Date updated: 5-Jan-20

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

What is this data? Return on equity
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Companies in each industry: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pc/datasets/indname.xls
Variable definitions: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/datafile/variab
Industry Name Number of firms ROE (unadjusted)
Advertising 47 26.08%
Aerospace/Defense 77 31.42%
Air Transport 18 28.20%
Apparel 51 16.72%
Auto & Truck 13 12.43%
Auto Parts 46 12.56%
Bank (Money Center) 7 12.80%
Banks (Regional) 611 12.05%
Beverage (Alcoholic) 21 6.88%
Beverage (Soft) 34 40.25%
Broadcasting 27 93.39%
Brokerage & Investment Banking 39 14.06%
Building Materials 42 14.05%
Business & Consumer Services 165 10.24%
Cable TV 14 11.76%
Chemical (Basic) 43 9.16%
Chemical (Diversified) 6 10.07%
Chemical (Specialty) 94 5.68%
Coal & Related Energy 22 11.59%
Computer Services 106 17.29%
Computers/Peripherals 48 39.99%
Construction Supplies 44 24.78%
Diversified 23 7.86%
Drugs (Biotechnology) 503 -0.94%
Drugs (Pharmaceutical) 267 21.51%
Education 35 12.90%
Electrical Equipment 113 20.08%
Electronics (Consumer & Office) 20 -10.11%
Electronics (General) 153 11.29%
Engineering/Construction 54 3.43%
Entertainment 107 17.66%
Environmental & Waste Services 82 10.68%
Farming/Agriculture 31 9.14%
Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) 232 0.07%
Food Processing 88 1.90%
Food Wholesalers 17 15.51%
Furn/Home Furnishings 35 16.97%
Green & Renewable Energy 22 -5.80%
Healthcare Products 242 9.78%
Healthcare Support Services 128 13.16%
Heathcare Information and Technology 129 11.17%
Homebuilding 32 15.26%
Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities 36 62.13%
Hotel/Gaming 65 16.23%
Household Products 127 10.59%
Information Services 69 30.52%
Insurance (General) 19 7.42%
Insurance (Life) 24 10.44%
Insurance (Prop/Cas.) 51 10.58%
Investments & Asset Management 192 13.31%
Machinery 120 20.03%
Metals & Mining 92 3.27%
Office Equipment & Services 22 18.22%
Oil/Gas (Integrated) 4 7.85%
Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) 269 6.36%
Oil/Gas Distribution 24 3.91%
Oilfield Svcs/Equip. 136 -8.40%
Packaging & Container 24 15.96%
Paper/Forest Products 15 2.05%
Power 52 5.71%
Precious Metals 83 12.90%
Publishing & Newspapers 31 -3.79%
R.E.I.T. 234 5.49%
Real Estate (Development) 20 3.37%
Real Estate (General/Diversified) 12 5.71%
Real Estate (Operations & Services) 57 11.92%
Recreation 63 4.27%
Reinsurance 2 5.00%
Restaurant/Dining 77 NA
Retail (Automotive) 26 34.60%
Retail (Building Supply) 17 94.81%
Retail (Distributors) 80 16.47%
Retail (General) 18 18.14%
Retail (Grocery and Food) 13 18.11%
Retail (Online) 70 22.41%
Retail (Special Lines) 89 19.92%
Rubber& Tires 4 3.70%
Semiconductor 72 20.29%
Semiconductor Equip 39 27.65%
Shipbuilding & Marine 10 2.69%
Shoe 11 40.16%
Software (Entertainment) 86 18.49%
Software (Internet) 30 6.14%
Software (System & Application) 363 27.91%
Steel 32 18.41%
Telecom (Wireless) 18 1.15%
Telecom. Equipment 91 17.58%
Telecom. Services 67 5.67%
Tobacco 17 -0.05%
Transportation 18 21.61%
Transportation (Railroads) 8 23.44%
Trucking 33 -32.07%
Utility (General) 16 11.07%
Utility (Water) 17 9.90%
Total Market 7053 13.63%
Total Market (without financials) 5878 13.30%
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ROE (adjusted for R&D)
23.47%
22.58%
27.87%
16.51%
7.79%
9.42%
12.80%
12.05%
6.88%
38.76%
93.36%
14.05%
13.05%
10.04%
11.77%
8.35%
8.91%
5.32%
11.36%
14.50%
26.60%
20.62%
7.36%
3.83%
12.65%
12.49%
17.43%
-5.32%
8.87%
3.42%
15.73%
10.66%
8.09%
0.07%
1.85%
15.51%
14.58%
-5.48%
8.58%
13.12%
9.53%
15.26%
62.12%
16.05%
9.34%
28.03%
7.42%
10.44%
10.58%
13.21%
17.80%
3.23%
15.00%
7.76%
6.35%
3.91%
-8.03%
15.30%
2.02%
5.71%
12.54%
-3.75%
5.49%
3.37%
5.71%
11.85%
3.63%
5.00%
NA
34.60%
93.82%
16.45%
18.14%
18.11%
9.00%
19.64%
3.10%
13.35%
17.67%
2.69%
39.69%
14.77%
6.63%
17.94%
18.29%
1.14%
12.19%
5.54%
-0.05%
21.55%
23.44%
-12.46%
11.06%
9.90%
12.25%
11.61%