Historical
(Compounded Annual) Growth Rates by SectorData Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2019
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | CAGR in Net Income- Last 5 years | CAGR in Revenues- Last 5 years | Expected Growth in Revenues - Next 2 years | Expected Growth in EPS - Next 5 years |
| Advertising | 48 | 10.94% | 23.49% | 12.18% | 14.30% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 85 | 10.98% | 1.63% | 8.81% | 14.00% |
| Air Transport | 18 | 42.37% | 6.65% | 6.80% | 13.99% |
| Apparel | 50 | -2.86% | 20.06% | 4.04% | 12.19% |
| Auto & Truck | 14 | 0.51% | 16.51% | 176.95% | 28.13% |
| Auto Parts | 52 | 10.66% | 9.57% | 38.90% | 7.74% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 10 | 4.86% | 4.94% | 3.21% | 10.55% |
| Banks (Regional) | 633 | 13.62% | 9.77% | 13.56% | 10.04% |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 31 | 20.47% | 7.83% | 17.16% | 17.35% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 37 | 10.42% | 17.97% | 16.59% | 19.33% |
| Broadcasting | 24 | 30.02% | 8.33% | 10.45% | 15.69% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 38 | 15.47% | 10.33% | 9.90% | 16.17% |
| Building Materials | 42 | 24.87% | 9.46% | 9.41% | 17.70% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 168 | 17.06% | 8.25% | 11.42% | 14.26% |
| Cable TV | 14 | 10.50% | 17.76% | 6.22% | 1.70% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 39 | 1.77% | 8.44% | 15.29% | 12.51% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 6 | 29.64% | -1.16% | 4.43% | 7.95% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 89 | 1.33% | 6.17% | 13.40% | 13.84% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 23 | -1.67% | -7.96% | 2.35% | #DIV/0! |
| Computer Services | 119 | 9.91% | 27.22% | 20.85% | 12.55% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 57 | 1.81% | 2.07% | 11.71% | 12.13% |
| Construction Supplies | 48 | 21.69% | 6.27% | 7.11% | 13.37% |
| Diversified | 23 | 7.99% | 5.24% | -0.88% | 10.82% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 481 | 12.54% | 33.89% | 110.72% | 35.58% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 237 | -1.64% | 70.67% | 102.52% | 11.13% |
| Education | 35 | -2.98% | -0.48% | 7.97% | 13.57% |
| Electrical Equipment | 116 | 11.77% | -0.10% | 31.16% | 15.09% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 19 | -0.70% | 6.39% | 26.00% | 14.72% |
| Electronics (General) | 160 | 6.10% | 7.79% | 21.30% | 16.75% |
| Engineering/Construction | 52 | 9.79% | 11.39% | 10.25% | 12.54% |
| Entertainment | 120 | 17.66% | 9.11% | 21.50% | 14.80% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 91 | 33.12% | 9.50% | 13.80% | 14.42% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 33 | -4.00% | 2.76% | 2.97% | 15.15% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance | 259 | 10.39% | 10.73% | 9.66% | 15.04% |
| Food Processing | 83 | 11.28% | 6.54% | 16.58% | 6.41% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 4.53% | 11.49% | 10.09% | 11.25% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 30 | 0.25% | 10.60% | 11.65% | 13.65% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 21 | 40.70% | 3.44% | 9.62% | 6.50% |
| Healthcare Products | 248 | 10.42% | 13.97% | 59.22% | 17.99% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 111 | 15.11% | 12.49% | 16.40% | 14.66% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 119 | 16.55% | 14.63% | 28.53% | 15.99% |
| Homebuilding | 31 | 24.97% | 23.69% | 11.49% | 3.69% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 34 | 17.32% | 4.00% | 4.10% | 14.39% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 70 | 31.03% | 8.33% | 9.04% | 25.57% |
| Household Products | 141 | 6.60% | 7.40% | 8.81% | 9.17% |
