Historical
(Compounded Annual) Growth Rates by SectorData Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2018
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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 | 40 | -8.61% | 11.77% | 2.91% | 7.24% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 87 | 6.82% | 3.35% | 9.20% | 11.46% |
| Air Transport | 17 | 21.49% | 6.20% | 7.96% | 6.46% |
| Apparel | 51 | 1.32% | 20.67% | 3.07% | 11.32% |
| Auto & Truck | 18 | -0.74% | 22.61% | 14.36% | 18.35% |
| Auto Parts | 62 | 7.81% | 7.64% | 12.96% | 12.64% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 11 | 13.41% | 5.22% | 3.54% | 7.54% |
| Banks (Regional) | 612 | 13.35% | 8.96% | 13.23% | 9.43% |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 28 | 16.13% | 11.33% | 11.55% | 20.06% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 35 | 4.07% | 9.48% | 7.59% | 10.77% |
| Broadcasting | 27 | 15.99% | 8.12% | 11.24% | 7.59% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 42 | 29.97% | 7.82% | 9.34% | 11.70% |
| Building Materials | 39 | 26.75% | 12.73% | 7.68% | 14.98% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 169 | 5.23% | 5.15% | 18.83% | 12.94% |
| Cable TV | 14 | -2.17% | 11.79% | 2.61% | 10.25% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 38 | -2.88% | 1.63% | 11.51% | 14.14% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 7 | 7.80% | -2.54% | 11.69% | 18.82% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 99 | 2.61% | 1.47% | 9.74% | 12.34% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 30 | -41.60% | -4.09% | 2.19% | NA |
| Computer Services | 111 | 0.23% | 15.31% | 7.92% | 12.36% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 58 | 22.65% | -2.67% | 5.07% | 15.79% |
| Construction Supplies | 49 | 22.14% | 6.95% | 6.55% | 15.00% |
| Diversified | 24 | -0.28% | 2.87% | 9.30% | 12.48% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 459 | 17.33% | 32.28% | 130.43% | 27.31% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 185 | 9.53% | 28.08% | 100.59% | 20.47% |
| Education | 34 | -1.72% | -2.42% | 7.22% | 11.91% |
| Electrical Equipment | 118 | 1.33% | -2.14% | 25.07% | 15.09% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 24 | -8.88% | -0.49% | 57.39% | 12.77% |
| Electronics (General) | 167 | 1.62% | 6.84% | 31.98% | 17.82% |
| Engineering/Construction | 49 | 8.52% | 9.64% | 8.20% | 12.30% |
| Entertainment | 90 | 10.39% | 3.33% | 11.44% | 11.54% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 87 | 7.11% | 15.92% | 7.61% | 12.83% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 34 | -0.24% | 13.08% | 10.88% | 15.33% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 264 | 12.03% | 10.35% | 8.57% | 11.62% |
| Food Processing | 87 | 3.90% | 4.12% | 15.44% | 9.46% |
| Food Wholesalers | 15 | 1.60% | 8.87% | 4.83% | 8.70% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 31 | 3.74% | 9.95% | 5.73% | 13.40% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 22 | 0.00% | -4.74% | -1.40% | 11.05% |
| Healthcare Products | 251 | 7.21% | 10.54% | 30.78% | 16.55% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 115 | 11.91% | 16.55% | 13.07% | 14.52% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 112 | 17.27% | 6.68% | 63.23% | 15.21% |
| Homebuilding | 32 | 32.51% | 22.91% | 13.52% | 17.58% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 35 | 33.26% | 8.19% | 3.77% | 6.50% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 70 | 17.44% | 7.86% | 9.65% | 13.18% |
| Household Products | 131 | 2.86% | 7.34% | 14.35% | 11.60% |
| Information Services | 61 | 10.90% | 6.94% | 8.80% | 14.92% |
