Table 1:

Sample distribution by industry and year.

Panel A. Sample distribution by industry
#IndustryN%
1Agriculture370.18
2Food products4412.20
3Candy & soda300.15
4Beer & liquor900.45
5Tobacco products380.19
6Recreation1260.63
7Entertainment2991.49
8Printing & publishing1680.84
9Consumer goods3881.94
10Apparel4002.00
11Healthcare3171.58
12Medical equipment7803.89
13Pharmaceutical products7913.95
14Chemicals6273.13
15Rubber & plastic products1630.81
16Textile650.32
17Construction materials4982.49
18Construction4492.24
19Steel works3271.63
20Fabricated products400.20
21Machinery9924.95
22Electrical equipment3391.69
23Automobiles & truck4472.23
24Aircraft2031.01
25Shipbuilding & industrial metal mining810.40
26Defense260.13
27Precious metals470.23
28Non-metallic & industrial metal mining1250.62
29Coal710.35
30Petroleum & natural gas9924.95
32Communication5992.99
33Personal services3291.64
34Business services283214.13
35Computers8624.30
36Electronic equipment15917.94
37Measuring & control equipment5632.81
38Business supplies3181.59
39Shipping containers1370.68
40Transportation4252.12
41Wholesale8654.32
42Retail16648.30
43Restaurants, hotels & motels4372.18
46Real estate190.09
 Total20,038100.00
Panel B. Sample distribution by year
YearN%
2004 4462.23
2005 1,0595.28
2006 1,1055.51
2007 1,1105.54
2008 1,1775.87
2009 1,2546.26
2010 1,3156.56
2011 1,3246.61
2012 1,3696.83
2013 1,3326.65
2014 1,3496.73
2015 1,2136.05
2016 1,2046.01
2017 1,1465.72
2018 1,1395.68
2019 1,1635.80
2020 1,3336.65
Total 20,038100.00
Note: This table presents the Fama—French (1997) 48-industry and fiscal year distributions for our sample of 20,038 firm-year observations representing 2,547 unique firms.

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