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Industry Averages
(for December, 2010)

Key industry averages are provided here to help you assess company performance using ICLUBcentral's stock analysis software programs, including Toolkit 6, particularly for these two crucial criteria:

Pre-tax Income on Revenues or % Pre-tax Profit on Sales. This pre-tax profit margin measures how well management converts sales dollars into profits before taxes.
Return on Equity. This measures how well management produces a profit from the money invested by the shareholders.

We have also provided averages for Debt/Equity, 5 Year Revenue Growth, 5 Year EPS Growth, PE, and EPS Predictability (R²) for all industries. These items can serve as a quick reference for comparing company growth to the industry growth average. This is useful information when evaluating a company and can help you gauge how well the management is performing in relative terms.

The data is provided by StockCentral.com using underlying data provided by Morningstar Inc. StockCentral members can access these industry averages and other sector and industry research in the Data section of the StockCentral.com web site. The data is refreshed weekly on the StockCentral.com site, and can be displayed, printed, and downloaded in various formats, as well.

Industry	Avg 5Yr PTP / Sales	Avg 5Yr ROE	Avg Debt / Equity	Avg 5Yr Rev Growth	Avg 5Yr EPS Growth	Avg PE	Avg EPS Pred (R²)
Accident & Health Insurance	8.1	9.1	26.5	3.7	2	16	0.11
Advertising Agencies	20.2	16.3	38	3.6	0.3	46.2	0.24
Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified	14.5	23.9	91.5	7.2	4.2	23.7	0.57
Aerospace/Defense - Products & Services	10.1	15.2	49.8	11	11.9	28.1	0.52
Agricultural Chemicals	22.7	33.4	118	7	14.5	23.5	0.5
Air Delivery & Freight Services	5.7	26.9	94.6	2.3	4.2	42.6	0.47
Air Services, Other	21	8.2	41	6.2	4.2	30.3	0.4
Aluminum	9.4	8.9	63.1	7.2	0	59.9	0
Apparel Stores	7.3	27.5	68.3	7.1	6.3	25	0.43
Appliances	7	17.4	77.8	8.2	3.6	130.1	0.35
Application Software	18.6	18.5	60.3	8.2	4.2	99.2	0.44
Asset Management	23.7	14.1	384.3	6.5	1.5	42.9	0.36
Auto Dealerships	5.4	9	76.3	2.4	3.1	20.5	0.47
Auto Manufacturers - Major	6.2	11.9	446.6	8.9	2	15	0.61
Auto Parts	6.5	27.1	131.7	6.6	3.5	37.5	0.59
Auto Parts Stores	11.5	68.5	179.2	8.9	6.9	28.9	0.81
Auto Parts Wholesale	5.3	12.6	40.9	8.7	5.2	30.9	0.5
Basic Materials Wholesale	3.7	15	69.7	11.4	5.4	17.9	0.19
Beverages - Brewers	15.6	14.2	66.2	10.4	11.6	20.1	0.63
Beverages - Soft Drinks	14	19.9	100.9	7.8	5.9	27	0.41
Beverages - Wineries & Distillers	16.7	17.3	83.5	5.3	1.3	19.3	0.6
Biotechnology	390.1	19	77.4	14.1	1.1	98.6	0.75
