ICLUBcentral - Industry Averages Stock Watch List

Industry Averages
(for February 19, 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	11.9	8.3	32.6	4.4	2.6	12.4	0.22
Advertising Agencies	18.9	2474.2	47.3	5	2	32.3	0.65
Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified	6.9	29.4	317.6	5.5	20	23.1	0.55
Aerospace/Defense - Products & Services	9.6	15	52.2	13.1	10.3	18.8	0.62
Agricultural Chemicals	20.5	39.7	103.5	13	22.1	21.4	0.52
Air Delivery & Freight Services	7.7	23.5	99.8	6.1	9.6	24.4	0.58
Air Services, Other	21.1	8.2	49.5	8.4	6.1	30.8	0.6
Aluminum	12	11.7	37.7	14.3	0	0	0.19
Apparel Stores	8	30.1	42.8	7.1	7.6	31.8	0.5
Appliances	6.3	19.6	79.8	7.6	5.9	41	0.58
Application Software	18.2	62.5	101.9	11.7	4.6	37.9	0.53
Asset Management	25.6	19.7	148.1	12.3	3.7	38.9	0.33
Auto Dealerships	5.9	10.6	103.9	7.2	2.2	25.3	0.27
Auto Manufacturers - Major	5.6	9.2	110.1	8.1	0.1	24.9	0.16
Auto Parts	7.8	28.7	106.3	7.2	3.1	91.3	0.34
Auto Parts Stores	9.2	62.7	52.9	18.6	6.3	15.7	0.79
Auto Parts Wholesale	6	11.1	46.8	10.1	5.8	16.9	0.94
Basic Materials Wholesale	5.7	15.1	71.4	5.4	0	27.1	0.37
Beverages - Brewers	12.9	16.6	85.9	7.3	10.3	18.5	0.55
Beverages - Soft Drinks	12.3	19	201.3	6.2	8	22.7	0.49
Beverages - Wineries & Distillers	16	17.5	103.1	7.5	3.3	21.3	0.48
Biotechnology	143	18.3	57.8	14	1.1	28.9	0.78
Broadcasting - Radio	15.1	10.1	270.6	5.8	1	26.8	0.49
Broadcasting - TV	12.6	69.9	266.1	7.5	0.7	22.4	0.55
Building Materials Wholesale	5.5	12.7	140.8	4.3	1.3	20.5	0.07
Business Equipment	6.6	82.9	509.9	8.2	1	52.4	0.26
Business Services	37.6	29.9	282.1	9	3	27.4	0.5
Business Software & Services	11.3	81.1	30.5	12.5	4.1	35.4	0.46
Catalog & Mail Order Houses	5.7	14.5	50.6	9.4	4.7	23	0.53
CATV Systems	15.5	77.3	216.1	11.7	5.6	19.2	0.56
Cement	9.2	14.2	94	7.8	7	55	0.51
Chemicals - Major Diversified	8.4	30.1	149.9	4.4	7.8	13.5	0.43
Cigarettes	25.4	275.9	252.7	6.5	10.4	17.2	0.72
Cleaning Products	9.7	48.5	39.7	6.5	8.6	17.1	0.72
Communication Equipment	42.2	10.8	105.8	10.5	2	54.6	0.49
Computer Based Systems	5.8	10.6	58.8	20.3	2.7	65.6	0.89
Computer Peripherals	13.9	10.1	47.3	10.5	0.8	142.9	0.31
Computers Wholesale	9.1	10.5	10.9	9	1.9	19.3	0.34
Confectioners	13.7	26.5	140.7	2.8	2.4	30.6	0.68
Conglomerates	18	25.2	116.5	5.2	4.1	25.4	0.53
Consumer Services	11.9	24	122.3	7.8	2.4	33.8	0.68
Copper	32.5	46.1	92.4	15.5	2	35.5	0.18
Credit Services	21.6	20	1191.5	9.1	5.3	17.5	0.52
