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on Equity 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 Firms | ROC | Book D/E | Non-cash ROE | ROE |
| Advertising | 32 | 11.49% | 83.40% | 19.43% | 12.66% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 19.40% | 82.72% | 43.36% | 24.03% |
| Air Transport | 36 | 17.97% | 217.61% | 127.33% | 23.17% |
| Apparel | 54 | 13.86% | 46.62% | 19.56% | 15.99% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 17.65% | 55.27% | 26.19% | 18.07% |
| Automotive | 12 | 5.77% | 130.26% | 16.49% | 10.02% |
| Bank | 416 | NA | 125.53% | 10.92% | 7.46% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 68 | NA | 65.94% | 12.84% | 9.46% |
| Beverage | 35 | 14.56% | 101.20% | 29.39% | 22.69% |
| Biotechnology | 214 | 14.57% | 72.65% | 35.76% | 2.95% |
| Building Materials | 43 | 2.98% | 109.19% | -5.87% | -4.61% |
| Cable TV | 20 | 10.52% | 270.15% | 24.91% | 19.18% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 18 | 17.75% | 68.45% | 31.38% | 23.62% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 18.12% | 53.07% | 24.02% | 18.21% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 12.48% | 73.82% | 21.48% | 17.51% |
| Coal | 20 | 10.10% | 91.28% | 12.95% | 10.98% |
| Computer Software | 191 | 43.31% | 25.81% | 79.02% | 25.05% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 81 | 34.66% | 34.67% | 51.56% | 32.35% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 9.21% | 187.67% | 38.32% | 16.24% |
| Drug | 223 | 16.94% | 44.99% | 27.09% | 19.72% |
| E-Commerce | 64 | 5.46% | 34.72% | 14.01% | 7.67% |
| Educational Services | 33 | 42.33% | 41.38% | 15.62% | 6.71% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 20 | 6.47% | 126.48% | 10.71% | 10.45% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 17 | 6.69% | 121.36% | 11.85% | 11.29% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 15 | 6.17% | 117.53% | 9.78% | 9.37% |
| Electrical Equipment | 64 | 15.98% | 28.79% | 22.91% | 16.74% |
| Electronics | 123 | 14.60% | 42.64% | 19.77% | 14.24% |
| Engineering & Const | 30 | 13.16% | 25.03% | 16.65% | 11.29% |
| Entertainment | 76 | 10.41% | 80.64% | 14.52% | 12.11% |
| Entertainment Tech | 42 | 19.51% | 22.74% | 13.21% | 6.98% |
| Environmental | 84 | 8.90% | 98.70% | 10.42% | 9.71% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 256 | 7.33% | 404.71% | 35.28% | 9.92% |
| Food Processing | 119 | 13.56% | 68.75% | 18.15% | 15.90% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 5.44% | 41.13% | -7.41% | -4.21% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 8.28% | 103.45% | 12.25% | 11.27% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 32 | 14.06% | 47.99% | 9.27% | 7.93% |
| Healthcare Information | 20 | 11.68% | 45.24% | 15.33% | 9.28% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 23 | 15.21% | 152.69% | 47.20% | 27.32% |
| Homebuilding | 22 | 7.68% | 125.76% | -14.54% | -5.32% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 57 | 10.21% | 137.53% | 15.13% | 11.23% |
| Household Products | 27 | 14.81% | 67.95% | 23.83% | 21.33% |
| Human Resources | 25 | 12.19% | 23.84% | 13.27% | 9.68% |
| Industrial Services | 136 | 9.95% | 83.83% | 14.68% | 10.88% |
| Information Services | 28 | 12.71% | 110.99% | 18.81% | 15.79% |
| Insurance (Life) | 32 | NA | 39.98% | 9.72% | 7.07% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 62 | NA | 23.91% | 7.01% | 5.46% |
| Internet | 194 | 21.54% | 12.02% | 34.93% | 13.34% |
| Investment Companies | 31 | 5.87% | 9.89% | 5.63% | 5.48% |
| IT Services | 63 | 21.77% | 24.97% | 41.90% | 22.68% |