Broadcasting - Radio	11.1	8.7	540.8	37.6	1.1	46.9	0.31
Broadcasting - TV	12.8	16.8	214.2	3.1	0	79.6	0.24
Building Materials Wholesale	3.4	11	151.1	3.2	0	15.9	0.1
Business Equipment	5.4	150.5	855.2	8.4	1.2	95.5	0.3
Business Services	14	17.9	105.5	7.2	3.2	57.7	0.54
Business Software & Services	11.2	13.4	57.9	14	4.1	41.9	0.52
Catalog & Mail Order Houses	7.7	15.6	66.9	7.5	2.9	38.4	0.32
CATV Systems	12.4	23.3	347.2	15	8.5	46.4	0.31
Cement	9.1	13.1	51.5	4.7	0	19.9	0.45
Chemicals - Major Diversified	10.6	21.9	155.5	9.9	5.5	15	0.4
Cigarettes	25.4	147.7	264.5	4.5	4.4	16.5	0.51
Cleaning Products	8.3	13.7	39.6	6	13.1	59	0.81
Communication Equipment	31	13.5	53.8	9	2.2	51.4	0.33
Computer Based Systems	6.1	14.9	233.2	11.5	3.1	135.3	0.6
Computer Peripherals	14.7	10.5	181.8	14.5	2	46.6	0.39
Computers Wholesale	16.3	13.7	16.5	8.3	16.8	35.4	0.25
Confectioners	13.4	23.6	82.4	0.7	0	29.7	0.11
Conglomerates	13.4	54.5	243.3	5.3	1.7	31.2	0.36
Consumer Services	10.7	50.4	327.3	10.7	5.7	38.6	0.62
Copper	29.4	31.2	80.2	7.9	0	25.8	0.27
Credit Services	21.3	23.6	647.2	8.9	3	29.2	0.47
Dairy Products	9.3	27.8	392.8	20	7.8	25.4	0.34
Data Storage Devices	9.5	11.2	47.1	11	4.4	49.5	0.36
Department Stores	4.6	12.4	91	5.8	2.8	193.6	0.64
Diagnostic Substances	23.2	17.6	417.3	20.8	3	26.1	0.79
Discount, Variety Stores	3.9	11.6	27.4	6	20.2	30.2	0.61
Diversified Communication Services	11.4	15.1	145.8	17.8	2.2	34.1	0.58
Diversified Computer Systems	13.4	25.7	86.9	9.1	6	48.1	0.78
Diversified Electronics	8.5	19	34.9	13.2	4	54.4	0.43
Diversified Investments	40.7	1194.2	119.9	4.9	1.2	278.4	0.39
Diversified Machinery	11.1	17.5	48	6.1	8.4	74.6	0.47
Diversified Utilities	9.7	10.6	123.8	2.8	6.5	19.8	0.44
Drug Delivery	16.9	97.2	551	8	1.9	35.1	0.57
Drug Manufacturers - Major	22.8	24.8	41.4	4.3	3.8	20.7	0.66
Drug Manufacturers - Other	17	15.2	194.5	18.3	1.4	42.1	0.51
Drug Related Products	14.3	24.3	36.5	10.2	2.5	26.5	0.32
Drug Stores	9.2	16.3	106	7.8	2.9	22.8	0.76
Drugs - Generic	8.4	16.1	42.4	19.2	2.4	28	0.47
Drugs Wholesale	5.2	14.5	34.7	3.3	8.6	124.8	0.5
Education & Training Services	15.2	25.9	40.4	6.3	5.5	38.1	0.47
Electric Utilities	14.9	28.8	591.7	4.4	5.9	66.7	0.46
Electronic Equipment	7.6	13.8	32.3	5.8	1.8	27.8	0.36
Electronics Stores	5.7	19.5	41.8	12	10.4	15.9	0.57
Electronics Wholesale	5.7	10.9	29.5	4.2	1.3	27.9	0.52
Entertainment - Diversified	29.5	20.6	324.9	7.8	0.3	32	0.08
Farm & Construction Machinery	9.5	16.7	80.1	13.9	13.6	18.1	0.39
Farm Products	10.3	12.3	60.3	10.8	2.1	41.8	0.28
Food - Major Diversified	11	21.2	110.6	9.9	5.8	20.6	0.43
Food Wholesale	6.5	19.2	67.3	9.9	5.8	21.2	0.78
Foreign Money Center Banks	37.6	17	377.4	13.7	2	11.7	0.33
Foreign Regional Banks	30.5	15.1	209	12.1	10.8	15.8	0.48
