Top industries: Most bang for the buck
Industry Rank |
Industry |
2008 $ |
1 | Wholesalers: Health Care | 4.13 | 2 | Wholesalers: Electronics and Office Equipment | 3.42 | 3 | Petroleum Refining | 3.11 | 4 | Automotive Retailing, Services | 2.68 | 5 | Food and Drug Stores | 2.44 | 6 | Wholesalers: Diversified | 2.25 | 7 | Food Production | 2.23 | 8 | Engineering, Construction | 2.00 | 9 | Specialty Retailers | 2.00 | 10 | Health Care: Pharmacy and Other Services | 1.94 | 11 | Food Services | 1.58 | 12 | Metals | 1.51 | 13 | General Merchandisers | 1.49 | 14 | Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care | 1.45 | 15 | Motor Vehicles and Parts | 1.45 | 16 | Household and Personal Products | 1.33 | 17 | Electronics, Electrical Equipment | 1.32 | 18 | Construction and Farm Machinery | 1.24 | 19 | Food Consumer Products | 1.24 | 20 | Pipelines | 1.21 | 21 | Health Care: Medical Facilities | 1.16 | 22 | Industrial Machinery | 1.12 | 23 | Chemicals | 1.11 | 24 | Packaging, Containers | 1.09 | 25 | Information Technology Services | 1.05 | 26 | Aerospace and Defense | 1.04 | 27 | Oil and Gas Equipment, Services | 1.00 | 28 | Airlines | 0.99 | 29 | Home Equipment, Furnishings | 0.99 | 30 | Computers, Office Equipment | 0.97 | 31 | Beverages | 0.88 | 32 | Forest and Paper Products | 0.80 | 33 | Medical Products and Equipment | 0.80 | 34 | Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components | 0.78 | 35 | Scientific, Photographic, and Control Equipment | 0.75 | 36 | Network and Other Communications Equipment | 0.67 | 37 | Pharmaceuticals | 0.66 | 38 | Telecommunications | 0.61 | 39 | Internet Services and Retailing | 0.55 | 40 | Entertainment | 0.52 | 41 | Real Estate | 0.49 | 42 | Energy | 0.48 | 43 | Hotels, Casinos, Resorts | 0.47 | 44 | Mining, Crude-Oil production | 0.47 | 45 | Railroads | 0.44 | 46 | Utilities: Gas and Electric | 0.40 | 47 | Financial Data Services | 0.35 | 48 | Securities | 0.30 | 49 | Insurance: Property and Casualty (stock) | 0.27 | 50 | Diversified Financials | 0.15 | 51 | Insurance: Life, Health (mutual) | 0.14 | 52 | Insurance: Life, Health (stock) | 0.09 | 53 | Commercial Banks | 0.07 |
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