Fundamental
Growth in EBIT by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 7036 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2010
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | ROC | Reinvestment Rate | Expected Growth in EBIT |
| Advertising | 36 | 12.94% | -16.35% | -2.12% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 67 | 25.35% | 2.54% | 0.64% |
| Air Transport | 44 | 17.77% | 34.34% | 6.10% |
| Apparel | 56 | 17.65% | -5.57% | -0.98% |
| Auto & Truck | 22 | 11.51% | -129.34% | -14.89% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 18.45% | -14.10% | -2.60% |
| Bank | 481 | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Bank (Canadian) | 7 | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Beverage | 41 | 22.63% | -3.87% | -0.88% |
| Biotechnology | 121 | 12.50% | -50.32% | -6.29% |
| Building Materials | 53 | 10.08% | -5.17% | -0.52% |
| Cable TV | 24 | 14.56% | -4.63% | -0.67% |
| Canadian Energy | 10 | 23.59% | 55.96% | 13.20% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 17 | 29.30% | 2.95% | 0.86% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | 23.90% | 9.76% | 2.33% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 97 | 19.19% | -12.67% | -2.43% |
| Coal | 21 | 27.27% | 17.72% | 4.83% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 333 | 41.44% | -3.32% | -1.37% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 129 | 39.75% | -7.44% | -2.96% |
| Diversified Co. | 121 | 12.05% | -46.03% | -5.55% |
| Drug | 337 | 25.05% | -13.94% | -3.49% |
| E-Commerce | 56 | 17.11% | 6.04% | 1.03% |
| Educational Services | 38 | 30.65% | -7.39% | -2.27% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 23 | 9.67% | 73.62% | 7.12% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 24 | 11.55% | 61.57% | 7.11% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | 11.13% | 70.57% | 7.85% |
| Electrical Equipment | 87 | 20.14% | -8.03% | -1.62% |
| Electronics | 183 | 15.90% | -29.00% | -4.61% |
| Entertainment | 95 | 12.62% | -4.57% | -0.58% |
| Entertainment Tech | 35 | 2.70% | -261.25% | -7.06% |
| Environmental | 91 | 12.05% | -4.87% | -0.59% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | 6.62% | 8.48% | 0.56% |
| Food Processing | 121 | 18.50% | -3.08% | -0.57% |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | 16.80% | -7.70% | -1.29% |
| Funeral Services | 5 | 13.45% | 2.18% | 0.29% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | 12.21% | -49.19% | -6.01% |
| Healthcare Information | 33 | 17.99% | -16.71% | -3.01% |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | 24.12% | 5.55% | 1.34% |
| Homebuilding | 28 | -20.01% | NA | NA |
| Hotel/Gaming | 74 | 10.81% | 61.71% | 6.67% |
| Household Products | 23 | 17.23% | 1.27% | 0.22% |
| Human Resources | 30 | 17.69% | -46.66% | -8.26% |
| Industrial Services | 168 | 18.66% | 0.56% | 0.10% |
| Information Services | 29 | 14.20% | -12.76% | -1.81% |
| Insurance (Life) | 31 | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 85 | NA | 1.05% | NA |
| Internet | 239 | 33.78% | 6.83% | 2.31% |
| Investment Co. | 19 | NA | NA | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | 1.52% | -35.06% | -0.53% |
| Machinery | 130 | 17.22% | -25.71% | -4.43% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 15 | 8.69% | -156.35% | -13.59% |
| Maritime | 53 | 13.20% | 90.76% | 11.98% |
| Medical Services | 162 | 18.15% | 1.40% | 0.25% |
| Medical Supplies | 264 | 21.62% | 1.65% | 0.36% |
| Metal Fabricating | 36 | 20.43% | -6.35% | -1.30% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 79 | 24.03% | 21.38% | 5.14% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 32 | 16.04% | 126.13% | 20.23% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 24 | 11.66% | 13.96% | 1.63% |
| Newspaper | 15 | 13.60% | -52.11% | -7.08% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 25 | 16.47% | -22.96% | -3.78% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | 11.85% | 109.09% | 12.93% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 113 | 21.43% | 41.40% | 8.87% |
| Packaging & Container | 31 | 18.82% | -10.44% | -1.96% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 39 | 10.89% | -20.51% | -2.23% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 24 | 24.87% | 50.99% | 12.68% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 198 | 26.52% | 59.09% | 15.67% |
| Pharmacy Services | 21 | 13.20% | 23.01% | 3.04% |
| Power | 77 | 12.61% | 85.61% | 10.80% |
| Precious Metals | 78 | 9.45% | 82.81% | 7.83% |
| Precision Instrument | 98 | 16.62% | -30.70% | -5.10% |
| Property Management | 20 | 9.98% | 24.17% | 2.41% |
| Public/Private Equity | 9 | NA | -30.39% | NA |
| Publishing | 30 | 26.25% | -13.81% | -3.63% |
| R.E.I.T. | 143 | 9.62% | -60.89% | -5.86% |
| Railroad | 15 | 14.70% | 36.26% | 5.33% |
| Recreation | 65 | 13.74% | 41.98% | 5.77% |
| Reinsurance | 8 | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Restaurant | 68 | 22.21% | 22.18% | 4.93% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 157 | 20.58% | 1.56% | 0.32% |
| Retail Automotive | 15 | 11.65% | -0.26% | -0.03% |
| Retail Building Supply | 7 | 14.04% | 18.02% | 2.53% |
| Retail Store | 43 | 15.36% | 20.50% | 3.15% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 32 | 16.73% | 24.72% | 4.14% |
| Securities Brokerage | 30 | 22.46% | -101.94% | -22.90% |
| Semiconductor | 125 | 28.55% | -21.85% | -6.24% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 14 | 18.30% | -55.00% | -10.07% |
| Shoe | 19 | 25.81% | -0.13% | -0.03% |
| Steel (General) | 20 | 20.24% | -28.83% | -5.83% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 15 | 21.99% | -33.79% | -7.43% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 115 | 25.53% | -22.23% | -5.68% |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | 23.03% | -4.02% | -0.93% |
| Thrift | 227 | NA | -509.80% | NA |
| Tobacco | 12 | 30.69% | -2.34% | -0.72% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 19 | 24.62% | 2.98% | 0.73% |
| Trucking | 33 | 13.51% | 273.82% | 37.00% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | 7.97% | -0.01% | 0.00% |
| Water Utility | 15 | 7.51% | 108.90% | 8.18% |
| Wireless Networking | 60 | 14.57% | 9.11% | 1.33% |
| Total Market | 7036 | 18.01% | 0.58% | 0.10% |