Load the StockCentral Sector/Industry Average Browser from the Data tab of StockCentral.com. You'll first see a list of all the sectors and their component industry groups. Jump right to a particular sector, such as Basic Materials Energy, Healthcare, or Technology, by selecting it from the dropdown listing at the top of the page. Then you'll see a table of all of industry groups in that sector and their key averages.

 

If you've already identified an industry group for study, choose it from the Locate Industry dropdown list at the top of the page. From there, you can drill down to see all of the component companies in that industry, while the industry averages are retained at the top of the page for easy comparison. Click a company name to load the StockCentral Company Report for that stock.

 

You can find a company's industry on its  StockCentral Company Report, also in the Data tab. The industry is identified in the Company Info section at the top of the report.

 

For each sector, industry, and company, seven key ratios are providd to help you determine whether a company is a leader or laggard amongst its competitors. The values included here are some of the most important comparative measures: Average 5-Year Pre-Tax Profit/Sales, Average 5-Year Return on Equity, Average Debt/Equity, Average 5-Year Revenue Growth, Average 5-Year EPS Growth, Average P/E Ratio, and Average EPS Predictability (R2).

 

Click the Save as Excel link at the top right of any table to download the results in this format to your computer to save for future reference or for further analysis.

 

Throughout the tool, you can click any column header to sort the table by that criteria. This is is great for finding candidates for study or a Toolkit 6 stock comparison in a particular industry.