Industry

The Financial - Conglomerates industry today

How the Financial - Conglomerates industry stands against its own history and against the 500 largest US companies. We do not say where it goes next.

Close of Friday 6 November 2026 · updated every trading day

11 US companies of $300 million or more · $18.1B in total

Valuation

Prices against profits, sales and dividends

Price to earnings (P/E)

How high are prices against profits?

How high are prices against profits? 41.5: Higher than usual.High, higher than in 8 of 10 months since 2006Usual range5 yr · 6.61 yr · 37.21 mo · 41.541.5Prices lowfor profitsPrices highfor profits

Higher than usual

High · higher than in 8 of 10 months since 2006

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1 month ago41.5higher than usual
1 year ago37.2higher than usual
5 years ago6.6far lower than usual

Last 10 years

Price to earnings (P/E) · Last 10 yearsPrice to earnings (P/E) each month for 10 years. Today: 41.5.0.0250.0500.02020202541.5

Price to sales (P/S)

How high are prices against sales?

How high are prices against sales? 3.5: Higher than usual.High, higher than in 7 of 10 months since 2006Usual range5 yr · 2.01 yr · 2.91 mo · 3.53.5Prices lowfor salesPrices highfor sales

Higher than usual

High · higher than in 7 of 10 months since 2006

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1 month ago3.5higher than usual
1 year ago2.9in the usual range
5 years ago2.0in the usual range

Last 10 years

Price to sales (P/S) · Last 10 yearsPrice to sales (P/S) each month for 10 years. Today: 3.5.0.02.04.0202020253.5

Dividend yield

How much do the companies pay in dividends for their price?

How much do the companies pay in dividends for their price? 1.4%: In the usual range.Normal, higher than in 6 of 10 months since 2006Usual range1 mo · 1.4%1 yr · 2.1%5 yr · 3.3%1.4%Low dividendsfor the priceHigh dividendsfor the price

In the usual range

Normal · higher than in 6 of 10 months since 2006

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1 month ago1.4%in the usual range
1 year ago2.1%more than usual
5 years ago3.3%more than usual

Last 10 years

Dividend yield · Last 10 yearsDividend yield each month for 10 years. Today: 1.4%.0.00%5.0%10.0%202020251.4%

Returns

How did the industry do against the 500 largest US companies?

PeriodThis industry500 largestDifference
1 month+5.7%−1.4%7.1 pts more
1 year+0.3%+9.9%9.6 pts less
5 years+44.3%+65.7%21.4 pts less

Total returns with dividends, weighted by market value, to the close of October 2026. Past results do not show future results.

Largest companies

The three largest companies

  1. 01Freedom Holding Corp.FRHC63.0% of the industry
  2. 02Hilltop Holdings Inc.HTH11.5% of the industry
  3. 03Morgan Stanley Direct Lending FundMSDL6.4% of the industry
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  1. 04Drugs Made In America Acquisition II Corp. Ordinary SharesDMII3.6% of the industry
  2. 05New America Acquisition I Corp.NWAX-UN2.8% of the industry
  3. 06D. Boral Acquisition I Corp. UnitDBCAU2.5% of the industry
  4. 07Churchill Capital Corp XII UnitsCXIIU2.4% of the industry
  5. 08Churchill Capital Corp. XiiCXII2.4% of the industry
  6. 09Teamshares Inc.TMS2.0% of the industry
  7. 10RRE Ventures Acquisition Corp.RREV1.8% of the industry