ICLUBcentral - Industry Averages Stock Watch List

Industry Averages
(for November 10, 2008)

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	10.5	9.7	23	6.6	3.5	30.3	0.58
Advertising Agencies	16.3	13.7	57.9	13	8.3	65	0.81
Aerospace/Defense - Major	3.9	17.6	92.2	6.6	16.8	56.7	0.46
Aerospace/Defense - Products	6.7	14.8	65.8	11.6	5.8	32	0.48
Agricultural Chemicals	8.9	23.1	44.1	8.3	11.1	28.9	0.52
Air Delivery & Freight Services	4.9	22	49.5	8.9	15.2	21.8	0.89
Air Services, Other	19.3	12.1	51.2	10.7	7.1	26.8	0.56
Aluminum	9.4	11.8	91.5	15.3	22.4	16.2	0.77
Apparel Stores	8.3	56.5	190.7	9.6	13.2	25	0.54
Appliances	6.5	16.7	47.1	5.8	3.9	17.9	0.68
Appliances	6.5	16.7	47.1	5.8	3.9	17.9	0.68
Application Software	17.5	45.9	78.9	8	3.5	55.8	0.55
Asset Management	28.5	17.4	116.9	12	6.9	52.2	0.57
Auto Dealerships	6.3	12	57.1	6.3	6.4	17.3	0.46
Auto Manufacturers - Major	6.3	14	90.1	4	3.1	19.1	0.42
Auto Parts	7.2	61.6	147.5	9.2	5.6	29.3	0.43
Auto Parts	7.2	61.6	147.5	9.2	5.6	29.3	0.43
Auto Parts Stores	7.9	50.3	148	4.8	10	122.4	0.72
Auto Parts Wholesale	6.1	11.5	39.6	3.5	6.2	25.7	0.67
Basic Materials Wholesale	2.7	12	49.7	12.9	11.8	22.2	0.77
Beverages - Brewers	11.7	19.7	266.6	9.1	6.8	56.3	0.55
Beverages - Soft Drinks	9.7	19.6	147.3	8.5	5.8	37.8	0.66
Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	11.9	14.7	78.7	6.6	11.3	16.4	0.88
Biotechnology	20.9	22.9	53.2	10.7	1	30.1	0.73
Broadcasting - Radio	13.4	6.3	156.4	3.7	11.5	19	0.38
Broadcasting - Tv	8.9	8.3	166.5	7.5	5.5	38.1	0.43
Building Materials Wholessale	2.9	19.5	109.4	1.9	4.4	19.8	0.74
Business Equipment	7.4	62.5	555.4	8.4	9.6	28.4	0.62
Business Services	2664.5	18.7	363.1	5.4	2.1	50.2	0.56
Business Software & Services	370.8	20.3	106.6	11.9	3.6	40.5	0.59
Catalog & Mail Order Houses	5.9	13.5	63.5	13.2	6.9	82.1	0.64
CATV Systems	11.6	772.8	662	5.5	0.7	103.8	0.18
Cement	9.8	13.4	52.6	11.9	17	15.3	0.86
Chemicals - Major Diversified	7.2	28.1	88.6	9.2	22.9	16.5	0.75
Cigarettes	12.2	24.6	63.3	6.5	5.3	18.3	0.5
Cleaning Products	9	21	51	4.1	2.9	57	0.7
Communication Equipment	8	10.3	168.6	12.6	2.4	40.3	0.46
Computer Based Systems	3.9	7.6	108.3	6.1	0	43.9	0
Computer Peripherals	9.2	11	52.4	15.1	3.8	38.9	0.51
Computers Wholesale	1.3	8.5	15.6	13.2	7.6	94.1	0.7
Confectioners	12.8	17.9	61.3	5.2	9.4	23.6	0.45
Conglomerates	75.7	22.1	77.9	7.6	6.2	18.1	0.77
Consumer Services	11.5	20.6	142.9	3	1.5	86.1	0.62
Copper	22.3	39.6	62	19.8	6.5	11.1	0.89
Credit Services	24.1	22.2	490.9	8.8	7.7	32.2	0.64
