1.20 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 23.76 | 40.55 | 29.45 | 19.16 | 9.68% | 3.04 | 49.04% | 1.37 |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 8.18 | 11.24 | 11.29 | 8.70 | 14.25% | 0.79 | 27.05% | 1.17 |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 13.02 | 37.40 | 24.25 | 20.98 | 18.62% | 1.30 | 14.47% | 1.45 |
| Pharmacy Services | 18 | 19.50 | 24.12 | 19.67 | 21.04 | 19.29% | 1.02 | 26.55% | 1.17 |
| Pipeline MLPs | 53 | 19.62 | 30.62 | 130.50 | 21.99 | 12.18% | 10.71 | 69.72% | 0.74 |
| Power | 101 | NA | 16.94 | 304.86 | 46.52 | 12.60% | 24.19 | NA | 1.35 |
| Precious Metals | 83 | 14.30 | 23.00 | 24.60 | 17.95 | 8.88% | 2.77 | 20.04% | 1.03 |
| Precision Instrument | 82 | 21.20 | 36.66 | 23.56 | 20.58 | 15.63% | 1.51 | 18.90% | 1.27 |
| Property Management | 31 | 19.21 | 50.66 | 44.26 | 18.28 | 11.41% | 3.88 | 23.88% | 1.30 |
| Public/Private Equity | 12 | 6.82 | 7.88 | 8.65 | 7.93 | 17.10% | 0.51 | 21.00% | 2.02 |
| Publishing | 29 | 26.85 | 14.23 | 14.22 | 11.66 | 10.94% | 1.30 | 30.35% | 1.17 |
| R.E.I.T. | 127 | 9.72 | 14.10 | 16.85 | 31.68 | 11.18% | 1.51 | 76.79% | 1.43 |
| Railroad | 12 | 16.72 | 41.86 | 17.50 | 14.63 | 15.06% | 1.16 | 35.08% | 1.32 |
| Recreation | 51 | 18.42 | 39.31 | 24.73 | 25.76 | 17.09% | 1.45 | 44.80% | 1.45 |
| Reinsurance | 11 | NA | 45.24 | 8.25 | 8.77 | 11.82% | 0.70 | NA | 0.82 |
| Restaurant | 65 | 21.00 | 21.23 | 19.52 | 19.52 | 15.74% | 1.24 | 48.38% | 1.16 |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 79 | 15.00 | 26.15 | 22.74 | 16.83 | 17.24% | 1.32 | 16.85% | 1.79 |
| Retail (Softlines) | 42 | 20.57 | 20.91 | 18.19 | 21.56 | 20.86% | 0.87 | 24.70% | 1.43 |
| Retail Automotive | 19 | 16.39 | 15.48 | 15.97 | 14.83 | 14.06% | 1.14 | 2.58% | 1.39 |
| Retail Building Supply | 10 | 23.88 | 46.16 | 25.76 | 24.30 | 17.00% | 1.52 | 44.08% | 1.11 |
| Retail Store | 38 | 16.03 | 20.02 | 20.34 | 14.85 | 15.35% | 1.33 | 31.55% | 1.29 |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 19.49 | 17.64 | 14.89 | 14.02 | 9.66% | 1.54 | 25.11% | 0.68 |
| Securities Brokerage | 27 | 12.89 | 15.10 | 20.01 | 13.72 | 10.48% | 1.91 | 21.76% | 1.07 |
| Semiconductor | 142 | 15.49 | 25.85 | 50.55 | 30.16 | 17.75% | 2.85 | 40.06% | 1.49 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 10 | 18.70 | 17.25 | 25.21 | 26.98 | 13.45% | 1.87 | 29.61% | 1.79 |
| Shoe | 17 | 20.31 | 14.78 | 13.75 | 14.62 | 17.00% | 0.81 | 29.01% | 1.26 |
| Steel | 33 | 10.90 | 24.13 | 23.48 | 15.66 | 22.28% | 1.05 | 20.11% | 1.65 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 105 | 13.27 | 19.63 | 24.80 | 23.33 | 12.60% | 1.97 | 26.69% | 1.07 |
| Telecom. Services | 76 | 14.60 | 27.22 | 18.25 | 15.94 | 10.20% | 1.79 | 41.17% | 1.15 |
| Telecom. Utility | 23 | 10.91 | 28.83 | 16.70 | 16.65 | 8.31% | 2.01 | 41.15% | 0.92 |
| Thrift | 170 | 150.11 | 43.27 | 29.69 | 21.33 | 10.34% | 2.87 | 20.45% | 0.68 |
| Tobacco | 11 | 17.40 | 17.97 | 19.42 | 12.68 | 10.50% | 1.85 | 72.59% | 0.86 |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 14 | 18.87 | 20.49 | 20.39 | 15.86 | 12.69% | 1.61 | 22.15% | 1.17 |
| Trucking | 34 | 27.47 | 32.32 | 16.70 | 14.88 | 18.88% | 0.88 | 27.28% | 1.09 |
| Water Utility | 11 | 20.83 | 23.11 | 20.46 | 20.57 | 6.61% | 3.09 | 44.67% | 0.49 |
| Wireless Networking | 58 | 34.16 | 50.04 | 29.68 | 218.55 | 15.52% | 1.91 | 19.19% | 1.35 |
| Total Market | 6177 | 16.40 | 30.55 | 33.45 | 23.78 | 14.49% | 2.31 | 36.10% | 1.17 |