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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 Firms | Price/Sales | Net Margin | Expected Growth | Payout | Beta | EV/Sales | After-tax Operating Margin |
| Advertising | 32 | 1.00 | 3.52% | 13.49% | 38.30% | 1.68 | 1.22 | 8.20% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 0.84 | 6.66% | 12.35% | 29.59% | 0.98 | 0.94 | 7.15% |
| Air Transport | 36 | 0.57 | 4.27% | 17.66% | 24.53% | 1.03 | 0.78 | 6.56% |
| Apparel | 54 | 1.41 | 6.59% | 13.59% | 20.00% | 1.36 | 1.52 | 7.33% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 0.55 | 4.56% | 19.71% | 18.35% | 1.76 | 0.60 | 5.19% |
| Automotive | 12 | 0.48 | 3.45% | 19.08% | 26.07% | 1.73 | 0.81 | 4.10% |
| Bank | 416 | NA | NA | 9.28% | 31.35% | 0.77 | NA | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 68 | NA | NA | 8.20% | 34.43% | 0.89 | NA | NA |
| Beverage | 35 | 2.76 | 12.71% | 12.33% | 49.30% | 0.95 | 3.23 | 15.68% |
| Biotechnology | 214 | 6.01 | 4.73% | 20.28% | 0.16% | 1.23 | 5.70 | 14.75% |
| Building Materials | 43 | 0.99 | 0.82% | 30.77% | NA | 1.57 | 1.54 | 3.41% |
| Cable TV | 20 | 1.48 | 7.34% | 11.12% | 26.26% | 1.40 | 2.37 | 13.17% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 18 | 1.25 | 9.49% | 12.34% | 32.85% | 1.37 | 1.44 | 11.39% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 1.54 | 7.63% | 12.01% | 24.44% | 1.55 | 1.67 | 11.15% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 1.48 | 7.95% | 14.87% | 31.34% | 1.18 | 1.70 | 7.90% |
| Coal | 20 | 0.85 | 4.20% | 5.55% | 36.06% | 1.47 | 1.32 | 11.22% |
| Computer Software | 191 | 3.75 | 23.59% | 19.80% | 23.05% | 0.98 | 3.33 | 23.16% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 81 | 1.39 | 9.34% | 18.19% | 20.96% | 1.37 | 1.38 | 13.01% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 1.25 | 8.71% | 14.64% | 35.62% | 1.22 | 1.92 | 10.99% |
| Drug | 223 | 2.90 | 18.40% | 13.19% | 48.28% | 1.08 | 3.05 | 18.76% |
| E-Commerce | 64 | 5.23 | 6.31% | 22.76% | 3.18% | 1.05 | 5.07 | 4.66% |
| Educational Services | 33 | 0.62 | 2.67% | 7.63% | 9.37% | 0.91 | 0.54 | 12.38% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 20 | 1.24 | 8.45% | 6.55% | 60.93% | 0.57 | 2.27 | 12.07% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 17 | 1.68 | 10.87% | 3.99% | 66.01% | 0.43 | 2.78 | 13.62% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 15 | 1.27 | 8.04% | 6.11% | 59.16% | 0.58 | 2.26 | 11.52% |
| Electrical Equipment | 64 | 1.49 | 9.98% | 13.09% | 30.39% | 1.43 | 1.49 | 10.14% |
| Electronics | 123 | 0.56 | 4.01% | 11.62% | 14.75% | 1.22 | 0.59 | 4.82% |
| Engineering & Const | 30 | 0.53 | 3.39% | 14.46% | 10.68% | 1.28 | 0.50 | 3.32% |
| Entertainment | 76 | 1.85 | 9.85% | 10.20% | 24.31% | 1.60 | 2.34 | 13.14% |
| Entertainment Tech | 42 | 2.12 | 5.95% | 15.90% | 14.10% | 1.11 | 1.79 | 14.61% |
| Environmental | 84 | 1.34 | 4.71% | 14.36% | 45.77% | 0.66 | 1.87 | 9.93% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 256 | 3.06 | 16.29% | 12.97% | 25.33% | 1.34 | 8.15 | 48.64% |