Dairy Products	10.3	23.9	145.3	14	11.8	127.5	0.45
Data Storage Devices	7.3	10.6	70.7	12.2	2.9	34.8	0.51
Department Stores	5.3	14.2	155.3	11.6	3.4	28	0.56
Diagnostic Substances	23.6	13.1	90.2	10.6	4.5	19.8	0.79
Discount, Variety Stores	3.6	10.3	44.7	7.4	12.9	23.2	0.68
Diversified Communication Services	21.6	20.3	135.5	14.2	1.1	15.9	0.43
Diversified Computer Systems	13.6	23.1	158.4	7.3	5.6	18	0.71
Diversified Electronics	40.9	22.9	49.1	13.3	4.9	54.3	0.52
Diversified Investments	43.1	676	319.1	5.4	2	61.7	0.46
Diversified Machinery	10	18.7	43.1	7.9	7.9	55.4	0.57
Diversified Utilities	9.9	10.7	99	5.2	6	15.3	0.46
Drug Delivery	16.7	36.6	39.1	16.9	5.8	20.4	0.64
Drug Manufacturers - Major	25.5	23.2	55	4.2	1.7	16.6	0.5
Drug Manufacturers - Other	17.9	19.8	57.4	16.5	3.3	32.8	0.42
Drug Related Products	14.6	22.3	48.2	12.6	3.6	33.3	0.39
Drug Stores	5.9	9.7	34.9	10.6	3.9	18.7	0.87
Drugs - Generic	8.5	18.6	45.4	8.4	0.8	15.2	0.28
Drugs Wholesale	5.5	14.2	46.6	5.6	11.4	15.2	0.65
Education & Training Services	16.4	20.7	22.5	5.2	4.8	48.5	0.6
Electric Utilities	14	76.1	120.2	4.9	6.9	15.8	0.5
Electronic Equipment	7.1	15.9	27.6	6.5	1.7	21.3	0.6
Electronics Stores	6.1	18.9	42.9	18.3	14.1	11.4	0.45
Electronics Wholesale	7	14.1	34.1	7.9	0.8	26.3	0.28
Entertainment - Diversified	9.5	8.2	181.2	1.4	2.6	22.1	0.3
Farm & Construction Machinery	9.4	18.9	111.7	15.2	22.7	36.1	0.51
Farm Products	13.9	17.9	294.6	13.1	4.3	22.2	0.56
Food - Major Diversified	11.3	23.4	166.1	4.9	1.5	18.2	0.16
Food Wholesale	3	17.1	70	5.9	2.8	11.4	0.75
Foreign Money Center Banks	30.4	17.8	269.9	13.8	11.4	22.1	0.47
Foreign Regional Banks	30	16	207.2	19.6	14.4	22.6	0.41
Foreign Utilities	16.2	11.6	108.9	14.8	21.8	40	0.52
Gaming Activities	10.3	11.2	74.1	10.7	3.8	34.9	0.49
Gas Utilities	16.4	20	102.4	6.6	5.7	22.4	0.58
General Building Materials	8.4	14.9	53.7	8.2	8.8	35.8	0.41
General Contractors	8.5	12.3	24.7	11.3	3.9	14.4	1
General Entertainment	13.7	106.9	222.3	10.6	3.9	25.2	0.22
Gold	26.5	24.9	28.3	8.5	1.4	50.9	0.45
Grocery Stores	3.1	12.1	122.7	8.4	9.5	31.4	0.55
Health Care Plans	6.4	14.8	38.8	25.3	11.4	18.9	0.31
Healthcare Information Services	10.6	9.2	42	11.1	4.7	62.4	0.71
Heavy Construction	5.3	25.7	45.1	12.4	9.5	30.8	0.68
Home Furnishing Stores	6.2	12.1	29.4	3.9	0.1	266.6	0.24
Home Furnishings & Fixtures	7.1	23.9	37.6	2.8	0.7	30.7	0.3
Home Health Care	9.5	15.4	81.6	12	12.5	23	0.75
