Last week the S&P Retail Index started sinking “in a sea of red,” according to MarketWatch.com, due to swelling geopolitical and economic fears and a Wal-Mart stock downgrade. The news prompted us to look at the sales of retail firms, which according to the Pratt’s Stats™ database, posted the following five year, median MVIC/EBITDA multiples:

Each data field had at least 200 data points—many over 300; for more information on the database, including its FAQ, go to www.BVMarketData.com.