| Food Processing | 119 | 1.03 | 3.02% | 12.40% | 49.55% | 0.87 | 1.22 | 7.38% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 0.37 | -1.75% | 16.83% | NA | 1.10 | 0.39 | 2.37% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 1.27 | 7.45% | 10.90% | 49.83% | 1.12 | 1.84 | 9.75% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 32 | 0.83 | 3.27% | 21.79% | 32.92% | 1.63 | 0.95 | 7.05% |
| Healthcare Information | 20 | 3.59 | 8.73% | 14.77% | 11.80% | 0.97 | 3.60 | 10.92% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 23 | 0.84 | 7.59% | 18.34% | 20.88% | 1.80 | 1.12 | 8.23% |
| Homebuilding | 22 | 1.72 | -0.76% | 18.29% | NA | 1.55 | 2.19 | 8.77% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 57 | 1.80 | 6.93% | 19.09% | 43.30% | 1.65 | 2.43 | 12.47% |
| Household Products | 27 | 1.94 | 11.39% | 12.13% | 53.76% | 0.98 | 2.24 | 12.02% |
| Human Resources | 25 | 0.35 | 1.67% | 23.21% | 29.41% | 1.38 | 0.34 | 1.79% |
| Industrial Services | 136 | 0.80 | 3.90% | 15.51% | 31.12% | 0.97 | 0.99 | 5.37% |
| Information Services | 28 | 2.55 | 13.42% | 14.78% | 39.37% | 1.25 | 3.16 | 16.10% |
| Insurance (Life) | 32 | NA | NA | 12.48% | 24.23% | 1.44 | NA | NA |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 62 | NA | NA | 10.32% | 45.77% | 0.85 | NA | NA |
| Internet | 194 | 4.61 | 13.71% | 23.17% | 1.36% | 1.17 | 4.15 | 8.98% |
| Investment Companies | 31 | 4.67 | 18.53% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.27 | 4.89 | 22.22% |
| IT Services | 63 | 1.89 | 10.22% | 17.20% | 30.62% | 1.05 | 1.79 | 7.30% |
| Machinery | 94 | 1.40 | 7.68% | 18.55% | 23.09% | 1.26 | 1.55 | 8.76% |
| Maritime | 51 | 1.00 | 1.09% | 10.69% | 16.76% | 1.51 | 2.64 | 9.96% |
| Med Supp Invasive | 87 | 2.51 | 15.36% | 14.22% | 26.63% | 0.87 | 2.71 | 16.27% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 143 | 0.79 | 4.94% | 18.10% | 38.24% | 1.07 | 0.78 | 4.74% |
| Medical Services | 118 | 0.55 | 4.66% | 12.89% | 10.18% | 0.84 | 0.74 | 6.60% |
| Metal Fabricating | 25 | 1.18 | 7.51% | 21.05% | 25.25% | 1.63 | 1.28 | 10.43% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 77 | 2.04 | 3.32% | 15.06% | 24.78% | 1.62 | 2.18 | 25.44% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 2.14 | 9.70% | 15.84% | 26.42% | 1.28 | 2.89 | 17.13% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 27 | 0.64 | 2.07% | 7.07% | 76.95% | 0.46 | 1.03 | 5.03% |
| Newspaper | 14 | 1.20 | 4.12% | 14.86% | 22.41% | 1.86 | 1.57 | 8.98% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 22 | 0.31 | 3.67% | 11.83% | 29.35% | 1.43 | 0.46 | 4.66% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 12 | 2.26 | 7.94% | 11.93% | 95.57% | 1.02 | 3.42 | 13.69% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 81 | 1.67 | 11.41% | 15.19% | 23.26% | 1.66 | 2.00 | 11.97% |
| Packaging & Container | 27 | 0.73 | 4.69% | 11.60% | 24.43% | 1.20 | 1.08 | 7.14% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 0.89 | 2.58% | 9.68% | 49.04% | 1.37 | 1.18 | 8.43% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 0.62 | 7.31% | 14.25% | 27.05% | 1.17 | 0.70 | 7.21% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 1.02 | 5.16% | 18.62% | 14.47% | 1.45 | 1.26 | 13.95% |
