Fundamental
Growth in EPS 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 | ROE | Retention Ratio | Fundamental Growth |
| Advertising | 31 | 8.89% | 56.25% | 5.00% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 64 | 20.69% | 70.87% | 14.66% |
| Air Transport | 36 | 25.16% | 81.09% | 20.40% |
| Apparel | 57 | 13.71% | 81.15% | 11.12% |
| Auto Parts | 51 | 15.63% | 76.26% | 11.92% |
| Automotive | 12 | 11.06% | 77.76% | 8.60% |
| Bank | 426 | 6.08% | 66.47% | 4.04% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 45 | 6.87% | 61.64% | 4.23% |
| Beverage | 34 | 19.22% | 53.65% | 10.31% |
| Biotechnology | 158 | 4.53% | 40.66% | 1.84% |
| Building Materials | 45 | -4.18% | NA | NA |
| Cable TV | 21 | 12.65% | 81.97% | 10.37% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 16 | 17.91% | 69.21% | 12.40% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | 14.48% | 68.32% | 9.89% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 15.15% | 59.57% | 9.03% |
| Coal | 20 | 18.01% | 66.22% | 11.93% |
| Computer Software | 184 | 25.64% | 78.39% | 20.10% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 87 | 28.86% | 91.39% | 26.37% |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 13.85% | 63.19% | 8.75% |
| Drug | 279 | 16.53% | 50.88% | 8.41% |
| E-Commerce | 57 | 9.06% | 98.11% | 8.89% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 27.39% | 97.17% | 26.62% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 21 | 10.31% | 36.12% | 3.72% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 21 | 11.27% | 33.78% | 3.81% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | 9.33% | 43.30% | 4.04% |
| Electrical Equipment | 68 | 16.64% | 70.60% | 11.75% |
| Electronics | 139 | 14.75% | 88.03% | 12.98% |
| Engineering & Const | 25 | 10.31% | 93.69% | 9.66% |
| Entertainment | 77 | 9.57% | 74.16% | 7.10% |
| Entertainment Tech | 40 | 8.22% | 88.43% | 7.27% |
| Environmental | 82 | 10.13% | 53.27% | 5.40% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 225 | -26.07% | NA | NA |
| Food Processing | 112 | 15.65% | 54.75% | 8.57% |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | 4.38% | 48.63% | 2.13% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 10.87% | 50.19% | 5.45% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | 9.38% | 72.17% | 6.77% |
| Healthcare Information | 25 | 7.80% | 87.78% | 6.85% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 21 | 16.89% | 65.78% | 11.11% |
| Homebuilding | 23 | -7.98% | NA | NA |
| Hotel/Gaming | 51 | 4.59% | 59.63% | 2.74% |
| Household Products | 26 | 20.17% | 51.03% | 10.29% |
| Human Resources | 23 | 5.30% | 49.41% | 2.62% |
| Industrial Services | 137 | 10.33% | 75.02% | 7.75% |
| Information Services | 27 | 13.71% | 61.27% | 8.40% |
| Insurance (Life) | 30 | 7.40% | 70.61% | 5.23% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 49 | 9.78% | 76.54% | 7.49% |
| Internet | 186 | 14.38% | 99.34% | 14.29% |
| IT Services | 60 | 20.07% | 67.13% | 13.47% |
| Machinery | 100 | 11.48% | 74.62% | 8.57% |
| Maritime | 52 | 4.29% | 74.75% | 3.20% |
| Med Supp Invasive | 83 | 17.68% | 77.09% | 13.63% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 146 | 17.64% | 62.71% | 11.06% |
| Medical Services | 122 | 16.89% | 91.18% | 15.40% |
| Metal Fabricating | 24 | 13.08% | 74.30% | 9.72% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 73 | 20.04% | 66.49% | 13.33% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 29 | 8.50% | 66.19% | 5.62% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 22 | 10.54% | 32.72% | 3.45% |
| Newspaper | 13 | 13.21% | 85.44% | 11.29% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 24 | 13.65% | 71.94% | 9.82% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 13 | 10.85% | 26.02% | 2.82% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 93 | 9.11% | 58.12% | 5.30% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 14.51% | 75.62% | 10.98% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 7.24% | 56.79% | 4.11% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 20 | 12.87% | 61.01% | 7.85% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 8.94% | 90.50% | 8.09% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 13.77% | 79.74% | 10.98% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 27 | 12.30% | 66.47% | 8.18% |
| Power | 93 | 5.30% | 86.25% | 4.57% |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 7.92% | 73.29% | 5.81% |
| Precision Instrument | 77 | 9.86% | 88.76% | 8.75% |
| Property Management | 31 | 7.74% | 72.34% | 5.60% |
| Public/Private Equity | 11 | 27.55% | 82.72% | 22.79% |
| Publishing | 24 | 23.53% | 74.98% | 17.64% |
| R.E.I.T. | 5 | 13.90% | 8.64% | 1.20% |
| Railroad | 12 | 15.12% | 65.37% | 9.89% |
| Recreation | 56 | 9.45% | 57.33% | 5.42% |
| Reinsurance | 13 | 10.40% | 84.13% | 8.75% |
| Restaurant | 63 | 28.84% | 53.27% | 15.36% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 75 | 14.99% | 80.38% | 12.05% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 47 | 20.53% | 78.92% | 16.21% |
| Retail Automotive | 20 | 18.46% | 97.51% | 18.00% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 15.25% | 52.68% | 8.03% |
| Retail Store | 37 | 17.35% | 70.84% | 12.29% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 12.53% | 71.38% | 8.94% |
| Securities Brokerage | 28 | 10.32% | 89.07% | 9.19% |
| Semiconductor | 141 | 20.68% | 69.47% | 14.37% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 12 | 22.99% | 88.70% | 20.39% |
| Shoe | 19 | 18.62% | 74.11% | 13.80% |
| Steel | 32 | 6.34% | 65.74% | 4.17% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 99 | 8.49% | 46.28% | 3.93% |
| Telecom. Services | 74 | 13.65% | 56.37% | 7.70% |
| Telecom. Utility | 25 | 16.40% | 19.06% | 3.13% |
| Thrift | 148 | -1.07% | NA | NA |
| Tobacco | 11 | 50.86% | 32.44% | 16.50% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 15 | 31.19% | 74.96% | 23.38% |
| Trucking | 36 | 6.43% | 58.93% | 3.79% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 4 | 2.95% | 99.68% | 2.94% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 8.36% | 51.84% | 4.33% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 15.56% | 90.87% | 14.14% |
| Total Market | 5891 | 11.44% | 62.08% | 7.10% |