Dairy Products	10.9	22.4	66	14	5.3	34.5	0.35
Data Storage Devices	7.1	15.2	43.7	12	4.1	24	0.58
Department Stores	4.5	11.9	73.5	13.2	14.8	63.4	0.65
Diagnostic Substances	13.6	19.5	51.1	8.3	4.5	30.9	0.69
Discount, Variety Stores	5.1	17.3	15.4	7.2	11.3	26.5	0.52
Diversified Communications	37.5	18.2	132.3	5.2	0.2	59.8	0.22
Diversified Computer Systems	8.8	15.9	53.3	3.9	3	30.6	0.86
Diversified Electronics	9.5	10.4	38	12.2	5.3	35.4	0.57
Diversified Investments	70.9	407	140.6	3.7	2.2	93.4	0.6
Diversified Machinery	7.9	17.6	47.7	11	8.4	28.8	0.7
Diversified Utilities	8.4	11	125.3	6.6	4.3	17.1	0.34
Drug Delivery	14.1	18	272.3	17.7	4.5	27.6	0.31
Drug Manufacturers - Major	18.6	28.6	30.4	8.7	2.8	22.5	0.67
Drug Manufacturers - Other	16.5	24.3	102.8	14.8	3.3	30.2	0.4
Drug Related Products	11.7	29.2	26	12.8	6	27.8	0.44
Drug Stores	5.3	24.3	76.8	6.7	8.4	57.5	0.92
Drugs - Generic	15.4	29.1	76.6	6.5	0.7	44.2	0.21
Drugs Wholesale	5	21	31.7	4	3.1	15.8	0.41
Education & Training Services	13.5	19.2	79.7	12	7.7	40.6	0.61
Electric Utilities	9.8	13.2	125.9	10	7.1	33	0.45
Electronic Equipment	7.1	10.5	68.3	6.9	3.5	42.8	0.42
Electronics Stores	5.6	15.9	58.9	7.2	14.9	33	0.52
Electronics Wholesale	7.5	20.3	30.6	9.9	14.6	29	0.81
Entertainment - Diversified	5.9	5.8	49.2	4.8	6.2	52.3	0.82
Farm & Construction Machinery	7.7	12.4	59.2	18.5	17.7	25.9	0.6
Farm Products	15.1	10	193.5	7.5	2.6	28.6	0.65
Food - Major Diversified	10.5	19.2	102.4	6.5	4.5	29.5	0.29
Food Wholesale	3.9	10.4	61.7	5.2	4.8	19.8	0.49
Foreign Money Center Bank	30.5	17.3	231.3	18.5	23.1	14.7	0.74
Foreign Regional Banks	32.8	16	244	15.3	13.2	16	0.72
Foreign Utilities	14.3	145.1	106.1	15.2	7.7	22.1	0.67
Gaming Activities	9.7	24.4	145.3	11.9	0.8	47.9	0.58
Gas Utilities	11.6	12.9	116.6	16.2	9.8	18.2	0.56
General Building Material	8.2	19.5	75.6	13.1	13.7	22	0.61
General Contractors	3.9	11.2	38.4	11.4	3.6	71.2	0.14
General Entertainment	11.1	11.2	442.7	8.3	2.1	33.3	0.43
Gold	26.8	19.5	22.4	3.7	1.8	42.7	0.43
Grocery Stores	2.8	19	101	8.9	7.8	43	0.47
Health Care Plans	6.9	18.2	28.1	15.9	12.1	39.5	0.75
Healthcare Information Services	16.6	10.9	40	7.9	3	44.4	0.57
Heavy Construction	3.3	29.4	52.9	12.7	9.4	47.8	0.59
Home Furnishing Stores	5.8	15.8	27.7	7	3.9	21.1	0.82
Home Furnishings & Fixtures	7.4	15.6	41.5	6.2	3.8	117.1	0.49
Home Health Care	6.9	15.5	118.4	13	6.2	20.4	0.59
Home Improvement Stores	7.3	20.9	64.1	15	23.1	13.2	0.92
Hospitals	11.9	11	288.3	11.6	4.7	21.8	0.59
Housewares & Accessories	6.1	16.3	205.4	24.6	6.1	17.4	0.48
