Historical
Growth Rate 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 | Growth in EPS | Growth in Sales | Growth in Dividends |
| Advertising | 30 | 5.50% | 27.03% | 17.67% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 15.70% | 16.42% | 10.43% |
| Air Transport | 44 | 11.90% | 7.49% | 21.25% |
| Apparel | 53 | 14.25% | 6.19% | 8.25% |
| Auto & Truck | 20 | 10.75% | 1.29% | 13.28% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 3.33% | 7.05% | 6.13% |
| Bank | 477 | 11.65% | 0.00% | 10.59% |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | 15.92% | 0.00% | 16.33% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | 5.00% | 0.00% | 10.84% |
| Beverage | 41 | 20.57% | 6.04% | 11.55% |
| Biotechnology | 108 | 23.29% | 36.60% | NA |
| Building Materials | 52 | 15.02% | -6.65% | 12.92% |
| Cable TV | 25 | 27.38% | 25.55% | 49.00% |
| Canadian Energy | 12 | 19.55% | 22.72% | 18.50% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | 19.00% | 13.83% | 3.88% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 14.00% | 4.91% | 6.46% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 88 | 13.92% | 21.38% | 14.72% |
| Coal | 18 | 24.00% | 2.11% | 3.83% |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 322 | 16.30% | 19.10% | 24.42% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 125 | 14.69% | 13.68% | 12.83% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 16.29% | 9.32% | 5.50% |
| Drug | 342 | 7.62% | 24.77% | 9.21% |
| E-Commerce | 54 | 10.30% | 20.11% | NA |
| Educational Services | 34 | 16.29% | 6.18% | 31.50% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 24 | 4.53% | 8.65% | NA |
| Electric Utility (East) | 26 | 2.09% | 4.76% | 3.08% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 16 | -0.82% | -0.54% | 1.61% |
| Electrical Equipment | 83 | 14.23% | 22.82% | 3.25% |
| Electronics | 173 | 14.55% | 12.32% | 13.12% |
| Entertainment | 84 | 8.97% | 14.82% | 21.56% |
| Entertainment Tech | 33 | 11.42% | 23.56% | NA |
| Environmental | 79 | 16.31% | 10.46% | 4.25% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | 11.40% | 23.56% | 13.60% |
| Food Processing | 109 | 7.83% | 9.40% | 9.55% |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | 16.62% | 16.21% | 7.06% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | 18.43% | 18.02% | 13.33% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 34 | 1.11% | 3.54% | 5.60% |
| Grocery | 14 | 8.78% | 6.46% | 6.38% |
| Healthcare Information | 29 | 15.29% | 4.08% | NA |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | 8.86% | 3.73% | 2.75% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | 7.83% | -27.34% | 30.85% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 68 | 11.57% | 19.24% | 9.92% |
| Household Products | 26 | 9.40% | 10.54% | 8.10% |
| Human Resources | 31 | 13.71% | 11.61% | 11.50% |
| Industrial Services | 167 | 14.17% | 18.90% | 14.40% |
| Information Services | 34 | 15.18% | 13.71% | 13.63% |
| Insurance (Life) | 35 | 14.98% | -71.81% | 13.36% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 78 | 29.75% | 30.84% | 9.65% |
| Internet | 208 | 30.25% | 12.74% | NA |
| Investment Co. | 17 | 0.00% | -35.55% | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | 0.00% | 23.96% | NA |
| Machinery | 124 | 18.83% | 16.95% | 10.52% |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | 3.43% | -10.24% | 23.30% |
| Maritime | 56 | 27.63% | 18.02% | 21.88% |
| Medical Services | 160 | 19.14% | 23.79% | 1.36% |
| Medical Supplies | 252 | 12.88% | 13.95% | 15.85% |
| Metal Fabricating | 35 | 26.40% | 8.58% | 10.25% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | 42.54% | 35.22% | 20.32% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 34 | 16.50% | 10.40% | 14.03% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 25 | 5.03% | 2.35% | 4.03% |
| Newspaper | 16 | 6.50% | 4.03% | 4.61% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 26 | 8.21% | 11.57% | 3.33% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | 8.28% | 27.78% | 3.94% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 112 | 32.16% | 25.59% | 13.11% |
| Packaging & Container | 33 | 19.00% | 3.46% | 12.10% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 38 | 6.60% | -2.87% | 12.84% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 25 | 26.53% | 12.60% | 13.32% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 188 | 31.50% | 24.85% | 20.78% |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | 22.28% | 35.41% | 9.50% |
| Power | 66 | 2.75% | 56.21% | NA |
| Precious Metals | 75 | 30.29% | 20.92% | 24.69% |
| Precision Instrument | 90 | 10.27% | 10.43% | 0.56% |
| Property Management | 17 | 18.00% | 8.85% | 10.63% |
| Publishing | 27 | 8.25% | 5.34% | 10.65% |
| R.E.I.T. | 144 | 21.38% | -6.82% | 13.67% |
| Railroad | 15 | 15.28% | 6.99% | 13.25% |
| Recreation | 64 | 5.63% | 12.51% | 12.36% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 24.40% | 0.00% | 19.42% |
| Restaurant | 68 | 10.66% | 11.48% | 37.14% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 155 | 10.82% | 8.07% | 18.72% |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | 19.14% | 8.52% | 20.00% |
| Retail Building Supply | 8 | 14.17% | 3.32% | 49.38% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 11.93% | 6.58% | 6.72% |
| Securities Brokerage | 32 | 17.63% | 18.79% | 17.59% |
| Semiconductor | 122 | 11.64% | 8.70% | 30.63% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | 11.88% | 7.32% | NA |
| Shoe | 19 | 15.00% | 10.49% | 22.33% |
| Steel (General) | 20 | 32.29% | 18.37% | 16.54% |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | 33.25% | 22.93% | 23.57% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 110 | 12.88% | 12.87% | 3.67% |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | 13.14% | 15.68% | 12.98% |
| Thrift | 234 | 6.86% | 0.77% | 14.39% |
| Tobacco | 12 | 7.50% | 38.69% | 4.00% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 23 | 11.67% | 1.73% | 13.00% |
| Trucking | 33 | 25.07% | 10.11% | 29.33% |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | 19.00% | 17.24% | 23.33% |
| Water Utility | 16 | 8.04% | 8.37% | 6.73% |
| Wireless Networking | 57 | 22.94% | 22.77% | NA |
| Public/Private Equity | 10 | 33.00% | 24.71% | 14.17% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 4.50% | 20.68% | 15.00% |
| Total Market | 6870 | 14.06% | 15.38% | 11.96% |