Foreign Utilities	21.6	16.8	86.4	15.9	51.5	22.8	0.51
Gaming Activities	6.9	20.8	181.7	12.3	5.5	116.1	0.42
Gas Utilities	14.1	20.8	144.2	7.6	8.3	490.2	0.44
General Building Materials	57.7	14.8	53.9	3	2.9	47.1	0.35
General Contractors	7	13.5	32.4	6.9	6.3	36.4	0.63
General Entertainment	11.9	107.4	138.8	9	2	34.6	0.27
Gold	324.2	23.4	44.8	6.6	0.4	50.1	0.23
Grocery Stores	2.8	11.7	92	6.3	5.2	24.6	0.35
Health Care Plans	5.9	13.7	29	19.1	13.3	22.2	0.39
Healthcare Information Services	11.9	16.3	64	7.8	3.7	62.8	0.44
Heavy Construction	6	20.7	66.8	13	9.4	352.2	0.43
Home Furnishing Stores	4.5	6.6	15.5	2.4	0.2	70.4	0.26
Home Furnishings & Fixtures	8.2	26.4	54.5	2.3	0	18.6	0.42
Home Health Care	9.4	15.4	106	16.3	16	27.6	0.78
Home Improvement Stores	7.9	16.9	112.4	1	0	14.7	0.71
Hospitals	11.2	15.5	514.1	11.2	6.9	19.1	0.5
Housewares & Accessories	6.6	11.3	188.9	9.3	3	14	0.43
Independent Oil & Gas	46.6	25	108.2	11.2	2.2	67	0.23
Industrial Electrical Equipment	203.6	14.9	91.2	11.4	4.4	36.7	0.41
Industrial Equipment & Components	12.8	89.8	175.6	3.6	1.1	18.3	0.25
Industrial Equipment Wholesale	7.6	17.5	43.7	8.3	4.2	17.4	0.32
Industrial Metals & Minerals	81.3	63.8	385.7	2.6	1	30.5	0.18
Information & Delivery Services	17.5	62.5	66.5	16.6	5.1	31.9	0.57
Information Technology Services	8.9	14.6	65.1	6.1	5.7	58.6	0.45
Insurance Brokers	13.4	11.7	57.9	8.2	6.3	22.7	0.44
Internet Information Providers	19.2	428	28.6	14.4	7.3	70.8	0.53
Internet Service Providers	130.5	51.9	64.2	15.5	0	51.7	0.22
Internet Software & Services	16.2	20.7	53.4	14.8	3.3	81.8	0.53
Investment Brokerage - National	25.2	13.6	96.6	11.8	2	26.3	0.34
Investment Brokerage - Regional	13.9	12.8	122.6	12.3	3.3	21.9	0.28
Jewelry Stores	8.3	8.6	52.2	11.1	1	34.1	0.48
Life Insurance	16.8	8	68.4	5	1.9	109.1	0.42
Lodging	11	25.8	220.1	1.4	1.3	52.9	0.39
Long Distance Carriers	23.1	26.4	1002.4	2	0	179.6	0.51
Long-Term Care Facilities	6.5	32.9	175	8.7	0.6	21.7	0.92
Lumber, Wood Production	7.6	26.4	162.1	6.8	0	42.5	0.6
Machine Tools & Accessories	7.8	9.7	41.2	2.1	0.3	29.3	0.15
Major Airlines	0.2	10.3	811.9	7.5	0	200.3	0
Major Integrated Oil & Gas	16.5	20.6	27.8	4.3	3.1	10.8	0.22
Management Services	11.4	25.5	60.9	7.4	7	29.1	0.58
Manufactured Housing	8.6	18.6	52	0	0	47.2	0
Marketing Services	11.2	30.2	447	8.5	0	58	0.51
Meat Products	5.7	12	45.9	7.1	2.1	53.8	0.84
Medical Appliances & Equipment	12.8	67.8	36.5	10.3	3.2	62.8	0.54
Medical Equipment Wholesale	5	11	57.1	9.3	8.4	33.1	0.87
Medical Instruments & Supplies	325.2	24.5	61.4	9.8	3.4	90.7	0.55
Medical Laboratories & Research	16.4	26.6	499.8	13.7	5	47.8	0.58
Medical Practitioners	6.2	10.6	75.5	12.3	11.6	20	0.9