| Machinery | 94 | 13.43% | 48.02% | 17.26% | 14.17% |
| Maritime | 51 | 3.54% | 154.53% | 0.46% | 0.61% |
| Med Supp Invasive | 87 | 14.91% | 46.41% | 22.13% | 17.15% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 143 | 19.94% | 40.11% | 34.06% | 18.81% |
| Medical Services | 118 | 14.44% | 101.93% | 24.24% | 16.74% |
| Metal Fabricating | 25 | 14.39% | 44.83% | 18.94% | 14.06% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 77 | 25.19% | 36.20% | 33.08% | 26.70% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 7.36% | 55.65% | 9.47% | 8.81% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 27 | 7.04% | 131.64% | 8.69% | 8.12% |
| Newspaper | 14 | 10.99% | 105.96% | 20.65% | 16.40% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 22 | 10.89% | 79.92% | 18.44% | 14.20% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 12 | 7.62% | 189.90% | 14.17% | 13.31% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 81 | 9.50% | 49.73% | 13.05% | 11.36% |
| Packaging & Container | 27 | 11.11% | 139.98% | 21.05% | 17.18% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 11.16% | 82.64% | 9.76% | 8.09% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 14.65% | 30.46% | 20.59% | 18.18% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 14.99% | 41.29% | 12.03% | 11.28% |
| Pharmacy Services | 18 | 11.53% | 48.78% | 15.44% | 13.25% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 53 | 9.50% | 131.14% | 15.51% | 15.07% |
| Power | 101 | 2.62% | 134.11% | -3.33% | -2.51% |
| Precious Metals | 83 | 11.91% | 21.97% | 12.92% | 11.26% |
| Precision Instrument | 82 | 5.78% | 54.50% | 17.96% | 12.13% |
| Property Management | 31 | 4.72% | 186.36% | 11.58% | 8.62% |
| Public/Private Equity | 12 | 8.83% | 32.26% | 20.74% | 16.46% |
| Publishing | 29 | 11.20% | 121.87% | 15.82% | 12.56% |
| R.E.I.T. | 127 | 14.58% | 47.76% | 14.88% | 13.27% |
| Railroad | 12 | 12.37% | 70.25% | 19.00% | 17.91% |
| Recreation | 51 | 9.09% | 75.98% | 12.73% | 10.92% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | NA | 15.52% | -1.88% | -1.07% |
| Restaurant | 65 | 21.41% | 87.47% | 42.14% | 31.69% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 79 | 14.89% | 71.66% | 27.29% | 18.37% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 42 | 30.03% | 27.63% | 43.82% | 24.03% |
| Retail Automotive | 19 | 9.57% | 153.46% | 23.93% | 21.13% |
| Retail Building Supply | 10 | 13.54% | 50.69% | 19.86% | 18.11% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 12.85% | 74.07% | 21.45% | 18.07% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 11.26% | 110.89% | 20.87% | 16.33% |
| Securities Brokerage | 27 | 7.09% | 246.43% | NA | 7.22% |
| Semiconductor | 142 | 22.88% | 27.39% | 29.89% | 17.58% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 10 | 11.35% | 27.77% | 13.98% | 8.75% |
| Shoe | 17 | 17.66% | 7.10% | 26.27% | 18.02% |
| Steel | 33 | 7.59% | 49.73% | 9.03% | 8.11% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 105 | 26.25% | 27.71% | 50.48% | 15.68% |
| Telecom. Services | 76 | 13.66% | 64.16% | 17.63% | 13.81% |
| Telecom. Utility | 23 | 7.49% | 191.53% | 18.26% | 16.22% |
| Thrift | 170 | NA | 19.39% | 0.30% | 0.66% |
| Tobacco | 11 | 31.97% | 216.28% | 115.82% | 65.87% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 14 | 21.44% | 124.59% | 61.98% | 32.00% |
| Trucking | 34 | 11.97% | 129.94% | 13.98% | 11.17% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 5.89% | 146.00% | 9.73% | 9.58% |
| Wireless Networking | 58 | 12.27% | 90.16% | 13.44% | 10.28% |
| Total Market | 6177 | 12.88% | 90.70% | 18.29% | 12.89% |