Fundamental
Growth in EPS 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 | ROE | Retention Ratio | Fundamental Growth |
| Advertising | 30 | 12.31% | 92.83% | 11.43% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 18.50% | 87.58% | 16.20% |
| Air Transport | 44 | 17.45% | 90.67% | 15.83% |
| Apparel | 53 | 13.49% | 91.58% | 12.36% |
| Auto & Truck | 20 | 15.67% | 91.29% | 14.30% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 10.69% | 82.05% | 8.77% |
| Bank | 477 | 10.58% | 63.93% | 6.76% |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | 19.92% | 53.25% | 10.61% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | 11.24% | 45.36% | 5.10% |
| Beverage | 41 | 21.63% | 76.62% | 16.57% |
| Biotechnology | 108 | 10.08% | 99.51% | 10.03% |
| Building Materials | 52 | 11.72% | 85.70% | 10.04% |
| Cable TV | 25 | 6.43% | 88.22% | 5.68% |
| Canadian Energy | 12 | 19.98% | 88.55% | 17.69% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 20.98% | 83.63% | 17.54% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 20.46% | 80.25% | 16.42% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 88 | 15.86% | 82.27% | 13.05% |
| Coal | 18 | 12.55% | 79.29% | 9.95% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 322 | 23.68% | 89.83% | 21.27% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 125 | 21.19% | 93.67% | 19.85% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 17.84% | 79.88% | 14.26% |
| Drug | 342 | 17.56% | 74.01% | 12.99% |
| E-Commerce | 54 | 4.61% | 98.80% | 4.56% |
| Educational Services | 34 | 22.46% | 97.69% | 21.94% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 24 | 10.71% | 68.35% | 7.32% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 26 | 12.87% | 70.48% | 9.07% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 16 | 10.22% | 75.23% | 7.68% |
| Electrical Equipment | 83 | 19.21% | 86.21% | 16.56% |
| Electronics | 173 | 7.92% | 92.65% | 7.34% |
| Entertainment | 84 | 7.21% | 88.09% | 6.35% |
| Entertainment Tech | 33 | -1.36% | NA | NA |
| Environmental | 79 | 13.03% | 77.89% | 10.15% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | 7.18% | 77.17% | 5.54% |
| Food Processing | 109 | 18.70% | 85.35% | 15.96% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 12.99% | 88.85% | 11.54% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 8.00% | 90.23% | 7.22% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 34 | 11.19% | 86.86% | 9.72% |
| Grocery | 14 | 16.31% | 93.53% | 15.25% |
| Healthcare Information | 29 | 16.01% | 96.16% | 15.40% |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | 11.93% | 96.17% | 11.47% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | -44.25% | NA | NA |
| Hotel/Gaming | 68 | 13.88% | 89.53% | 12.42% |
| Household Products | 26 | 19.74% | 78.42% | 15.48% |
| Human Resources | 31 | 11.64% | 92.67% | 10.79% |
| Industrial Services | 167 | 14.44% | 94.84% | 13.69% |
| Information Services | 34 | 16.06% | 94.53% | 15.18% |
| Insurance (Life) | 35 | 13.18% | 76.65% | 10.11% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 78 | 15.35% | 85.71% | 13.16% |
| Internet | 208 | 11.95% | 99.80% | 11.92% |
| Investment Co. | 17 | NA | NA | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | 9.30% | 63.28% | 5.89% |
| Machinery | 124 | 18.05% | 89.79% | 16.21% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 5.91% | 90.95% | 5.38% |
| Maritime | 56 | 16.16% | 82.33% | 13.31% |
| Medical Services | 160 | 16.31% | 99.14% | 16.17% |
| Medical Supplies | 252 | 17.65% | 84.75% | 14.96% |
| Metal Fabricating | 35 | 16.28% | 89.51% | 14.57% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 27.49% | 90.00% | 24.75% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 34 | 13.57% | 86.20% | 11.69% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 25 | 11.56% | 69.86% | 8.08% |
| Newspaper | 16 | 13.45% | 90.88% | 12.22% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 26 | 15.91% | 89.34% | 14.21% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | 14.72% | 60.30% | 8.88% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 112 | 21.25% | 93.94% | 19.96% |
| Packaging & Container | 33 | 13.26% | 87.61% | 11.62% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 38 | 5.23% | 71.08% | 3.72% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 25 | 23.14% | 85.96% | 19.89% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 188 | 15.98% | 94.87% | 15.16% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 11.33% | 93.80% | 10.62% |
| Power | 66 | 7.59% | 99.81% | 7.58% |
| Precious Metals | 75 | 2.86% | 80.05% | 2.29% |
| Precision Instrument | 90 | 10.11% | 95.04% | 9.61% |
| Property Management | 17 | 6.04% | 76.10% | 4.60% |
| Publishing | 27 | 50.13% | 19.39% | 9.72% |
| R.E.I.T. | 144 | 6.68% | -15.46% | -1.03% |
| Railroad | 15 | 14.30% | 85.90% | 12.29% |
| Recreation | 64 | 12.66% | 78.33% | 9.92% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 11.60% | 87.15% | 10.11% |
| Restaurant | 68 | 24.79% | 78.82% | 19.54% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 155 | 16.63% | 90.30% | 15.02% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 15.31% | 98.04% | 15.01% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 20.44% | 85.45% | 17.46% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 17.06% | 88.82% | 15.15% |
| Securities Brokerage | 32 | 7.11% | 71.98% | 5.11% |
| Semiconductor | 122 | 12.94% | 78.18% | 10.12% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 19.45% | 94.99% | 18.48% |
| Shoe | 19 | 18.65% | 88.11% | 16.43% |
| Steel (General) | 20 | 21.96% | 90.57% | 19.89% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 17.80% | 93.65% | 16.67% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 110 | 14.77% | 86.94% | 12.84% |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | 14.04% | 78.89% | 11.08% |
| Thrift | 234 | 4.92% | 35.84% | 1.76% |
| Tobacco | 12 | 44.67% | 67.91% | 30.33% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 23 | 40.04% | 83.28% | 33.35% |
| Trucking | 33 | 10.31% | 91.94% | 9.48% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | 3.57% | 100.00% | 3.57% |
| Water Utility | 16 | 0.62% | -174.15% | -1.07% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 5.47% | 98.47% | 5.39% |
| Public/Private Equity | 10 | 16.36% | 76.54% | 12.52% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 13.29% | 82.17% | 10.92% |
| Total Market | 6870 | 15.24% | 83.78% | 12.77% |