Historical
Growth Rates by SectorData Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2015
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which companies are included in each industry
| Industry Name | Number of Firms | Growth in Net Income- Last 5 years | Growth in Revenues- Last 5 years |
| Advertising | 52 | 27.10% | 5.44% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 93 | 12.50% | 4.07% |
| Air Transport | 22 | 14.24% | 10.17% |
| Apparel | 64 | 22.86% | 8.20% |
| Auto & Truck | 22 | 5.37% | 30.26% |
| Auto Parts | 75 | 35.28% | 9.10% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 13 | 23.29% | 10.00% |
| Banks (Regional) | 676 | 20.00% | 13.45% |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 22 | 11.42% | 8.49% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 46 | 1.69% | 4.72% |
| Broadcasting | 28 | 45.27% | 9.56% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 46 | 16.18% | 9.78% |
| Building Materials | 39 | 17.37% | 8.34% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 177 | 10.73% | 4.10% |
| Cable TV | 18 | 14.16% | 3.16% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 46 | 14.88% | 14.17% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 10 | 14.55% | 7.90% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 103 | 16.88% | 8.73% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 42 | 13.33% | 1.20% |
| Computer Services | 119 | 15.22% | 13.14% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 64 | 21.54% | 4.34% |
| Construction Supplies | 55 | 26.72% | 8.98% |
| Diversified | 23 | 22.43% | 8.96% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 400 | 23.64% | 16.84% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 151 | 10.85% | 16.29% |
| Education | 42 | -0.88% | 3.27% |
| Electrical Equipment | 126 | 12.90% | 29.39% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 28 | 13.90% | 2.20% |
| Electronics (General) | 189 | 14.94% | 6.13% |
| Engineering/Construction | 56 | 8.99% | 5.04% |
| Entertainment | 84 | 10.27% | 16.26% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 103 | 10.50% | 16.37% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 37 | 29.30% | 17.02% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 288 | 21.12% | 12.49% |
| Food Processing | 96 | 18.63% | 9.13% |
| Food Wholesalers | 14 | 6.40% | 10.72% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 27 | 36.95% | 6.06% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 26 | -0.97% | 28.92% |
| Healthcare Products | 261 | 8.28% | 8.97% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 138 | 7.80% | 10.30% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 127 | 6.72% | 14.92% |
| Homebuilding | 35 | 22.60% | 13.29% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 56 | 7.33% | 11.57% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 80 | 11.36% | 7.46% |
| Household Products | 135 | 1.73% | 12.12% |
| Information Services | 67 | 8.30% | 6.99% |
| Insurance (General) | 24 | 3.73% | 4.83% |
| Insurance (Life) | 25 | 27.56% | 4.98% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 52 | 17.41% | 9.50% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 148 | 27.74% | 15.73% |
| Machinery | 137 | 18.86% | 6.96% |
| Metals & Mining | 124 | 13.67% | 3.76% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 25 | 15.48% | 1.72% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 8 | 27.23% | 4.72% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 392 | 13.78% | 26.59% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 85 | 11.58% | 22.80% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 161 | 15.31% | 18.31% |
| Packaging & Container | 26 | 11.12% | 6.24% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 22 | 1.84% | 8.74% |
| Power | 82 | 9.38% | 5.74% |
| Precious Metals | 147 | 10.70% | 23.22% |
| Publshing & Newspapers | 43 | 24.06% | 0.12% |
| R.E.I.T. | 213 | 32.22% | 19.18% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 18 | -9.52% | 28.52% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 | 19.30% | 20.70% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 52 | -5.47% | 17.24% |
| Recreation | 68 | 18.52% | 4.79% |
| Reinsurance | 4 | 24.55% | 26.15% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 79 | 26.22% | 6.02% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 30 | 21.89% | 9.83% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 5 | 16.63% | 7.40% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 90 | 21.47% | 13.32% |
| Retail (General) | 23 | 7.42% | 3.67% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 21 | 14.74% | 4.11% |
| Retail (Online) | 46 | 7.78% | 6.60% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 128 | 17.79% | 6.48% |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 | 0.00% | 4.31% |
| Semiconductor | 100 | 17.47% | 11.08% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 47 | 7.79% | 10.47% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 14 | 57.05% | -0.18% |
| Shoe | 13 | 29.48% | 11.88% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 20 | 14.60% | 1.95% |
| Software (Internet) | 327 | 23.92% | 11.52% |
| Software (System & Application) | 259 | 19.37% | 15.90% |
| Steel | 40 | 22.92% | 6.18% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 21 | -23.35% | 3.51% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 126 | 5.22% | 6.91% |
| Telecom. Services | 77 | 7.97% | 6.45% |
| Tobacco | 20 | 6.95% | 7.49% |
| Transportation | 21 | 13.01% | 14.50% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 10 | 23.22% | 10.69% |
| Trucking | 30 | 40.86% | 6.70% |
| Unclassified | 8 | -16.30% | 2.00% |
| Utility (General) | 21 | 7.28% | 0.45% |
| Utility (Water) | 19 | 12.32% | 6.87% |
| Total Market | 7887 | 16.81% | 11.54% |