Historical
(Compounded Annual) Growth Rates by SectorData Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2025
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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 Revenues - Next 5 years | Expected Growth in EPS - Next 5 years |
| Advertising | 54 | 17.43% | -1.62% | 9.03% | 7.29% | 22.98% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 67 | 3.49% | 8.21% | 11.70% | 12.44% | 19.02% |
| Air Transport | 24 | -3.59% | 2.64% | 38.29% | 53.10% | 35.25% |
| Apparel | 37 | -3.59% | 6.97% | 0.19% | 2.32% | 5.95% |
| Auto & Truck | 34 | 8.37% | 10.90% | 96.68% | 35.19% | 10.41% |
| Auto Parts | 33 | 5.16% | 6.49% | 17.72% | 8.01% | 15.29% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 15 | -4.36% | 6.00% | 2.11% | 4.21% | 11.92% |
| Banks (Regional) | 591 | 4.60% | 6.54% | 7.04% | 5.07% | 6.50% |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 18 | 11.44% | 5.09% | -2.44% | 2.74% | 11.17% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 29 | 19.50% | 16.75% | 3.78% | 7.21% | 11.26% |
| Broadcasting | 22 | -9.88% | 1.89% | -0.46% | -0.03% | 192.49% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 30 | 12.63% | 22.19% | 16.12% | 7.10% | 15.37% |
| Building Materials | 39 | 17.08% | 4.06% | 4.46% | 4.61% | 11.54% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 152 | 5.58% | 5.24% | 5.38% | 7.28% | 13.83% |
| Cable TV | 9 | 30.20% | 24.15% | -2.36% | -1.34% | 0.15% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 31 | 2.53% | 8.67% | 4.08% | 0.23% | 7.62% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 4 | -28.50% | 1.67% | -0.85% | #DIV/0! | 39.10% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 60 | 6.37% | 9.19% | 18.80% | 13.52% | 10.42% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 16 | 21.13% | 0.65% | 424.76% | 64.96% | #DIV/0! |
| Computer Services | 63 | 4.27% | 9.34% | 3.20% | 30.28% | 19.93% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 35 | 6.79% | 3.55% | 10.36% | 4.26% | 11.48% |
| Construction Supplies | 46 | 21.92% | 3.75% | 613.56% | 4.59% | 11.01% |
| Diversified | 21 | 8.56% | 11.62% | -2.80% | 1.13% | 5.44% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 535 | 1.09% | 23.77% | 136.39% | 72.35% | 17.95% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 231 | -2.96% | 24.78% | 80.18% | 37.05% | 12.21% |
| Education | 29 | 5.79% | 4.77% | 6.51% | 11.31% | 16.88% |
| Electrical Equipment | 101 | 5.39% | 13.29% | 37.31% | 28.07% | 13.30% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 11 | 0.00% | -7.00% | -4.02% | #DIV/0! | 22.50% |
| Electronics (General) | 122 | 14.43% | 10.59% | 10.95% | 19.17% | 15.89% |
| Engineering/Construction | 42 | 22.70% | 8.65% | 9.27% | 6.18% | 16.82% |
| Entertainment | 96 | 11.09% | 13.25% | 7.42% | 5.92% | 14.53% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 50 | 9.91% | 19.64% | 38.16% | 9.94% | 12.88% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 35 | 14.86% | 22.23% | 4.93% | 12.80% | 7.54% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 166 | 9.49% | 14.79% | 11.15% | 8.04% | 16.14% |
| Food Processing | 77 | 5.11% | 10.02% | 4.89% | 3.18% | 10.36% |
| Food Wholesalers | 14 | 13.09% | 11.90% | 1.98% | 4.21% | 19.09% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 28 | 6.29% | -0.28% | -1.13% | 3.69% | 11.57% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 18 | 4.83% | 15.73% | 15.06% | 9.48% | 0.27% |
| Healthcare Products | 218 | 10.97% | 14.61% | 34.71% | 25.20% | 11.51% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 113 | 9.27% | 11.34% | 9.66% | 9.47% | 9.67% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 116 | 10.19% | 14.73% | 10.64% | 13.11% | 12.58% |
| Homebuilding | 30 | 22.80% | 9.00% | 9.51% | 4.81% | 13.42% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 33 | 7.85% | 1.57% | 5.81% | 4.60% | 17.16% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 65 | 22.35% | 11.90% | 6.03% | 9.38% | 56.71% |
| Household Products | 101 | 4.49% | 3.15% | 19.93% | 4.22% | 10.21% |
| Information Services | 16 | 10.77% | 2.53% | 4.79% | 3.62% | 8.53% |
