Historical
Growth Rate 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 | Growth in EPS | Growth in Sales | Growth in Dividends |
| Advertising | 40 | 6.43% | 9.94% | 17.50% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 69 | 8.00% | 20.45% | 6.92% |
| Air Transport | 49 | 14.14% | 16.82% | 28.50% |
| Apparel | 57 | 14.30% | 14.17% | 14.43% |
| Auto & Truck | 28 | 5.54% | 3.31% | 9.35% |
| Auto Parts | 56 | 5.40% | 5.23% | NA |
| Bank | 504 | 11.36% | 0.00% | 9.49% |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | 12.08% | 0.00% | 15.42% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 38 | 6.80% | 0.00% | 10.27% |
| Beverage | 44 | 19.13% | 3.93% | 11.08% |
| Biotechnology | 103 | 37.67% | 32.92% | NA |
| Building Materials | 49 | 11.52% | 12.50% | 11.80% |
| Cable TV | 23 | 20.33% | 9.97% | 8.00% |
| Canadian Energy | 13 | 19.75% | 11.44% | 10.21% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 15.43% | 4.36% | 1.50% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 37 | 8.43% | 17.26% | 3.29% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 90 | 10.75% | 13.65% | 10.31% |
| Coal | 18 | 1.00% | 14.04% | NA |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 376 | 12.53% | 20.80% | 13.50% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 144 | 12.54% | 6.96% | 10.50% |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | 16.51% | 16.94% | 4.20% |
| Drug | 368 | 11.12% | 25.04% | 10.68% |
| E-Commerce | 56 | 9.25% | 13.72% | NA |
| Educational Services | 39 | 26.30% | 4.07% | 24.00% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 25 | 1.29% | -0.55% | NA |
| Electric Utility (East) | 27 | -0.70% | 1.68% | 2.81% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 17 | 1.69% | 2.80% | 2.17% |
| Electrical Equipment | 86 | 8.08% | 4.81% | 4.88% |
| Electronics | 179 | 5.27% | 13.85% | 10.57% |
| Entertainment | 93 | 9.57% | 14.09% | 7.79% |
| Entertainment Tech | 38 | 22.40% | 23.80% | NA |
| Environmental | 89 | 13.84% | 10.92% | NA |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 294 | 11.91% | 24.23% | 11.96% |
| Food Processing | 123 | 5.51% | 9.63% | 6.04% |
| Food Wholesalers | 19 | 6.19% | 25.71% | 12.25% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 7.83% | 8.54% | 12.29% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 39 | -1.48% | 3.18% | 5.06% |
| Grocery | 15 | 5.90% | 22.22% | 11.00% |
| Healthcare Information | 38 | 24.00% | 11.70% | 4.50% |
| Heavy Construction | 12 | -2.07% | 13.75% | 1.75% |
| Home Appliance | 11 | 17.42% | 24.97% | 5.67% |
| Homebuilding | 36 | 28.00% | 2.30% | 32.38% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 75 | 11.79% | 19.31% | NA |
| Household Products | 28 | 11.43% | 9.64% | 9.10% |
| Human Resources | 35 | 23.66% | 34.56% | 1.50% |
| Industrial Services | 196 | 10.06% | 15.13% | 17.37% |
| Information Services | 38 | 14.29% | 13.78% | 12.50% |
| Insurance (Life) | 40 | 10.43% | -71.81% | 11.74% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 87 | 20.72% | -41.25% | 8.58% |
| Internet | 266 | 21.33% | 15.95% | NA |
| Investment Co. | 18 | 0.00% | 0.00% | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 15 | -18.50% | 18.81% | NA |
| Machinery | 126 | 12.18% | 13.52% | 3.96% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 10.29% | -4.77% | 24.60% |
| Maritime | 52 | 18.75% | 9.99% | 13.36% |
| Medical Services | 178 | 23.22% | 12.68% | 4.36% |
| Medical Supplies | 274 | 15.75% | 10.70% | 16.39% |
| Metal Fabricating | 37 | 7.86% | 26.45% | 3.95% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 35.25% | 83.21% | 10.86% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 16.09% | 30.63% | 12.21% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 26 | 5.05% | 1.78% | 1.91% |
| Newspaper | 18 | 9.83% | -3.41% | 3.44% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 25 | 1.38% | 3.30% | 2.25% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 15 | 0.21% | -6.81% | 3.06% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 113 | 26.61% | 38.08% | 6.31% |
| Packaging & Container | 35 | 7.42% | 4.88% | 7.05% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 39 | 10.28% | 0.02% | 2.03% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 20.52% | 12.48% | 10.06% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 186 | 26.88% | 20.44% | 16.34% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 17.00% | 31.86% | 5.25% |
| Power | 58 | 8.00% | 32.46% | NA |
| Precious Metals | 84 | 21.63% | 36.57% | 20.06% |
| Precision Instrument | 103 | 5.86% | 18.48% | 6.11% |
| Property Management | 12 | 7.33% | 20.29% | 10.83% |
| Publishing | 40 | 7.21% | 18.00% | 10.70% |
| R.E.I.T. | 147 | 11.75% | 0.49% | 8.20% |
| Railroad | 16 | 16.25% | 14.34% | 3.93% |
| Recreation | 73 | 6.37% | 23.81% | 12.33% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 9.00% | 0.00% | 22.25% |
| Restaurant | 75 | 14.40% | 13.10% | 31.17% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 164 | 12.42% | 8.20% | 15.68% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 17.00% | 11.20% | 19.50% |
| Retail Building Supply | 9 | 18.14% | 10.32% | 43.75% |
| Retail Store | 42 | 8.91% | 16.28% | 5.65% |
| Securities Brokerage | 31 | 9.47% | 32.03% | 15.55% |
| Semiconductor | 138 | -0.04% | 15.06% | 25.63% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 5.40% | 28.61% | NA |
| Shoe | 20 | 13.73% | 18.65% | 22.90% |
| Steel (General) | 26 | 32.25% | 11.77% | 10.00% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 15.60% | 11.76% | 6.20% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 124 | 8.02% | 16.71% | 1.00% |
| Telecom. Services | 152 | 3.98% | 26.57% | 8.47% |
| Thrift | 234 | 9.06% | 0.00% | 14.29% |
| Tobacco | 11 | 1.83% | -4.96% | 6.29% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 21 | 8.91% | 2.79% | 7.75% |
| Trucking | 32 | 17.37% | 9.24% | 15.00% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 6 | 0.00% | 25.81% | 4.50% |
| Water Utility | 16 | 6.58% | 2.97% | 5.77% |
| Wireless Networking | 74 | 14.18% | 23.76% | 39.75% |
| Market | 7364 | 12.07% | 16.35% | 9.72% |