Independent Oil & Gas	32.2	15.8	97.2	24.5	16.8	32.3	0.75
Industrial Electrical Equipment	8.6	13.5	62.4	10.7	5.1	33.7	0.6
Industrial Equipment & Controls	9.8	13	81.4	12.3	7.5	17	0.68
Industrial Equipment Wholesale	16.8	71.6	67.9	9.8	18.6	17.7	0.7
Industrial Metals & Miner	33	88.5	2323.4	3.7	3.5	43.8	0.75
Information & Delivery Services	18.5	60.6	61.1	8.3	2.9	38.3	0.67
Information Technology Services	15.7	9.1	29.8	13.2	8.9	25.4	0.55
Insurance Brokers	15	22.7	44.6	9	4.5	21.2	0.36
Internet Information Providers	19.6	18.9	24	19.6	3.5	44.7	0.73
Internet Service Providers	5.3	29.5	42.7	11.5	2.4	74.1	0.42
Internet Software & Services	13.6	28.8	16.2	20.4	1.9	92	0.47
Investment Brokerage - National	23.6	21.6	216.4	14.1	14.6	18.1	0.83
Investment Brokerage - Regional	16.1	11.8	51.7	14.3	8	23.3	0.7
Jewelry Stores	7	11.9	52.6	5	1.5	34.9	0.3
Life Insurance	12.7	8.6	47.9	12.3	17.3	14.9	0.68
Lodging	11	11.5	130	5.6	5.8	56.8	0.68
Long Distance Carriers	17.4	14.3	151.3	3.8	6.6	20.8	0.64
Long-Term Care Facilities	6.7	76.6	136.7	9.8	3.4	39	0.45
Lumber, Wood Production	7.6	10.6	39.2	9.4	16	47.3	0.54
Machine Tools & Accessories	8.6	11.3	64.1	9.2	10.4	31	0.49
Major Airlines	3.2	17.1	371.4	5.7	0	46.1	0
Major Integrated Oil & Gas	16.6	19.9	24.5	20.6	33.4	11.3	0.89
Management Services	10.9	21.9	50.5	6.5	6	20.9	0.69
Manufactured Housing	6.4	9	58.9	2.8	2.6	77	0.45
Marketing Services	7.2	17.9	70.3	9.2	1.8	80.3	0.48
Meat Products	6	14.6	51.2	7	5.1	58.3	0.51
Medical Appliances & Equipment	16.9	13	32.2	11.5	3.6	56.2	0.57
Medical Equipment Wholesale	4.6	11.4	27.7	8.6	4.9	28.2	0.79
Medical Instruments & Supplies	15.3	16.4	23.9	10.1	3.6	70	0.54
Medical Laboratories & Research	12.9	16.7	19.4	6.8	4.4	28.7	0.64
Medical Practitioners	10.7	11.4	70.7	12.9	3	26.2	0.78
Metals Fabrication	7.3	13.2	174.2	16.3	22.1	16.9	0.68
Money Center Banks	30.9	14.2	126.1	11.7	10.6	24.1	0.78
Mortgage Investment	20.5	15.7	952.4	13.3	2.1	7.3	0.39
Movie Production, Theater	12.8	38.5	52	6.5	2.3	49.5	0.71
Multimedia & Graphics Software	13.4	11.8	46.2	4.9	1.2	113.9	0.36
Music & Video Stores	0.7	4	92	14.5	2.3	16.6	0.33
Networking & Communications	10.9	9.7	31.1	12.5	1.2	64.1	0.5
Nonmetallic Mineral Minin	27.2	19.2	37.7	0.5	1.8	19.1	0.91
Office Supplies	4	8.7	59.7	8.1	7.8	27.5	0.48
Oil & Gas Drilling And Exploration	394.8	11.5	108.4	6.7	3.8	43.3	0.54
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services	26.3	30.1	91.8	15.4	12.7	39.2	0.85
Oil & Gas Pipelines	15.4	20.9	341	13.1	2.1	54.8	0.38
