Publicly Traded Life Sciences Industry Report: Spring 2024 Results

Latest Spring earnings showed that the Top 5 Publicly Traded Life Science tool companies by market cap decreased total revenues in the high to low single digits YOY in the January – March Quarter, according to their Latest Earnings Releases. Of the publicly traded Life Science tool companies who released earnings results, the following top […]

Publicly Traded Analog Semiconductor Industry Report: Spring 2024 Results

Latest Spring earnings results of the Top 5 Publicly Traded Analog Semiconductor companies by YoY revenues continue to go down across the board in the January-March quarter, according to their latest earnings releases. Of the publicly traded Analog Semiconductor companies who released Spring 2024 earnings results, only NXP Semiconductors managed to increase their YoY revenues […]

Publicly Traded Insurance Retail Brokers Industry Report: Spring 2024 Results

According to their latest earnings releases, the Spring earnings results of the Top 5 Publicly Traded Insurance Retail Brokers by YoY revenues increased by 10.1% in the January-March quarter. Of the publicly traded Insurance Retail Brokers that released Spring Q1 2024 earnings results, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co grew the highest quarterly YoY revenues by 19.90% Willis […]

Publicly Traded Waste Management Industry Report: Spring 2024 Results

According to their latest earnings releases, the Spring earnings results of the Top 5 Publicly Traded Waste Management companies by YoY revenues increased by 5.7% in the January-March quarter. Of the publicly traded Waste Management companies that released Spring Q1 2024 earnings results, Waste connections grew the highest quarterly YoY revenues by 9.10% GFL Environmental had […]

Publicly Traded Agricultural Equipment Industry Report: Winter 2023 Results

Based on their latest earnings releases, the Recent Winter earnings results of the Top 5 Publicly Traded Truckload Freight companies by YoY Quarter Revenues decreased by -5% on average across the board in the October-December quarter. Of the publicly traded Agricultural equipment companies who released Winter 2023 earnings results, the following top 5 companies by […]

Historical S&P 500 Industry Weights – [20+ Year History]

Updated 7/12/2023 If you’re benchmarking to the S&P 500, then it helps to know the context of your industry weighting compared to the index. It can help to explain your portfolio’s relative performance. It can also create a “heat check” to how your portfolio is balanced, and how it might react to an upcoming economic […]

Average Operating (EBIT) Margin by Industry – 22 Years of Data [S&P 500]

Updated 4/21/2023 Operating margin is probably the most useful profitability ratio because it’s much less volatile than net margin but includes all operating expenses to run a business (which gross margin doesn’t). Obviously, we want to see increasing operating margins over time. But how’s an investor to know if a company’s general levels of operating […]

Average Gross Profit Margin by Industry – 22 Years of Data [S&P 500]

Updated 4/21/2023 Gross profit margin is one of the three main margin formulas in a company’s income statement, which measures a company’s efficiency in creating profitability. Gross profit margin, or “Gross Margin”, is basically how profitable a product or service is before you account for the operating costs, taxes, and interest payments to run the […]

Historical EPS Data for the S&P 500 – 20 Years of Average YOY Growth

Comparing a company’s historical EPS (earnings per share) data with the S&P 500 helps give insight on a company’s growth. It can tell investors whether that company is keeping up with the market or economy. It can also tell investors if that company deserves its valuation. The reason to look at historical EPS growth to […]

[S&P 500] Average Valuation Multiples by Industry: P/E, P/FCF, P/S, P/B, PEG

There are many valuation multiples which investors use to compare stocks with their peers in an industry. This post displays the mostly commonly used valuation multiples, showing average multiples of the S&P 500 by both sector and industry for Fiscal Year 2021 and 2020, as well as the 19 or 20-year historical averages (2002 – […]

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