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Computer and Technology

Sector Rank Top 13% (2 out of 16)

+32.73%

1Y Return

Updated Jan 17

The Zacks Sector Rank assigns a rating to each of the 16 Sectors based on their average Zacks Rank.

A sector with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

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The sector with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top sector (1 out of 16), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Sectors. The sector with the worst average Zacks Rank (16 out of 16) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Avg sector zacks Rank is calculated by averaging the Zacks Rank for all stocks within the specific sector.

The total number of brokers covering the stocks within the specific sector.

1 Year (YR) Return shows the percentage price charge for the respective Sector over the last 12 months to date.

Computer and Technology » Sector Overview

Performance

	Total Return %	IVV(iShares-SP500)
1 Month	-2.37	-0.44
3 Months	4.68	2.93
YTD	32.94	1.97
1 Year	32.73	28.08
3 Years	38.09	33.09
5 Years	124.61	89.75

Computer and Technology Performance

Industries in Sector

Top Industries	Industry Rank
Electronics - Connectors
Office Automation and Equipment
Security
Semiconductor - Circuit Foundry
Semiconductor Equipment - Photomasks

Roughly half of a stock’s price movement can be attributed to the group that it’s in. In fact, the top 50% of Zacks Ranked Industries outperforms the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.

By focusing on the top 50% of Zacks Ranked Industries, you can dramatically improve your stock picking success. The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would place in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries, while the industry with the worst average Zacks Rank would place in the bottom 1%.

Key Metrics for

Sector Earnings

	Sector	IVV(iShares-SP500)
PE (F1)	23.55	18.18
PEG (Ratio)	2.02	2.15
Proj EPS Growth	17.85%	8.80%
Hist EPS Growth	11.24%	9.79%
Net Margin	0.64%	12.50%
Hist Sales Growth	8.20%	8.44%
Hist Dividend Growth	0.00%	3.66%

Financial Ratios

	Sector	IVV(iShares-SP500)
Beta	1.06	1.05
ROE	3.81	16.88
ROA	1.86	6.76
ROI	3.38	10.87
Debt-to-Equity	0.03	0.61
Current Ratio	1.84	1.23
Cash Flow ($/share)	40.53	2,659.90
Price to Book	2.78	3.66
Price To Sales	2.45	3.05
Dividend Yield	0.00%	1.51%

Earnings Trends

Earnings Reported This Quarter	18
Beat	9 out of 18 (50%)
Met Consensus	3 out of 18 (17%)
Miss	5 out of 18 (28%)

Positive Estimate Revisions	47
Negative Estimate Revisions	61

Sector Earnings Trends highlight the number of companies in that sector that have reported, and shows whether they've Beat, Met, or Missed their consensus estimates.

Sectors with a higher percentage of companies that have Beat (Positively Surprised) usually means that something good is happening to that group as a whole for so many companies to be positively surprising. And studies have shown that companies that positively surprise have a greater likelihood of positively surprising in the future (or missing if they've recently missed).

For this reason, looking at sectors with the highest percentage of Positive Surprises (Beats) can be a great aid in forecasting which sector could have the highest probability of positively surprising in the future.

Sector Description

The Computer and Technology Sector consists of computer component, software, wireless and network equipment, internet services/software, land and satellite comm infrastructure, and semiconductor companies