North American Industry Groups

The North American Industry Groups database is based on Hemscott’s proprietary Industry Groups classification system. The system is comprised of 9 macroeconomic sectors, 31 business segments and 215 industry groups. Each of the 215 industry groups may be broken out as a separate index with its own return calculation. These categories apply to both U.S. and Canadian companies.

Within the database, each company is assigned to a specific Industry Group. Once a company is classified, its financial data becomes part of the aggregated industry financial statement – weighted by the company’s market capitalization.

Clients can select and view aggregate financial data by Sector, Segment or Industry, and can also find individual company data within a specific Industry Group for company-to-industry comparisons.