| Insurance (General) | 22 | 12.66% | 12.98% | 11.67% | 6.87% | 19.76% |
| Insurance (Life) | 19 | 8.14% | 3.70% | 7.24% | -4.36% | 10.18% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 53 | 16.50% | 9.12% | 18.91% | 6.45% | 26.77% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 231 | 12.29% | 8.37% | 8.45% | 3.29% | 14.95% |
| Machinery | 109 | 8.24% | 6.23% | 35.49% | 18.92% | 13.01% |
| Metals & Mining | 64 | 8.42% | 1.84% | 8.07% | 8.83% | 18.70% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 14 | 23.01% | 14.15% | -1.02% | 3.63% | 14.17% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 4 | 17.66% | 0.20% | -1.09% | -4.25% | 3.42% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 147 | 12.19% | 5.35% | 7.93% | 7.31% | 7.00% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 24 | 36.35% | 19.87% | 5.85% | 7.24% | 1.24% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 97 | 26.74% | 5.25% | 4.93% | 7.93% | 20.93% |
| Packaging & Container | 22 | 4.02% | 4.02% | 1.96% | 3.47% | 8.58% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 6 | 45.90% | 4.54% | 3.12% | 4.13% | 5.85% |
| Power | 48 | 5.74% | 5.06% | 3.45% | 5.23% | 5.97% |
| Precious Metals | 60 | 0.00% | 4.47% | 22.41% | 8.65% | 9.77% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 19 | 8.72% | 1.50% | 0.41% | 3.72% | 12.41% |
| R.E.I.T. | 192 | 5.89% | 7.06% | 4.24% | 4.62% | 6.72% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 15 | 18.16% | 15.10% | 11.65% | #DIV/0! | #DIV/0! |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 | 4.85% | 14.35% | 2.25% | #DIV/0! | #DIV/0! |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 60 | -8.86% | 4.53% | 9.34% | 10.06% | 53.93% |
| Recreation | 50 | 4.35% | 8.77% | 1.45% | 4.04% | 9.16% |
| Reinsurance | 1 | -0.49% | 9.66% | 10.40% | #DIV/0! | #DIV/0! |
| Restaurant/Dining | 62 | 0.18% | 8.60% | 9.56% | 16.68% | 16.35% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 29 | 6.27% | 10.32% | 4.91% | 6.36% | 8.73% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 13 | 7.01% | 5.15% | -0.54% | 3.28% | 15.48% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 66 | 18.50% | 7.07% | 3.24% | 4.81% | 10.96% |
| Retail (General) | 24 | 6.90% | 14.40% | 4.66% | 4.13% | 3.91% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 17 | 27.58% | 9.28% | 6.68% | 5.07% | 9.52% |
| Retail (REITs) | 28 | 3.48% | 7.91% | 4.46% | 8.58% | 4.44% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 98 | 13.77% | 6.79% | 1.37% | 4.10% | 13.52% |
| Rubber& Tires | 3 | 0.00% | 2.76% | -3.06% | #DIV/0! | 124.40% |
| Semiconductor | 63 | 19.36% | 5.13% | 11.00% | 15.27% | 17.52% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 30 | 19.06% | 11.67% | 13.72% | 10.58% | 21.04% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 8 | 21.58% | -4.27% | 7.37% | #DIV/0! | 33.25% |
| Shoe | 12 | 19.48% | 9.91% | 1.14% | 5.51% | 10.34% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 81 | 0.26% | 28.07% | 13.87% | 9.95% | 19.77% |
| Software (Internet) | 29 | 22.12% | 19.72% | 13.34% | 12.26% | 22.39% |
| Software (System & Application) | 333 | 23.26% | 15.55% | 15.67% | 13.19% | 21.83% |
| Steel | 27 | 8.82% | 6.05% | -1.15% | 2.80% | 11.41% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 11 | 25.30% | 28.07% | -1.26% | 2.56% | 12.80% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 61 | 5.25% | 2.55% | 8.84% | 6.31% | 10.98% |
| Telecom. Services | 32 | 21.79% | 10.58% | 6.02% | 52.53% | -2.98% |
| Tobacco | 12 | 15.56% | -0.52% | 13.46% | 3.53% | 11.67% |
| Transportation | 21 | 16.55% | 8.57% | 9.05% | 5.81% | -6.31% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 4 | 0.23% | 2.23% | 5.75% | 3.51% | 8.61% |
| Trucking | 24 | 4.19% | 10.23% | 3.73% | 7.87% | 12.03% |
| Utility (General) | 14 | 6.03% | 2.36% | 3.58% | 5.04% | 6.90% |
| Utility (Water) | 15 | 14.78% | 11.65% | 6.70% | 4.65% | 14.10% |
| Total Market | 6062 | 9.08% | 9.97% | 28.94% | 21.44% | 14.70% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 4935 | 9.39% | 10.25% | 33.55% | 25.16% | 15.50% |