Home Improvement Stores	8.3	17.8	131.7	1.7	0.7	21.7	0.25
Hospitals	8.3	13.6	809.8	10.5	2.1	29.6	0.57
Housewares & Accessories	6.9	11.9	112.7	22.4	5.2	17.2	0.05
Independent Oil & Gas	37.9	25.1	121.3	22	11.2	36.6	0.54
Industrial Electrical Equipment	8	16.1	76.9	13.4	7.1	27	0.62
Industrial Equipment & Components	20.7	113.3	102.6	13.4	7.2	46.3	0.6
Industrial Equipment Wholesale	7.8	16.3	43.7	10.6	14.5	20	0.72
Industrial Metals & Minerals	60.8	74	101.6	3.5	2.6	29	0.42
Information & Delivery Services	20.8	73.2	156.6	3.6	4.7	25.9	0.81
Information Technology Services	8	11.7	37.6	9.2	4.1	20	0.51
Insurance Brokers	13.6	21.9	66.8	8.6	8.3	18.2	0.37
Internet Information Providers	21.6	479.8	60	19.3	7.4	36	0.49
Internet Service Providers	9.9	41	21.5	17	0.9	31.2	0.36
Internet Software & Services	10.7	18.3	59.2	15.8	3.2	79.5	0.65
Investment Brokerage - National	30.6	13.5	91.7	12.2	3.3	84.2	0.7
Investment Brokerage - Regional	13.8	13.2	2601.5	22.5	2.7	34.3	0.33
Jewelry Stores	6.6	13.4	66	12.1	3.3	25.1	0.83
Life Insurance	10	8.6	65.2	9.5	4.3	39.9	0.44
Lodging	9.9	15.8	314.5	3.3	1.8	36	0.36
Long Distance Carriers	9.8	13.2	532.2	3.2	0	106	0.1
Long-Term Care Facilities	6.9	36.2	140.8	7.9	6.1	23.3	0.53
Lumber, Wood Production	6.8	33.9	252	4.3	1.3	36	0.53
Machine Tools & Accessories	8	11.3	52.3	6.7	6	22.6	0.44
Major Airlines	0.4	10.9	804.1	10	0	105.7	0
Major Integrated Oil & Gas	17	22.7	29.6	16.4	13.6	15.1	0.66
Management Services	11.9	25.3	59.2	10.9	8.3	19.5	0.61
Manufactured Housing	10.6	10	143.2	0	0	6.3	0.6
Marketing Services	7.5	7.7	1932.9	7.5	0	98.7	0.13
Meat Products	5.6	13.2	40.7	8.1	2.5	19.5	0.58
Medical Appliances & Equipment	15.5	67.6	58.4	11.7	2.5	50.1	0.55
Medical Equipment Wholesale	4.3	11.7	56.3	9.1	7.8	17.6	0.88
Medical Instruments & Supplies	20.3	25.6	112.2	11	3.5	27.9	0.52
Medical Laboratories & Research	15.4	39	301.1	14.4	4.3	22.5	0.63
Medical Practitioners	7.4	11.9	83.6	24.6	6.9	26.2	0.81
Metals Fabrication	12.1	22.7	297	14.4	17.4	17.6	0.66
Money Center Banks	29.2	12.1	142.7	5.9	2.1	18.3	0.28
Mortgage Investment	15.9	9.3	41068.9	10	4.1	5.8	0.35
Movie Production, Theaters	13.5	43.1	292.8	4.6	0	33.3	0.2
Multimedia & Graphics Software	10.6	16.2	29.5	7.1	4.5	70.5	0.54
Music & Video Stores	2.8	10.4	464.9	7.3	6.4	30.4	0.47
Networking & Communication Devices	12.1	12.5	41.7	15.9	1.5	58.6	0.67
Nonmetallic Mineral Mining	382.4	38.9	45.4	0.4	0.2	31.5	0.15