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	14.3	65.8	109	12.8	9.9	11.1	0.8
Packaging & Containers	5.9	20.4	175.3	7.3	6.6	18.6	0.47
Paper & Paper Products	7.4	10	157	7.8	6.9	41.4	0.65
Personal Computers	7.6	29.4	62.3	18.2	5.7	28.8	0.96
Personal Products	10.6	109.5	115.3	9.7	2.3	29.4	0.49
Personal Services	11.3	28.7	80.5	7.5	4.3	29.8	0.54
Photographic Equipment	4.8	15.9	75	6.3	4	37.1	0.62
Pollution And Treatment Control	5.8	10.3	68.1	8.7	3.9	53.4	0.56
Printed Circuit Boards	6.6	11.1	38.2	12.1	11.5	62.6	0.65
Processed & Packaged Goods	6.8	20.8	93.8	6.8	6.1	31.7	0.62
Processing Systems & Products	8.2	7.8	52.4	18.1	3.2	36.4	0.48
Property & Casualty Insurance	13.2	12.1	28.4	9.3	12.6	11.4	0.66
Property Management	31.1	102.8	241.1	8.5	1.8	27	0.47
Publishing - Books	12	15.7	56.2	3.8	3.2	19.2	0.76
Publishing - Newspapers	15.6	27.5	104.6	6.3	5.1	13	0.33
Publishing - Periodicals	13.6	37.4	188	7.6	7.1	44.5	0.85
Railroads	12.3	12.3	56.9	16	17.2	77.1	0.72
Real Estate Development	17.2	12.2	320.1	12.1	7.5	56.1	0.39
Recreational Goods, Other	7.8	10.4	50.5	5	3	26.6	0.54
Recreational Vehicles	10.9	22.9	96.3	6.7	5.5	15.3	0.66
Regional - Mid-Atlantic Banks	32.2	10	86.4	8.5	7.8	27.7	0.58
Regional - Midwest Banks	30.6	10.1	94.3	5.4	4.8	20.8	0.61
Regional - Northeast Banks	33.4	10.9	105.4	6.2	5.4	30.7	0.55
Regional - Pacific Banks	34	11.8	90.4	6.7	7.7	28.5	0.75
Regional - Southeast Banks	33.2	10.9	83.4	9.7	6.7	18.3	0.64
Regional - Southwest Banks	146.5	11.7	93.3	10.3	10	18.8	0.61
Regional Airlines	11.4	49	159	15.3	6.6	48.5	0.48
REIT - Diversified	29.9	29.2	376.8	17.8	6.7	34	0.38
REIT - Healthcare Facilities	38.1	13.2	108.8	8.8	8.4	16.1	0.52
REIT - Hotel/Motel	7.5	4.3	151.7	17.5	0	57.5	0.67
REIT - Industrial	26.7	6.1	105	10.1	5.5	44	0.49
REIT - Office	25.4	7.1	207.3	9.9	2.6	49.2	0.47
REIT - Residential	16.7	12	420.6	9	3.6	30.1	0.49
REIT - Retail	24.1	15.3	769.3	11.7	8.1	31.4	0.44
Rental & Leasing Services	32.5	196.1	227.1	5.8	6.7	24	0.52
Research Services	15.6	16.7	29.9	7.5	3	40	0.55
Residential Construction	11.8	28.7	115.4	17.4	11.4	19.1	0.65
Resorts & Casinos	17.5	14.1	196.7	10.8	6.2	76.9	0.65
Restaurants	7.2	19.9	95.4	7.5	6	48.7	0.64
Rubber & Plastics	5.5	17.4	75.9	10.3	5.3	39.3	0.51
Savings & Loans	33.1	7.9	173.4	6.5	5.2	39	0.49
Scientific & Technical Instruments	9.7	11.2	42.8	14.9	7.3	46.9	0.6
Security & Protection Services	5.1	8.5	49.9	13.4	4.2	33.2	0.54
Security Software & Services	20.6	13.1	53.7	10.4	0.3	45.6	0.65