| Insurance (General) | 21 | 4.23% | 4.97% | 4.15% | 10.46% |
| Insurance (Life) | 25 | 14.44% | 1.30% | 4.01% | 7.82% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 50 | 4.60% | 6.82% | 6.12% | 11.56% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 165 | 9.20% | 7.86% | 7.44% | 13.11% |
| Machinery | 126 | 4.91% | 1.84% | 13.16% | 14.03% |
| Metals & Mining | 102 | -3.42% | 14.72% | 11.74% | 30.62% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 24 | 9.19% | 4.26% | 3.75% | 12.25% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 5 | -27.57% | -12.33% | 15.80% | 25.77% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 311 | -3.72% | -1.72% | 38.56% | 1.81% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 16 | 18.66% | 13.89% | 20.20% | 10.00% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 130 | -8.28% | -4.93% | 30.54% | 40.24% |
| Packaging & Container | 25 | 14.22% | 1.67% | 3.90% | 9.31% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 21 | -8.30% | 7.23% | 5.47% | 9.62% |
| Power | 61 | 5.59% | 7.78% | 5.21% | 5.41% |
| Precious Metals | 111 | -14.43% | -5.54% | 10.81% | 24.26% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 41 | 2.10% | -1.65% | 1.21% | 7.90% |
| R.E.I.T. | 244 | 19.99% | 15.02% | 12.27% | 6.81% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 20 | 29.90% | 13.90% | -0.23% | NA |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 10 | 0.00% | 30.99% | 16.55% | NA |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 60 | 16.22% | 0.19% | 19.29% | 13.63% |
| Recreation | 70 | 14.97% | 0.86% | 12.42% | 12.23% |
| Reinsurance | 3 | -27.27% | -2.87% | 3.11% | 8.75% |
| Restaurant/Dining | 81 | 6.60% | 14.11% | 4.43% | 15.04% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 25 | 6.04% | 9.94% | 5.60% | 16.63% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 8 | 18.00% | 5.41% | 6.93% | 20.46% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 92 | 10.70% | 6.46% | 10.87% | 15.04% |
| Retail (General) | 18 | -2.08% | 2.08% | 3.00% | 7.88% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 14 | 2.41% | 5.39% | 8.41% | 7.90% |
| Retail (Online) | 61 | 35.04% | 10.16% | 7.11% | 20.77% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 106 | -0.87% | 4.90% | 2.72% | 11.59% |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 | 12.00% | -6.47% | 0.74% | 9.50% |
| Semiconductor | 72 | 16.18% | 8.72% | 12.42% | 15.68% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 45 | 27.76% | 5.40% | 18.16% | 16.67% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 9 | 5.05% | -4.44% | 28.82% | 13.50% |
| Shoe | 11 | -1.04% | 6.64% | 3.12% | 12.39% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 13 | 72.07% | 2.96% | 9.30% | 14.94% |
| Software (Internet) | 305 | 18.57% | 19.72% | 15.14% | 27.74% |
| Software (System & Application) | 255 | 16.08% | 12.71% | 14.90% | 17.06% |
| Steel | 37 | -6.85% | -4.38% | 13.12% | 12.22% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 18 | -21.75% | 0.81% | 3.31% | 10.83% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 104 | -2.68% | 4.36% | 22.16% | 14.42% |
| Telecom. Services | 66 | 2.04% | 6.32% | 8.30% | 5.99% |
| Tobacco | 24 | 9.60% | 85.32% | 13.24% | 10.33% |
| Transportation | 18 | 3.98% | 19.12% | 9.93% | 15.49% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 8 | 4.56% | 4.26% | 5.97% | 10.56% |
| Trucking | 30 | 4.73% | 3.48% | 13.33% | 21.01% |
| Utility (General) | 18 | 7.65% | 2.46% | 4.97% | 5.50% |
| Utility (Water) | 23 | 9.20% | 3.77% | 62.88% | 8.99% |
| Total Market | 7247 | 9.77% | 9.01% | 23.85% | 13.60% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 6057 | 9.22% | 9.07% | 26.48% | 14.19% |