Office Supplies	5	10	54.6	5.2	1.4	36.3	0.59
Oil & Gas Drilling and Exploration	30.3	18.6	77.4	8.2	5.9	28.8	0.64
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services	26.1	20	84.4	17.4	14.2	55.9	0.68
Oil & Gas Pipelines	23.8	32.6	132.8	12.8	9	23.2	0.53
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	11.3	126.6	114.3	16.3	9.8	32.9	0.51
Packaging & Containers	6.4	138	127.4	5.5	8.3	15.2	0.5
Paper & Paper Products	9.9	13	196.4	7.6	7.8	13.1	0.26
Personal Computers	12.6	42.1	43.9	16.6	14.8	21.4	0.48
Personal Products	14.8	26.8	86	5	3.1	18.3	0.53
Personal Services	13.1	115.3	797	10.6	5.3	18.4	0.48
Photographic Equipment & Supplies	7.7	9.8	85.5	9.5	1.3	37	0.21
Pollution and Treatment Controls	9.1	9.5	36.5	13.9	1.4	37.1	0.47
Printed Circuit Boards	6.1	13.4	62.1	13.4	3.8	158.8	0.43
Processed & Packaged Goods	8.8	21.9	987.4	9.6	7.8	40.3	0.55
Processing Systems & Products	7.3	13.7	13.1	15.8	1.1	22.8	0.4
Property & Casualty Insurance	21.9	12.9	34.7	8.1	4.6	13.3	0.31
Property Management	23	18.1	5033.8	13.7	4.5	35.3	0.34
Publishing - Books	13	17.4	97.3	4.3	6.9	37.6	0.53
Publishing - Newspapers	13.7	12.4	1179.1	6.3	3	30.9	0.69
Publishing - Periodicals	7.1	23.5	419.8	3	1.4	15	0.29
Railroads	13.5	12.6	88.1	9.7	12.7	19	0.57
Real Estate Development	19.4	10.5	113.4	14.5	0	19.7	0.52
Recreational Goods, Other	6.7	9.1	37.1	4.7	11.5	24.2	0.43
Recreational Vehicles	11	25.9	122.1	1.1	0.4	25.8	0.36
Regional - Mid-Atlantic Banks	94	8.6	117.7	6.1	4.3	22.9	0.37
Regional - Midwest Banks	26.5	8.1	129.4	3.1	1.4	36.7	0.41
Regional - Northeast Banks	30.4	35.4	132.8	5.2	4.1	31.5	0.46
Regional - Pacific Banks	43.4	9.7	104	3.8	2.6	22	0.41
Regional - Southeast Banks	30.4	9.1	102.3	7.1	3	45.8	0.39
Regional - Southwest Banks	105.1	67.9	472.7	5.5	3.1	21.7	0.37
Regional Airlines	7.9	24.7	251.8	14.4	2.8	26.1	0.62
REIT - Diversified	31.3	11	188.9	10.8	3.3	36.6	0.44
REIT - Healthcare Facilities	37	11.4	70	22.7	8.5	31.6	0.33
REIT - Hotel/Motel	4.9	5.3	258.1	26.3	2.7	45.8	0.12
REIT - Industrial	22.7	7	114.4	28.4	3.6	44.7	0.31
REIT - Office	18	8.6	208.9	12.8	4.4	47.9	0.36
REIT - Residential	17.2	7.8	413.1	7.7	2.7	57	0.45
REIT - Retail	26.1	28.5	676.2	13.5	8	67.7	0.47
Rental & Leasing Services	28.8	12.1	1070.1	8.9	9.9	17.3	0.6
Research Services	16.3	52	148.3	15.9	5.2	23.4	0.67
Residential Construction	12.8	16.1	176.7	0.6	0	22.4	0.56
Resorts & Casinos	18.5	14.3	151.9	13.7	11	16.6	0.64