Metals Fabrication	10.7	19.4	126.5	7.6	9.2	15.6	0.36
Money Center Banks	27.2	13.4	162.8	6.6	2.7	22.7	0.25
Mortgage Investment	25	10.4	1422.9	4.3	2.4	41.5	0.23
Movie Production, Theaters	915.5	79.8	828.9	1.9	2.1	119.2	0.36
Multimedia & Graphics Software	19.8	30.5	22.8	11.1	2.8	54.7	0.5
Music & Video Stores	4.9	14.5	43.2	11.7	10	54.9	0.52
Networking & Communication Devices	10.6	14.8	29.1	10.2	0.7	44.6	0.21
Nonmetallic Mineral Mining	441	22	173	3.7	0	155.7	0.91
Office Supplies	5.3	11	70	2.7	0	44.5	0.11
Oil & Gas Drilling and Exploration	62.3	21.8	86.5	4.3	2.9	35.1	0.49
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services	16.7	18.3	111.3	9.6	4.8	37.7	0.45
Oil & Gas Pipelines	27.2	33.6	387.1	12.8	6.8	20.1	0.47
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	10.1	121.6	96.9	9.4	1.9	30.6	0.31
Packaging & Containers	7.4	290.3	1472.4	3.6	6.9	15.9	0.46
Paper & Paper Products	8.9	18.7	213.5	5.4	11.6	28.7	0.38
Personal Computers	14.3	41.8	27.5	35.2	59	21.5	0.78
Personal Products	12.2	27.7	67.1	4.6	3.7	28.1	0.51
Personal Services	16.8	77.1	337.9	9.8	6.4	57	0.4
Photographic Equipment & Supplies	8.2	9.1	73.4	5.4	0	35.2	0.35
Pollution and Treatment Controls	9.5	8.4	78.1	7.6	0.2	66.3	0.63
Printed Circuit Boards	5.1	13.2	43.8	13.1	2.1	33.3	0.35
Processed & Packaged Goods	9.1	19.3	298	9.4	8.7	44.8	0.61
Processing Systems & Products	8	5.8	26.8	6.4	0.5	28.6	0.12
Property & Casualty Insurance	20	12.3	974.8	8.6	4.1	17.2	0.35
Property Management	105.6	19.1	2057.4	11.1	3.3	43.4	0.46
Publishing - Books	12.1	17.6	76.6	6	3.4	28.6	0.37
Publishing - Newspapers	14.1	10.2	375.4	3.4	4.2	32.2	0.85
Publishing - Periodicals	7.5	127.1	37.2	2	0	33.5	0.29
Railroads	13.6	12.1	67.6	7.3	7.1	27.6	0.34
Real Estate Development	25.3	9.7	1190.3	8.8	0	41.5	0.4
Recreational Goods, Other	7.4	9.6	36.5	4.7	8.6	24	0.47
Recreational Vehicles	9.4	22	70.8	0	0.1	26.5	0.4
Regional - Mid-Atlantic Banks	59	8.3	106.9	4.6	2.7	41.3	0.53
Regional - Midwest Banks	535.6	7.7	106.3	2.8	1	36.9	0.48
Regional - Northeast Banks	29.1	8.8	109.6	5.2	3	80.7	0.47
Regional - Pacific Banks	45.5	8.5	83.7	2.2	1.4	66.3	0.5
Regional - Southeast Banks	33.3	7.9	97.6	5.7	2	33.5	0.43
Regional - Southwest Banks	27.5	76.1	211.5	4.1	1.5	28.4	0.4
Regional Airlines	7.3	23.6	186.5	12.2	5.4	32.7	0.45
REIT - Diversified	29.8	10.8	238.6	8	10.9	47.3	0.47
REIT - Healthcare Facilities	37.2	10.1	114.7	22.5	3.2	28.2	0.27
REIT - Hotel/Motel	3.7	2.8	226.3	9.3	0	72.4	0.59
REIT - Industrial	18.6	5.6	140.1	17.6	2.8	96.3	0.42
REIT - Office	17.4	7	290.8	7.5	4.4	35.4	0.49
REIT - Residential	22.1	8.5	552.5	6.5	1.3	68	0.35
REIT - Retail	23.5	16.4	573	9	4	39.8	0.47
Rental & Leasing Services	25.9	11.8	701.5	4.9	4.2	25.3	0.55