| Information Services | 71 | 10.55% | 12.09% | 15.58% | 15.46% |
| Insurance (General) | 20 | 5.40% | 7.09% | 10.64% | 16.94% |
| Insurance (Life) | 23 | 11.37% | 0.60% | 2.97% | 10.48% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 50 | 6.47% | 7.57% | 5.15% | 12.70% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 172 | 7.23% | 5.19% | 5.78% | 13.09% |
| Machinery | 127 | 3.11% | 4.01% | 11.52% | 17.61% |
| Metals & Mining | 94 | -7.61% | 31.61% | 6.99% | 22.30% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 24 | 12.01% | 3.03% | 21.04% | 12.60% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 5 | -6.77% | -6.89% | 15.23% | 21.43% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 301 | 5.01% | -1.88% | 32.53% | 24.10% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 20 | 17.22% | 17.17% | 13.68% | 9.35% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 134 | -1.30% | 4.99% | 19.08% | 24.16% |
| Packaging & Container | 27 | 11.28% | 3.09% | 6.68% | 10.15% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 20 | 1.54% | 6.93% | 1.81% | 6.85% |
| Power | 51 | 10.97% | 4.99% | 4.46% | 8.85% |
| Precious Metals | 91 | -23.10% | -9.33% | 10.19% | 6.07% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 33 | 3.86% | -0.99% | 4.53% | 9.86% |
| R.E.I.T. | 238 | 18.57% | 14.61% | 8.53% | 5.67% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 18 | 45.50% | 9.84% | 22.90% | #DIV/0! |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 | 43.00% | 14.62% | 13.43% | 17.20% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 59 | 19.60% | 7.70% | 20.82% | 32.75% |
| Recreation | 72 | 10.91% | 4.93% | 7.61% | 14.96% |
| Reinsurance | 2 | 26.00% | 6.61% | 3.38% | 8.50% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 78 | 19.96% | 6.75% | 6.52% | 15.23% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 24 | 11.42% | 10.28% | 11.71% | 16.69% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 17 | -6.17% | 4.68% | 11.09% | 15.85% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 88 | 11.81% | 6.75% | 11.83% | 17.99% |
| Retail (General) | 19 | 1.37% | 1.79% | 3.89% | 10.13% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 12 | 19.66% | 5.75% | 6.06% | 8.35% |
| Retail (Online) | 79 | 40.92% | 8.62% | 48.38% | 22.27% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 91 | 3.16% | 3.18% | 3.17% | 11.19% |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 | -11.37% | -8.35% | 1.49% | 10.00% |
| Semiconductor | 72 | 15.57% | 10.50% | 10.69% | 16.80% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 41 | 41.60% | 10.31% | 10.26% | 13.77% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 9 | 19.48% | 9.08% | 16.52% | 16.50% |
| Shoe | 10 | 0.50% | 3.07% | 4.93% | 10.58% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 92 | 10.36% | 23.51% | 18.30% | 17.86% |
| Software (Internet) | 44 | 1.44% | 32.87% | 20.97% | 17.73% |
| Software (System & Application) | 355 | 9.47% | 16.90% | 21.32% | 20.10% |
| Steel | 37 | 22.03% | 3.30% | 13.57% | 27.83% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 21 | 61.05% | 4.06% | 6.04% | 9.67% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 98 | 5.42% | 14.43% | 13.39% | 15.43% |
| Telecom. Services | 67 | 5.99% | 5.80% | 12.23% | 14.31% |
| Tobacco | 17 | 2.32% | 34.54% | 6.50% | 8.51% |
| Transportation | 19 | 19.55% | 20.83% | 9.92% | 15.74% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 10 | 25.02% | 3.01% | 5.89% | 15.60% |
| Trucking | 28 | 28.04% | 6.64% | 14.31% | 19.73% |
| Utility (General) | 18 | 16.57% | 2.40% | 2.70% | 5.48% |
| Utility (Water) | 19 | 6.97% | 6.41% | 3.96% | 7.98% |
| Total Market | 7209 | 12.30% | 11.21% | 24.53% | 14.39% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 6004 | 12.46% | 11.66% | 27.28% | 14.88% |