Value
Multiples 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 | EV/EBITDA | EV/EBIT | EV/EBIT(1-t) |
| Advertising | 32 | 7.77 | 10.40 | 14.93 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 7.42 | 9.15 | 13.11 |
| Air Transport | 36 | 6.00 | 9.32 | 11.92 |
| Apparel | 54 | 11.73 | 14.68 | 20.78 |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 6.40 | 8.92 | 11.54 |
| Automotive | 12 | 7.46 | 13.95 | 19.73 |
| Bank | 416 | 4.87 | 4.87 | 6.13 |
| Bank (Midwest) | 68 | 4.79 | 4.79 | 6.58 |
| Beverage | 35 | 12.74 | 15.58 | 20.60 |
| Biotechnology | 214 | 22.46 | 30.77 | 38.68 |
| Building Materials | 43 | 14.45 | 35.82 | 45.25 |
| Cable TV | 20 | 7.08 | 12.35 | 17.99 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 18 | 7.44 | 9.69 | 12.62 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 8.53 | 11.11 | 14.97 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 10.86 | 15.23 | 21.52 |
| Coal | 20 | 5.99 | 9.34 | 11.81 |
| Computer Software | 191 | 9.70 | 11.11 | 14.39 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 81 | 6.92 | 8.14 | 10.60 |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 10.09 | 12.87 | 17.46 |
| Drug | 223 | 8.93 | 12.10 | 16.28 |
| E-Commerce | 64 | 32.19 | 61.51 | 108.89 |
| Educational Services | 33 | 2.41 | 2.91 | 4.39 |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 20 | 7.98 | 12.94 | 18.82 |
| Electric Utility (East) | 17 | 8.96 | 13.54 | 20.39 |
| Electric Utility (West) | 15 | 7.87 | 13.74 | 19.60 |
| Electrical Equipment | 64 | 8.57 | 10.80 | 14.67 |
| Electronics | 123 | 6.63 | 9.28 | 12.32 |
| Engineering & Const | 30 | 7.98 | 10.42 | 15.16 |
| Entertainment | 76 | 9.53 | 12.22 | 17.78 |
| Entertainment Tech | 42 | 7.97 | 10.37 | 12.28 |
| Environmental | 84 | 8.44 | 12.78 | 18.86 |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 256 | 12.56 | 13.19 | 16.76 |
| Food Processing | 119 | 10.10 | 12.53 | 16.52 |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 4.44 | 11.52 | 16.62 |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 9.73 | 12.80 | 18.86 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 32 | 8.34 | 11.22 | 13.51 |
| Healthcare Information | 20 | 14.37 | 21.77 | 32.97 |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 23 | 7.96 | 10.05 | 13.57 |
| Homebuilding | 22 | 21.15 | 23.16 | 24.92 |
| Hotel/Gaming | 57 | 10.68 | 15.66 | 19.52 |
| Household Products | 27 | 11.12 | 13.50 | 18.61 |
| Human Resources | 25 | 8.69 | 11.06 | 18.82 |
| Industrial Services | 136 | 8.87 | 12.52 | 18.43 |
| Information Services | 28 | 10.89 | 15.55 | 19.66 |
| Insurance (Life) | 32 | 1.37 | 1.37 | 1.73 |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 62 | 291.86 | 295.89 | 412.71 |
| Internet | 194 | 23.16 | 31.64 | 46.22 |
| Investment Companies | 31 | 15.67 | 18.19 | 22.03 |
| IT Services | 63 | 12.22 | 16.02 | 24.56 |
| Machinery | 94 | 9.93 | 12.94 | 17.66 |
| Maritime | 51 | 10.36 | 21.66 | 26.48 |
| Med Supp Invasive | 87 | 10.16 | 12.81 | 16.67 |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 143 | 9.78 | 12.07 | 16.37 |
| Medical Services | 118 | 6.02 | 7.32 | 11.14 |
| Metal Fabricating | 25 | 6.90 | 8.75 | 12.30 |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 77 | 5.27 | 6.24 | 8.58 |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 5.41 | 10.26 | 16.86 |
| Natural Gas Utility | 27 | 9.89 | 14.20 | 20.48 |
| Newspaper | 14 | 8.72 | 12.77 | 17.50 |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 22 | 4.76 | 6.94 | 9.82 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 12 | 12.02 | 17.73 | 24.98 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 81 | 7.98 | 12.13 | 16.71 |
| Packaging & Container | 27 | 7.57 | 11.20 | 15.10 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 7.22 | 11.38 | 14.05 |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 4.39 | 5.81 | 9.65 |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 4.06 | 5.77 | 9.00 |
| Pharmacy Services | 18 | 9.57 | 11.98 | 18.99 |
| Pipeline MLPs | 53 | 13.43 | 18.87 | 19.56 |
| Power | 101 | 8.92 | 21.70 | 35.05 |
| Precious Metals | 83 | 7.17 | 9.30 | 13.16 |
| Precision Instrument | 82 | 14.89 | 26.86 | 40.08 |
| Property Management | 31 | 15.96 | 22.79 | 26.60 |
| Public/Private Equity | 12 | 10.30 | 10.45 | 12.60 |
| Publishing | 29 | 8.76 | 13.14 | 19.57 |
| R.E.I.T. | 127 | 7.25 | 8.11 | 8.33 |
| Railroad | 12 | 9.13 | 11.81 | 17.91 |
| Recreation | 51 | 9.89 | 14.69 | 17.97 |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 28.62 | 28.62 | 41.01 |
| Restaurant | 65 | 11.50 | 14.65 | 21.00 |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 79 | 7.65 | 10.61 | 15.31 |
| Retail (Softlines) | 42 | 9.02 | 12.12 | 19.57 |
| Retail Automotive | 19 | 11.03 | 13.74 | 21.12 |
| Retail Building Supply | 10 | 12.23 | 15.74 | 24.78 |
| Retail Store | 38 | 8.39 | 11.67 | 17.17 |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 8.27 | 12.98 | 19.22 |
| Securities Brokerage | 27 | 8.79 | 9.85 | 13.62 |
| Semiconductor | 142 | 6.98 | 10.58 | 13.33 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 10 | 8.07 | 12.22 | 15.34 |
| Shoe | 17 | 14.09 | 16.98 | 26.07 |
| Steel | 33 | 5.63 | 8.89 | 12.08 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 105 | 6.74 | 8.51 | 11.08 |
| Telecom. Services | 76 | 5.39 | 9.47 | 12.62 |
| Telecom. Utility | 23 | 5.08 | 12.05 | 17.04 |
| Thrift | 170 | 4.08 | 4.08 | 5.23 |
| Tobacco | 11 | 9.48 | 10.30 | 15.14 |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 14 | 10.10 | 12.39 | 18.09 |
| Trucking | 34 | 6.19 | 10.96 | 16.69 |
| Water Utility | 11 | 11.20 | 16.62 | 23.91 |
| Wireless Networking | 58 | 10.48 | 16.83 | 20.65 |
| Total Market | 6177 | 7.37 | 9.59 | 13.22 |