Research Services	19.7	16.6	64.3	10.6	2.9	33.9	0.62
Residential Construction	9.4	12.4	121.7	6.5	0	14.1	0.72
Resorts & Casinos	15.6	10.6	172.3	18	6.8	50.3	0.38
Restaurants	9	26.6	307.4	9.8	4.5	57.2	0.55
Rubber & Plastics	6.6	17.9	222.2	2.8	2.1	59.7	0.23
Savings & Loans	65.3	6	173.8	5.5	3.6	44.7	0.48
Scientific & Technical Instruments	9.9	11.5	27.9	13.1	5.3	37.4	0.49
Security & Protection Services	7.1	11.8	115.5	13.6	3.8	52.2	0.52
Security Software & Services	19.6	12.7	87	7.5	2.4	43.6	0.59
Semiconductor - Broad Line	12.9	63.1	202.4	3.9	0	72.6	0.39
Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits	28.6	10	91.4	10.4	1.8	46.7	0.29
Semiconductor - Memory Chips	6	5.4	44.5	9.1	0	99.7	0
Semiconductor - Specialized	16.3	33.8	104.3	7.4	3.5	285.7	0.43
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	10	8.1	29.3	10.3	0.6	52.6	0.24
Shipping	24.7	26.2	376.9	14.7	4.5	22.9	0.33
Silver	28.9	7.8	12.9	7.2	0.2	45.3	0
Small Tools & Accessories	8.9	13.1	20.9	2.4	3.9	42.4	0.34
Specialized Health Services	7.8	23	100.4	7.9	3.7	88.8	0.77
Specialty Chemicals	10.6	26	100.7	7.1	3.9	61.5	0.62
Specialty Eateries	8.1	16.1	20.4	8.6	5.6	22.2	0.52
Specialty Retail, Other	5.5	533.1	542.1	8.2	3.5	158.4	0.37
Sporting Activities	15.7	851.7	11102.6	3.7	1.3	79.9	0.7
Sporting Goods	4.9	10.9	29	5.3	0	26.4	0.66
Sporting Goods Stores	4.5	15.4	52.2	6.4	1.1	33.9	0.22
Staffing & Outsourcing Services	6.7	9.3	24.9	6	0.8	30.2	0.4
Steel & Iron	14.4	22.4	46.5	9	2.2	41.3	0.27
Surety & Title Insurance	11.2	6.5	67.2	7.5	2.6	12	0.61
Synthetics	779.2	12.8	84.2	8.3	5.5	35.4	0.45
Technical & System Software	12.2	12.4	39.3	11.8	5.5	144.7	0.5
Technical Services	5.2	11.2	30.1	10.8	4.5	35.7	0.56
Telecom Services - Domestic	33.2	53.7	491.9	11.1	6.8	25.9	0.49
Telecom Services - Foreign	19	20.8	240.3	17.9	3.1	340.6	0.4
Textile - Apparel Clothing	11.2	24.5	146	10	4.9	24.3	0.42
Textile - Apparel Footwear & Accessories	13.1	16.8	19.5	8.8	5.6	54.1	0.51
Textile Manufacturing	3.1	7.5	142.5	19.8	0	40.6	0.13
Tobacco Products, Other	4.5	11.8	168.9	3.1	14.2	14.9	0.79
Toy & Hobby Stores	5.2	9	0	2.4	0	23.9	0
Toys & Games	6.7	10.8	39.9	4.1	3.4	30.2	0.35
Trucking	5.8	15.3	86.1	7.1	0	35	0.47
Trucks & Other Vehicles	5.7	13.4	69.5	4.1	1.2	21.6	0.46
Waste Management	13.5	35.8	79	9.2	1.5	39.9	0.35
Water Utilities	18.9	8.5	97.4	7.9	3.8	28.8	0.38
Wholesale, Other	9	10	23	3.2	1.9	14.8	0.64
Wireless Communications	16.3	67.9	202.9	9.7	3.8	139.6	0.45
Industry	Avg 5Yr PTP / Sales	Avg 5Yr ROE	Avg Debt / Equity	Avg 5Yr Rev Growth	Avg 5Yr EPS Growth	Avg PE	Avg EPS Pred (R²)

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Industry Averages(for December, 2010)

Industry Averages
(for December, 2010)