| Pharmacy Services | 18 | 0.58 | 3.60% | 19.29% | 26.55% | 1.17 | 0.66 | 3.46% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 53 | 1.18 | 5.44% | 12.18% | 69.72% | 0.74 | 1.70 | 8.67% |
| Power | 101 | 0.62 | -2.28% | 12.60% | NA | 1.35 | 1.51 | 4.31% |
| Precious Metals | 83 | 3.48 | 20.69% | 8.88% | 20.04% | 1.03 | 3.64 | 27.63% |
| Precision Instrument | 82 | 1.75 | 9.17% | 15.63% | 18.90% | 1.27 | 1.89 | 4.70% |
| Property Management | 31 | 1.60 | 8.93% | 11.41% | 23.88% | 1.30 | 3.12 | 11.72% |
| Public/Private Equity | 12 | 3.67 | 84.30% | 17.10% | 21.00% | 2.02 | 4.00 | 31.73% |
| Publishing | 29 | 1.02 | 3.85% | 10.94% | 30.35% | 1.17 | 1.32 | 6.76% |
| R.E.I.T. | 127 | 10.27 | 365.00% | 11.18% | 76.79% | 1.43 | 13.11 | 157.39% |
| Railroad | 12 | 2.73 | 18.08% | 15.06% | 35.08% | 1.32 | 3.32 | 18.51% |
| Recreation | 51 | 1.31 | 7.05% | 17.09% | 44.80% | 1.45 | 1.70 | 9.44% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | NA | NA | 11.82% | NA | 0.82 | NA | NA |
| Restaurant | 65 | 2.25 | 11.04% | 15.74% | 48.38% | 1.16 | 2.46 | 11.71% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 79 | 0.77 | 4.30% | 17.24% | 16.85% | 1.79 | 0.87 | 5.70% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 42 | 1.18 | 6.24% | 20.86% | 24.70% | 1.43 | 1.14 | 5.80% |
| Retail Automotive | 19 | 0.66 | 4.24% | 14.06% | 2.58% | 1.39 | 0.93 | 4.41% |
| Retail Building Supply | 10 | 1.20 | 5.50% | 17.00% | 44.08% | 1.11 | 1.31 | 5.30% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 0.51 | 3.33% | 15.35% | 31.55% | 1.29 | 0.61 | 3.56% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 0.34 | 1.81% | 9.66% | 25.11% | 0.68 | 0.43 | 2.26% |
| Securities Brokerage | 27 | 1.57 | 8.05% | 10.48% | 21.76% | 1.07 | 3.23 | 23.74% |
| Semiconductor | 142 | 2.29 | 12.20% | 17.75% | 40.06% | 1.49 | 2.16 | 16.17% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 10 | 1.58 | 7.41% | 13.45% | 29.61% | 1.79 | 1.44 | 9.40% |
| Shoe | 17 | 1.53 | 7.69% | 17.00% | 29.01% | 1.26 | 1.42 | 5.45% |
| Steel | 33 | 0.51 | 1.58% | 22.28% | 20.11% | 1.65 | 0.73 | 6.03% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 105 | 1.60 | 11.53% | 12.60% | 26.69% | 1.07 | 1.27 | 11.44% |
| Telecom. Services | 76 | 1.59 | 5.17% | 10.20% | 41.17% | 1.15 | 1.91 | 15.10% |
| Telecom. Utility | 23 | 0.88 | 8.03% | 8.31% | 41.15% | 0.92 | 1.77 | 10.40% |
| Thrift | 170 | NA | NA | 10.34% | 20.45% | 0.68 | NA | NA |
| Tobacco | 11 | 2.00 | 8.28% | 10.50% | 72.59% | 0.86 | 2.30 | 15.20% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 14 | 1.22 | 5.64% | 12.69% | 22.15% | 1.17 | 1.37 | 7.58% |
| Trucking | 34 | 0.61 | 2.79% | 18.88% | 27.28% | 1.09 | 0.82 | 4.91% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 2.53 | 13.22% | 6.61% | 44.67% | 0.49 | 4.36 | 18.22% |
| Wireless Networking | 58 | 2.27 | 1.06% | 15.52% | 19.19% | 1.35 | 2.68 | 12.99% |
| Total Market | 6177 | 1.29 | 7.84% | 14.49% | 36.10% | 1.17 | 1.64 | 12.43% |