Semiconductor - Broad Line	40.5	11.4	44.7	8.2	3.5	32.4	0.48
Semiconductor - Integrated	13.5	40.3	80.7	14.4	4.6	57	0.55
Semiconductor - Memory Chips	15.1	8.9	19	12.8	3.4	92.9	0.49
Semiconductor - Specialized	17	12.1	15.4	10.2	5	39.9	0.67
Semiconductor Equipment	12.1	9	40.9	16.4	6.8	35.1	0.66
Shipping	25.6	38	356.6	8.5	8.6	27.5	0.6
Silver	22.9	11.6	17	8.7	0	52.5	0
Small Tools & Accessories	9.6	16	29.9	9	12.4	19.8	0.7
Specialized Health Servic	7.6	30.7	57.1	13.6	4.6	31.2	0.56
Specialty Chemicals	11.3	17	87.4	8.4	3	40.1	0.46
Specialty Eateries	12.6	17.1	26.8	12.1	9.9	26.3	0.66
Specialty Retail, Other	4.2	39	106	10.3	5.7	39.6	0.63
Sporting Activities	16.9	10.7	64.8	1.8	1.7	23.8	0.64
Sporting Goods	7.8	14.2	44.3	11.8	5.5	20.5	0.63
Sporting Goods	7.8	14.2	44.3	11.8	5.5	20.5	0.63
Sporting Goods Stores	5.3	22.8	51.9	5.6	6.6	34.5	0.81
Staffing & Outsourcing Services	6.6	10.4	28.3	7	5.4	20.1	0.59
Steel & Iron	14.9	25.2	54.2	17	15.1	17.7	0.72
Surety & Title Insurance	33.6	12.9	41.8	8.3	6.4	10.4	0.56
Synthetics	1066.6	14.3	181.4	6.6	6	19.2	0.59
Technical & System Software	12.2	9.5	48.8	14.4	9	46.8	0.74
Technical Services	4.9	10.6	26.4	12.1	4.7	22.7	0.61
Telecom Services - Domestic	16.4	15.4	203.5	9.9	2.4	86.1	0.37
Telecom Services - Foreign	35.5	16.6	198.5	11.2	6.5	57.6	0.4
Textile - Apparel Clothing	7.8	17.3	153.9	8.4	4.5	38.3	0.59
Textile - Apparel Footwear	10.9	16.4	18.4	10	10.6	19.9	0.53
Textile Manufacturing	4.9	15.8	105.3	5.9	0.7	46.2	0.4
Tobacco Products, Other	19.7	917	550.9	11.5	11.7	21.9	0.71
Toy & Hobby Stores	11.4	20.3	0	7.7	0	6.5	0
Toys & Games	9.3	11.6	21.6	16.9	6.2	24.4	0.47
Trucking	6.8	21.3	97.4	11.6	21	16.1	0.77
Trucks & Other Vehicles	5.7	16.3	64.8	10.4	11.5	23.8	0.51
Waste Management	35.5	12.6	144.8	10.3	3.4	86.1	0.64
Water Utilities	18.2	8.7	88	7.4	5.4	33.2	0.45
Wholesale, Other	9.3	12.8	57.4	7.1	5.6	22.6	0.52
Wireless Communications	16.3	195.2	160.6	10.4	7.2	40.3	0.57
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)

Disclaimer

This industry information is meant to assist persons performing fundamental stock analysis with ICLUBcentral's software. The data is meant to give a perspective on how a particular company is performing relative to its industry. Ideas and opinions may be triggered for the reader to develop when doing his/her own stock studies. The data is presented for educational purposes only and is not meant as recommendations of stocks to purchase.

Industry Averages(for November 10, 2008)

Industry Averages
(for November 10, 2008)