This article series shows every month a dashboard with aggregate industry metrics in energy (popular ETFs: XLE, XOP, VDE, IYE, FDN) and basic materials (popular ETFs: XLB, IYM, VAW, GDX).
Shortcut
If you are used to this dashboard series or if you are short of time, you can skip the first paragraphs and go to the charts. However, reading everything once is necessary if you want to use the metrics for stock-picking purposes.
Base Metrics
We calculate the median value of five fundamental ratios for each industry: Earnings Yield ("EY"), Sales Yield ("SY"),