Historical
Growth Rate by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 5891 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2012
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | Growth in EPS | Growth in Sales | Growth in Dividends |
| Advertising | 31 | 5.69% | 16.76% | 13.17% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 64 | 14.64% | 9.41% | 13.22% |
| Air Transport | 36 | 5.66% | 8.77% | 9.36% |
| Apparel | 57 | 10.84% | 5.83% | NA |
| Auto Parts | 51 | -1.25% | 23.94% | NA |
| Automotive | 12 | -12.50% | 1.66% | 1.63% |
| Bank | 426 | -6.58% | 0.00% | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 45 | -6.06% | 0.00% | NA |
| Beverage | 34 | 10.87% | -0.59% | 9.31% |
| Biotechnology | 158 | 10.44% | 26.94% | NA |
| Building Materials | 45 | -3.06% | 2.82% | 8.68% |
| Cable TV | 21 | 37.00% | 1.53% | 50.00% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 16 | 15.28% | 33.40% | 22.30% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | 8.56% | 9.21% | 9.12% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 4.10% | 25.69% | 4.69% |
| Coal | 20 | 29.20% | 16.91% | 17.75% |
| Computer Software | 184 | 21.86% | 14.88% | 22.63% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 87 | 8.53% | 10.93% | 6.60% |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 8.95% | 17.24% | 8.46% |
| Drug | 279 | 13.23% | 34.97% | 14.78% |
| E-Commerce | 57 | 26.36% | 21.87% | NA |
| Educational Services | 34 | 22.94% | 17.27% | 40.50% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 21 | 4.36% | 4.81% | 5.50% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 21 | 5.33% | -3.29% | 5.50% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | 4.00% | 1.24% | 5.39% |
| Electrical Equipment | 68 | 10.55% | 25.14% | 6.39% |
| Electronics | 139 | 8.89% | 12.50% | 5.97% |
| Engineering & Const | 25 | 14.29% | 4.58% | 7.50% |
| Entertainment | 77 | 2.55% | 10.49% | 18.69% |
| Entertainment Tech | 40 | 9.80% | 14.78% | 5.25% |
| Environmental | 82 | 15.81% | 9.90% | 11.75% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 225 | 4.28% | 14.51% | 10.86% |
| Food Processing | 112 | 5.31% | 9.48% | 7.41% |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | -11.10% | 17.51% | 4.94% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 4.25% | 1.09% | 10.50% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | 2.31% | 1.89% | 4.25% |
| Healthcare Information | 25 | 16.13% | 11.71% | 27.33% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 21 | 14.50% | 7.38% | 3.22% |
| Homebuilding | 23 | -9.33% | -9.29% | 0.25% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 51 | -2.50% | 7.52% | 11.83% |
| Household Products | 26 | 1.50% | 16.13% | 1.42% |
| Human Resources | 23 | 2.67% | 0.01% | 23.25% |
| Industrial Services | 137 | 10.50% | 8.39% | 21.71% |
| Information Services | 27 | 8.15% | 16.56% | 21.90% |
| Insurance (Life) | 30 | -5.54% | 0.00% | 7.26% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 49 | 5.75% | 17.00% | 10.86% |
| Internet | 186 | 10.22% | 12.44% | 3.50% |
| IT Services | 60 | 9.04% | 7.21% | 3.75% |
| Machinery | 100 | 9.61% | 13.57% | 10.96% |
| Maritime | 52 | -0.18% | 5.93% | 3.73% |
| Med Supp Invasive | 83 | 9.15% | 6.53% | 18.07% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 146 | 10.90% | 7.18% | 21.42% |
| Medical Services | 122 | 9.34% | 4.92% | 11.85% |
| Metal Fabricating | 24 | -1.50% | 10.76% | 7.00% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 73 | 9.58% | 31.59% | 14.23% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 29 | 4.73% | 8.90% | 9.83% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 22 | 9.86% | -0.95% | 5.00% |
| Newspaper | 13 | -12.07% | -5.01% | NA |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 24 | 7.50% | 10.81% | 9.07% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 13 | 18.13% | 12.65% | 14.07% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 93 | 22.79% | 17.02% | 22.50% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 12.83% | 9.09% | 13.77% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | -5.79% | 10.88% | NA |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 20 | 9.56% | 20.81% | 11.73% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | -0.89% | 32.22% | 16.63% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 20.29% | 11.95% | 20.10% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 27 | 12.96% | 22.83% | 10.31% |
| Power | 93 | 14.44% | 43.06% | 2.50% |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 21.30% | 32.31% | 11.50% |
| Precision Instrument | 77 | 12.76% | 23.36% | 11.14% |
| Property Management | 31 | 2.17% | 19.80% | 0.93% |
| Public/Private Equity | 11 | -28.00% | 39.94% | NA |
| Publishing | 24 | 2.13% | -6.93% | 18.19% |
| R.E.I.T. | 5 | -1.50% | 0.01% | 8.00% |
| Railroad | 12 | 10.75% | 12.29% | 18.71% |
| Recreation | 56 | -2.12% | 6.56% | NA |
| Reinsurance | 13 | 21.39% | 0.00% | 9.90% |
| Restaurant | 63 | 8.07% | 2.45% | 16.60% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 75 | 2.88% | 3.83% | 11.80% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 47 | 4.41% | 6.18% | 19.50% |
| Retail Automotive | 20 | 2.72% | 11.09% | 13.63% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 5.42% | 15.38% | 26.80% |
| Retail Store | 37 | 6.19% | 8.85% | 12.21% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 12.27% | 8.23% | 8.81% |
| Securities Brokerage | 28 | 6.09% | 4.59% | 8.50% |
| Semiconductor | 141 | 10.60% | 41.30% | 25.79% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 12 | 6.42% | 55.88% | 26.50% |
| Shoe | 19 | 8.45% | 3.50% | 12.70% |
| Steel | 32 | 5.24% | 30.89% | 21.81% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 99 | 9.19% | 4.18% | 10.50% |
| Telecom. Services | 74 | 8.25% | 14.96% | 15.53% |
| Telecom. Utility | 25 | 0.27% | -6.90% | 8.32% |
| Thrift | 148 | -7.20% | 0.00% | 0.25% |
| Tobacco | 11 | 13.17% | 6.61% | 5.17% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 15 | 8.06% | 2.56% | 11.25% |
| Trucking | 36 | -0.91% | 9.52% | 23.00% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 4 | 4.00% | 4.92% | 1.00% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 5.65% | 5.43% | 4.45% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 24.23% | 10.71% | NA |
| Total Market | 5891 | 6.37% | 14.80% | 7.38% |