Fundamental
Growth in EPS by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 7364 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2008
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | ROE | Retention Ratio | Fundamental Growth |
| Advertising | 40 | 9.93% | 89.72% | 8.91% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 69 | 17.32% | 85.83% | 14.87% |
| Air Transport | 49 | 36.59% | 89.52% | 32.76% |
| Apparel | 57 | 14.55% | 90.85% | 13.22% |
| Auto & Truck | 28 | 13.71% | 88.51% | 12.14% |
| Auto Parts | 56 | -15.52% | NA | NA |
| Bank | 504 | 13.14% | 51.66% | 6.79% |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | 19.04% | 48.51% | 9.24% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 38 | 16.35% | 44.31% | 7.24% |
| Beverage | 44 | 22.33% | 73.76% | 16.47% |
| Biotechnology | 103 | 11.11% | 100.00% | 11.11% |
| Building Materials | 49 | 23.84% | 89.61% | 21.37% |
| Cable TV | 23 | 5.37% | 96.97% | 5.21% |
| Canadian Energy | 13 | 19.17% | 87.12% | 16.70% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 20.47% | 77.01% | 15.77% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 37 | 20.26% | 82.30% | 16.68% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 90 | 15.47% | 81.60% | 12.62% |
| Coal | 18 | 26.12% | 84.93% | 22.18% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 376 | 20.03% | 89.00% | 17.83% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 144 | 18.03% | 92.73% | 16.72% |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 16.84% | 88.68% | 14.93% |
| Drug | 368 | 17.42% | 73.66% | 12.83% |
| E-Commerce | 56 | 5.05% | 98.47% | 4.98% |
| Educational Services | 39 | 21.70% | 97.81% | 21.22% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 25 | 9.97% | 67.39% | 6.72% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 27 | 12.67% | 67.85% | 8.60% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 17 | 11.35% | 77.16% | 8.76% |
| Electrical Equipment | 86 | 18.47% | 73.08% | 13.50% |
| Electronics | 179 | 6.79% | 95.57% | 6.49% |
| Entertainment | 93 | 7.77% | 87.93% | 6.83% |
| Entertainment Tech | 38 | -8.82% | NA | NA |
| Environmental | 89 | 10.96% | 81.07% | 8.88% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 294 | 14.54% | 74.18% | 10.78% |
| Food Processing | 123 | 17.69% | 75.21% | 13.30% |
| Food Wholesalers | 19 | 7.65% | 73.48% | 5.62% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 5.45% | 81.98% | 4.47% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 39 | 12.87% | 83.59% | 10.76% |
| Grocery | 15 | 15.12% | 88.35% | 13.36% |
| Healthcare Information | 38 | 14.78% | 95.92% | 14.18% |
| Heavy Construction | 12 | 10.93% | 95.16% | 10.40% |
| Home Appliance | 11 | 18.41% | 88.00% | 16.20% |
| Homebuilding | 36 | 10.96% | 94.36% | 10.34% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 75 | 11.95% | 85.37% | 10.20% |
| Household Products | 28 | 18.28% | 77.36% | 14.14% |
| Human Resources | 35 | 10.30% | 91.10% | 9.38% |
| Industrial Services | 196 | 9.88% | 91.56% | 9.04% |
| Information Services | 38 | 16.51% | 84.39% | 13.93% |
| Insurance (Life) | 40 | 11.95% | 70.05% | 8.37% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 87 | 15.99% | 84.31% | 13.49% |
| Internet | 266 | 10.22% | 99.48% | 10.17% |
| Investment Co. | 18 | 1178.26% | NA | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 15 | 24.07% | 100.00% | 24.07% |
| Machinery | 126 | 18.56% | 88.91% | 16.50% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 6.30% | 83.74% | 5.28% |
| Maritime | 52 | 15.80% | 81.67% | 12.90% |
| Medical Services | 178 | 14.32% | 98.68% | 14.13% |
| Medical Supplies | 274 | 18.47% | 83.72% | 15.46% |
| Metal Fabricating | 37 | 22.37% | 89.72% | 20.07% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 32.21% | 85.55% | 27.56% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 15.40% | 87.62% | 13.49% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 26 | 12.21% | 69.71% | 8.51% |
| Newspaper | 18 | 11.50% | 81.76% | 9.40% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 25 | 17.58% | 91.32% | 16.05% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 15 | 14.21% | 56.87% | 8.08% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 113 | 22.89% | 94.84% | 21.71% |
| Packaging & Container | 35 | 12.34% | 83.70% | 10.33% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 39 | 9.94% | 74.61% | 7.42% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 23.96% | 87.47% | 20.96% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 186 | 18.30% | 95.91% | 17.55% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 13.45% | 94.22% | 12.67% |
| Power | 58 | 11.07% | 98.76% | 10.93% |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 5.08% | 86.92% | 4.42% |
| Precision Instrument | 103 | 8.09% | 93.14% | 7.54% |
| Property Management | 12 | 15.37% | 87.02% | 13.37% |
| Publishing | 40 | 80.43% | 86.19% | 69.32% |
| R.E.I.T. | 147 | 7.89% | 13.82% | 1.09% |
| Railroad | 16 | 14.10% | 86.97% | 12.27% |
| Recreation | 73 | 13.28% | 77.76% | 10.33% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 12.44% | 87.36% | 10.86% |
| Restaurant | 75 | 19.44% | 80.21% | 15.59% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 164 | 16.14% | 91.21% | 14.72% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 15.04% | 97.28% | 14.63% |
| Retail Building Supply | 9 | 21.45% | 87.16% | 18.70% |
| Retail Store | 42 | 16.74% | 88.49% | 14.82% |
| Securities Brokerage | 31 | 20.03% | 87.18% | 17.46% |
| Semiconductor | 138 | 13.10% | 80.40% | 10.53% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 19.71% | 94.71% | 18.67% |
| Shoe | 20 | 19.71% | 88.02% | 17.35% |
| Steel (General) | 26 | 26.08% | 92.40% | 24.10% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 15.99% | 92.39% | 14.77% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 124 | 14.72% | 88.53% | 13.03% |
| Telecom. Services | 152 | 5.85% | 44.84% | 2.62% |
| Thrift | 234 | 8.96% | 41.59% | 3.73% |
| Tobacco | 11 | 29.28% | 32.14% | 9.41% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 21 | 22.58% | 77.78% | 17.56% |
| Trucking | 32 | 15.88% | 93.86% | 14.91% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 6 | 7.09% | 100.00% | 7.09% |
| Water Utility | 16 | 8.91% | 77.75% | 6.93% |
| Wireless Networking | 74 | 2.04% | 89.45% | 1.82% |
| Market | 7364 | 15.39% | 81.27% | 12.51% |