Date updated: 5-Jan-20

Created by: Aswath Damodaran, adamodar@stern.nyu.edu

What is this data? Return on equity
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Inudstry Name Number of firms ROE (unadjusted)
Advertising 18 37.72%
Aerospace/Defense 21 NA
Air Transport 11 13.92%
Apparel 12 24.83%
Auto & Truck 3 -13.78%
Auto Parts 15 15.67%
Bank (Money Center) 11 13.14%
Banks (Regional) 6 7.86%
Beverage (Alcoholic) 18 -5.71%
Beverage (Soft) 8 7.68%
Broadcasting 14 1.74%
Brokerage & Investment Banking 24 1.20%
Building Materials 7 14.58%
Business & Consumer Services 68 23.17%
Cable TV 5 15.03%
Chemical (Basic) 14 4.75%
Chemical (Diversified) 2 2.79%
Chemical (Specialty) 43 17.27%
Coal & Related Energy 80 6.62%
Computer Services 26 16.52%
Computers/Peripherals 7 -99.25%
Construction Supplies 25 4.96%
Diversified 5 0.10%
Drugs (Biotechnology) 89 17.07%
Drugs (Pharmaceutical) 202 -26.28%
Education 16 3.99%
Electrical Equipment 21 -27.08%
Electronics (Consumer & Office) 5 -37.06%
Electronics (General) 49 3.25%
Engineering/Construction 29 2.03%
Entertainment 34 -0.98%
Environmental & Waste Services 32 0.49%
Farming/Agriculture 41 1.30%
Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) 72 5.35%
Food Processing 54 3.64%
Food Wholesalers 6 -4.06%
Furn/Home Furnishings 6 -29.20%
Green & Renewable Energy 27 6.24%
Healthcare Products 54 6.87%
Healthcare Support Services 33 7.99%
Heathcare Information and Technology 45 -70.81%
Homebuilding 3 3.91%
Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities 20 11.58%
Hotel/Gaming 37 6.63%
Household Products 33 -3.89%
Information Services 24 16.18%
Insurance (General) 6 7.28%
Insurance (Life) 10 11.09%
Insurance (Prop/Cas.) 9 6.60%
Investments & Asset Management 170 10.88%
Machinery 29 6.54%
Metals & Mining 1020 6.48%
Office Equipment & Services 3 -25.64%
Oil/Gas (Integrated) 6 8.87%
Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) 271 3.87%
Oil/Gas Distribution 11 13.12%
Oilfield Svcs/Equip. 51 5.30%
Packaging & Container 11 6.29%
Paper/Forest Products 21 -1.20%
Power 23 7.83%
Precious Metals 616 -1.09%
Publishing & Newspapers 13 3.50%
R.E.I.T. 72 8.01%
Real Estate (Development) 20 5.49%
Real Estate (General/Diversified) 7 7.95%
Real Estate (Operations & Services) 28 -3.97%
Recreation 12 21.72%
Reinsurance 0 NA
Restaurant/Dining 23 21.96%
Retail (Automotive) 6 4.82%
Retail (Building Supply) 8 17.27%
Retail (Distributors) 40 9.97%
Retail (General) 10 21.17%
Retail (Grocery and Food) 10 14.40%
Retail (Online) 18 -14.33%
Retail (Special Lines) 35 7.27%
Rubber& Tires 0 NA
Semiconductor 7 15.00%
Semiconductor Equip 3 -45.92%
Shipbuilding & Marine 9 8.74%
Shoe 0 NA
Software (Entertainment) 40 -0.56%
Software (Internet) 19 -7.01%
Software (System & Application) 221 -2.38%
Steel 56 25.52%
Telecom (Wireless) 6 23.73%
Telecom. Equipment 23 -12.11%
Telecom. Services 25 14.30%
Tobacco 1 -131.29%
Transportation 13 13.55%
Transportation (Railroads) 4 24.45%
Trucking 10 9.36%
Utility (General) 6 11.61%
Utility (Water) 6 -18.26%
Grand Total 4383 9.87%
Total Market (without financials) 4075 8.90%
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ROE (adjusted for R&D)
37.33%
NA
13.78%
24.79%
-10.44%
14.12%
13.14%
7.86%
-5.71%
7.69%
1.80%
1.27%
14.06%
22.88%
15.03%
4.70%
2.84%
17.08%
6.76%
16.47%
-53.14%
4.87%
0.10%
10.79%
-22.08%
3.73%
-20.96%
-20.05%
2.94%
2.04%
-1.25%
0.46%
 1.16%
5.33%
3.57%
-3.87%
-25.65%
6.19%
5.82%
8.00%
-42.87%
3.93%
11.52%
6.44%
-4.23%
12.69%
7.28%
11.09%
6.60%
10.87%
6.33%
6.48%
-23.29%
8.84%
3.87%
13.11%
5.25%
6.22%
-1.20%
7.82%
-1.08%
3.27%
8.01%
5.49%
7.95%
-3.88%
14.99%
NA
21.90%
4.82%
17.27%
9.97%
 21.17%
14.40%
-11.86%
7.26%
NA
13.55%
-11.28%
8.73%
NA
-0.58%
-2.93%
0.57%
25.43%
23.57%
-7.60%
14.20%
-131.29%
13.50%
24.37%
9.32%
11.58%
-14.50%
9.76%
8.76%