Markets
Sectors
How each part of the US stock market looks today: growth, profitability, financial health, and whether companies are priced above or below their own history.
| Sector | Companies | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Return on capital | Health | vs usual price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Software, chips and hardware. Usually fast-growing and highly profitable, so they tend to trade on higher valuations. | 9 | 17.4% | 32.0% | 44.0% | 7.0/9 | – |
| Communication Internet platforms, media and telecoms: from high-growth advertising businesses to slow, dividend-paying phone networks. | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Consumer Shops, restaurants, cars and brands people choose to spend on. Sensitive to how confident households feel. | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Staples Food, drink, household goods and supermarkets: things people buy in good times and bad. Steadier, often big dividend payers. | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Healthcare Drug makers, medical devices and health insurers. Long product cycles, patents and regulation shape returns. | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Financials Banks, card networks, asset managers and insurers. Judge banks on returns on equity and capital, not debt ratios. | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Energy Oil and gas producers. Profits swing with commodity prices, so balance-sheet strength decides who thrives. | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Industrials Aerospace, machinery, defence and transport. Tied to the economic cycle and large long-term contracts. | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
Scores are still being built for some companies; figures fill in over the next day or two.
Medians across the companies we cover in each sector. Growth is revenue a year over the last decade; return on capital is the five-year average. See also ready-made lists.