Restaurants	7.1	19.6	1088.2	10.5	4.5	20.8	0.53
Rubber & Plastics	6.7	16.1	94.5	4	2.4	22.9	0.29
Savings & Loans	36	6.7	181	5.8	2.8	49	0.43
Scientific & Technical Instruments	9.5	11.4	49.5	12.3	6	38.5	0.44
Security & Protection Services	7.8	9.3	58.1	12.2	1.7	29.2	0.57
Security Software & Services	22.7	14.3	53.1	10.4	3.6	38.1	0.59
Semiconductor - Broad Line	14.7	61.6	112.8	3.1	0.6	35.5	0.37
Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits	13.2	10.4	103.8	12.5	2.5	60.9	0.31
Semiconductor - Memory Chips	6.6	14.1	50.2	8.7	5	22.7	0.13
Semiconductor - Specialized	15.3	19.7	46.9	7	3.3	34.9	0.55
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	11.4	8.5	31.8	9	1.2	57.1	0.39
Shipping	29.3	27.6	201.7	9.3	5.4	71.5	0.41
Silver	29.2	7.1	12.8	4.5	0	280.5	0
Small Tools & Accessories	9.7	15.1	36.5	6.2	9.5	43.7	0.43
Specialized Health Services	8.8	23.1	122	9.2	2.5	46.2	0.61
Specialty Chemicals	11.2	80.3	113.2	6.5	2	58.5	0.5
Specialty Eateries	11.6	18.5	26.1	7	3.2	24.1	0.48
Specialty Retail, Other	5.2	709.8	241	8.3	6	24.8	0.43
Sporting Activities	19.3	641.3	5896.6	4	2.5	29.3	0.43
Sporting Goods	5	14	57.9	8.3	7.7	24	0.43
Sporting Goods Stores	4.7	17.5	70.2	7.7	2.1	19.5	0.43
Staffing & Outsourcing Services	6.9	11	47.3	5.8	3.6	45.4	0.45
Steel & Iron	16.1	25.1	46.8	14.4	11	39	0.45
Surety & Title Insurance	12	8.3	202.6	6.5	2.8	41.5	0.87
Synthetics	728.8	14.2	93.2	7.4	5.3	19.2	0.5
Technical & System Software	14.2	14.2	54.2	14	5.1	40.9	0.55
Technical Services	4.6	74.1	22.3	17.1	7.8	20.5	0.59
Telecom Services - Domestic	15	55.3	587.5	14.5	3.4	24.4	0.36
Telecom Services - Foreign	18.9	19.7	480.8	13.4	12.4	72.7	0.4
Textile - Apparel Clothing	8.2	20.2	108.8	10.7	5.1	43	0.32
Textile - Apparel, Footwear & Accessories	13	16	22.6	8.5	7.7	33.1	0.57
Textile Manufacturing	4.9	8.1	149.3	7.7	1.3	210.1	0.1
Tobacco Products, Other	4	11.3	103.6	10.9	4.9	7.1	0.15
Toy & Hobby Stores	8.6	15.1	0	12.2	0	0	0.46
Toys & Games	10.1	11.3	62.8	5.4	4.2	130.4	0.45
Trucking	6.4	17	105.4	9.3	4.6	40.4	0.36
Trucks & Other Vehicles	5.3	17.4	125.7	7.3	5.1	25.8	0.63
Waste Management	13.6	19.9	86.9	7.9	4.2	83	0.53
Water Utilities	18.3	8.9	100.9	7.8	4.6	24.2	0.42
Wholesale, Other	10.2	9.9	47.3	3.1	3.5	46.6	0.34
Wireless Communications	17.2	119.2	154	9.7	6.1	14.7	0.63
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 February 19, 2010)

Industry Averages
(for February 19, 2010)