Fundamental
Growth in EBIT by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 6870 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2009
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | ROC | Reinvestment Rate | Expected Growth in EBIT |
| Advertising | 30 | 13.01% | -1.16% | -0.15% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 19.53% | -0.05% | -0.01% |
| Air Transport | 44 | 22.00% | 13.68% | 3.01% |
| Apparel | 53 | 18.05% | -0.71% | -0.13% |
| Auto & Truck | 20 | 18.80% | 6.48% | 1.22% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 21.81% | -4.20% | -0.91% |
| Bank | 477 | NA | NA | NA |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | NA | NA | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | NA | NA | NA |
| Beverage | 41 | 18.98% | 5.26% | 1.00% |
| Biotechnology | 108 | 14.78% | 6.79% | 1.00% |
| Building Materials | 52 | 11.35% | 9.21% | 1.05% |
| Cable TV | 25 | 10.91% | 3.61% | 0.39% |
| Canadian Energy | 12 | 25.35% | 28.10% | 7.12% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 21.96% | -6.47% | -1.42% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 23.67% | -9.92% | -2.35% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 88 | 17.93% | -2.32% | -0.42% |
| Coal | 18 | 20.13% | 5.35% | 1.08% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 322 | 36.64% | -0.96% | -0.35% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 125 | 32.96% | -1.84% | -0.61% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 10.79% | -12.75% | -1.38% |
| Drug | 342 | 22.57% | -5.83% | -1.32% |
| E-Commerce | 54 | 12.54% | 8.42% | 1.06% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 46.84% | 5.63% | 2.64% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 24 | 10.28% | 31.79% | 3.27% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 26 | 11.64% | 25.82% | 3.00% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 16 | 11.52% | 34.95% | 4.03% |
| Electrical Equipment | 83 | 20.50% | -2.87% | -0.59% |
| Electronics | 173 | 13.01% | 0.49% | 0.06% |
| Entertainment | 84 | 9.98% | -1.55% | -0.15% |
| Entertainment Tech | 33 | 4.51% | 51.10% | 2.31% |
| Environmental | 79 | 13.67% | -4.43% | -0.61% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | 12.33% | -612.73% | -75.54% |
| Food Processing | 109 | 15.64% | -7.14% | -1.12% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 14.62% | 4.36% | 0.64% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 16.90% | -6.57% | -1.11% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 34 | 13.85% | -0.04% | -0.01% |
| Grocery | 14 | 17.38% | 18.50% | 3.22% |
| Healthcare Information | 29 | 24.69% | -6.78% | -1.67% |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | 18.45% | -4.58% | -0.84% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | -23.17% | NA | NA |
| Hotel/Gaming | 68 | 10.83% | 52.78% | 5.72% |
| Household Products | 26 | 17.10% | -2.39% | -0.41% |
| Human Resources | 31 | 17.34% | -7.15% | -1.24% |
| Industrial Services | 167 | 18.18% | 7.60% | 1.38% |
| Information Services | 34 | 21.20% | 0.90% | 0.19% |
| Insurance (Life) | 35 | NA | 0.00% | #VALUE! |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 78 | NA | -0.07% | #VALUE! |
| Internet | 208 | 26.46% | 6.25% | 1.65% |
| Investment Co. | 17 | NA | NA | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | NA | -1.55% | #VALUE! |
| Machinery | 124 | 17.21% | -1.51% | -0.26% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 9.47% | 9.17% | 0.87% |
| Maritime | 56 | 12.18% | 69.70% | 8.49% |
| Medical Services | 160 | 18.25% | 5.72% | 1.04% |
| Medical Supplies | 252 | 20.34% | -3.33% | -0.68% |
| Metal Fabricating | 35 | 21.33% | 8.66% | 1.85% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 27.62% | 10.91% | 3.01% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 34 | 15.08% | 50.53% | 7.62% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 25 | 12.02% | 8.35% | 1.00% |
| Newspaper | 16 | 11.21% | -4.55% | -0.51% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 26 | 15.81% | -5.75% | -0.91% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | 11.69% | 47.94% | 5.60% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 112 | 20.50% | 18.86% | 3.87% |
| Packaging & Container | 33 | 17.06% | -3.29% | -0.56% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 38 | 11.21% | 0.62% | 0.07% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 25 | 25.61% | 12.52% | 3.21% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 188 | 23.41% | 42.65% | 9.98% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 12.17% | 2.63% | 0.32% |
| Power | 66 | 11.71% | 12.47% | 1.46% |
| Precious Metals | 75 | 8.54% | 51.75% | 4.42% |
| Precision Instrument | 90 | 16.76% | -14.88% | -2.49% |
| Property Management | 17 | 9.81% | 94.40% | 9.26% |
| Publishing | 27 | 20.12% | -1.09% | -0.22% |
| R.E.I.T. | 144 | 8.49% | 242.89% | 20.62% |
| Railroad | 15 | 13.91% | 18.83% | 2.62% |
| Recreation | 64 | 14.02% | 20.73% | 2.91% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | NA | 0.00% | #VALUE! |
| Restaurant | 68 | 22.15% | 14.97% | 3.31% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 155 | 22.65% | 9.60% | 2.17% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 11.67% | 24.14% | 2.82% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 17.82% | 23.42% | 4.17% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 15.19% | 22.28% | 3.38% |
| Securities Brokerage | 32 | 15.35% | 140.87% | 21.63% |
| Semiconductor | 122 | 28.67% | 1.50% | 0.43% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 29.91% | 5.06% | 1.51% |
| Shoe | 19 | 28.46% | 1.42% | 0.40% |
| Steel (General) | 20 | 21.54% | -13.36% | -2.88% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 19.41% | -8.04% | -1.56% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 110 | 26.58% | -7.29% | -1.94% |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | 22.22% | -1.41% | -0.31% |
| Thrift | 234 | NA | 422.33% | NA |
| Tobacco | 12 | 32.64% | 24.30% | 7.93% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 23 | 23.11% | 0.78% | 0.18% |
| Trucking | 33 | 12.67% | 170.96% | 21.66% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | 9.93% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Water Utility | 16 | 8.11% | 18.42% | 1.49% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 10.21% | -32.77% | -3.35% |
| Public/Private Equity | 10 | 6.46% | 0.73% | 0.05% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 11.67% | 1.70% | 0.20% |
| Total Market | 6870 | 17.73% | -30.90% | -5.48% |