Fundamental
Growth in EPS by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 6177 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2013
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | ROE | Retention Ratio | Fundamental Growth |
| Advertising | 32 | 12.66% | 61.70% | 7.81% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 24.03% | 70.41% | 16.91% |
| Air Transport | 36 | 23.17% | 75.47% | 17.49% |
| Apparel | 54 | 15.99% | 80.00% | 12.79% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | 18.07% | 81.65% | 14.75% |
| Automotive | 12 | 10.02% | 73.93% | 7.41% |
| Bank | 416 | 7.46% | 68.65% | 5.12% |
| Bank (Midwest) | 68 | 9.46% | 65.57% | 6.21% |
| Beverage | 35 | 22.69% | 50.70% | 11.50% |
| Biotechnology | 214 | 2.95% | 99.84% | 2.95% |
| Building Materials | 43 | -4.61% | NA | NA |
| Cable TV | 20 | 19.18% | 73.74% | 14.14% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 18 | 23.62% | 67.15% | 15.86% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 18.21% | 75.56% | 13.76% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 17.51% | 68.66% | 12.02% |
| Coal | 20 | 10.98% | 63.94% | 7.02% |
| Computer Software | 191 | 25.05% | 76.95% | 19.27% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 81 | 32.35% | 79.04% | 25.57% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 16.24% | 64.38% | 10.46% |
| Drug | 223 | 19.72% | 51.72% | 10.20% |
| E-Commerce | 64 | 7.67% | 96.82% | 7.42% |
| Educational Services | 33 | 6.71% | 90.63% | 6.08% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 20 | 10.45% | 39.07% | 4.08% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 17 | 11.29% | 33.99% | 3.84% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 15 | 9.37% | 40.84% | 3.83% |
| Electrical Equipment | 64 | 16.74% | 69.61% | 11.65% |
| Electronics | 123 | 14.24% | 85.25% | 12.14% |
| Engineering & Const | 30 | 11.29% | 89.32% | 10.08% |
| Entertainment | 76 | 12.11% | 75.69% | 9.17% |
| Entertainment Tech | 42 | 6.98% | 85.90% | 5.99% |
| Environmental | 84 | 9.71% | 54.23% | 5.26% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 256 | 9.92% | 74.67% | 7.40% |
| Food Processing | 119 | 15.90% | 50.45% | 8.02% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | -4.21% | NA | NA |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 11.27% | 50.17% | 5.65% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 32 | 7.93% | 67.08% | 5.32% |
| Healthcare Information | 20 | 9.28% | 88.20% | 8.18% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 23 | 27.32% | 79.12% | 21.61% |
| Homebuilding | 22 | -5.32% | NA | NA |
| Hotel/Gaming | 57 | 11.23% | 56.70% | 6.37% |
| Household Products | 27 | 21.33% | 46.24% | 9.86% |
| Human Resources | 25 | 9.68% | 70.59% | 6.83% |
| Industrial Services | 136 | 10.88% | 68.88% | 7.49% |
| Information Services | 28 | 15.79% | 60.63% | 9.57% |
| Insurance (Life) | 32 | 7.07% | 75.77% | 5.36% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 62 | 5.46% | 54.23% | 2.96% |
| Internet | 194 | 13.34% | 98.64% | 13.15% |
| Investment Companies | 31 | 5.48% | 100.00% | 5.48% |
| IT Services | 63 | 22.68% | 69.38% | 15.73% |
| Machinery | 94 | 14.17% | 76.91% | 10.90% |
| Maritime | 51 | 0.61% | 83.24% | 0.51% |
| Med Supp Invasive | 87 | 17.15% | 73.37% | 12.58% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 143 | 18.81% | 61.76% | 11.62% |
| Medical Services | 118 | 16.74% | 89.82% | 15.03% |
| Metal Fabricating | 25 | 14.06% | 74.75% | 10.51% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 77 | 26.70% | 75.22% | 20.09% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | 8.81% | 73.58% | 6.48% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 27 | 8.12% | 23.05% | 1.87% |
| Newspaper | 14 | 16.40% | 77.59% | 12.72% |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 22 | 14.20% | 70.65% | 10.03% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 12 | 13.31% | 4.43% | 0.59% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 81 | 11.36% | 76.74% | 8.72% |
| Packaging & Container | 27 | 17.18% | 75.57% | 12.98% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 8.09% | 50.96% | 4.12% |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 18.18% | 72.95% | 13.26% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | 11.28% | 85.53% | 9.64% |
| Pharmacy Services | 18 | 13.25% | 73.45% | 9.73% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 53 | 15.07% | 30.28% | 4.56% |
| Power | 101 | -2.51% | NA | NA |
| Precious Metals | 83 | 11.26% | 79.96% | 9.00% |
| Precision Instrument | 82 | 12.13% | 81.10% | 9.83% |
| Property Management | 31 | 8.62% | 76.12% | 6.56% |
| Public/Private Equity | 12 | 16.46% | 79.00% | 13.00% |
| Publishing | 29 | 12.56% | 69.65% | 8.75% |
| R.E.I.T. | 127 | 13.27% | 23.21% | 3.08% |
| Railroad | 12 | 17.91% | 64.92% | 11.63% |
| Recreation | 51 | 10.92% | 55.20% | 6.03% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | -1.07% | NA | NA |
| Restaurant | 65 | 31.69% | 51.62% | 16.36% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 79 | 18.37% | 83.15% | 15.27% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 42 | 24.03% | 75.30% | 18.10% |
| Retail Automotive | 19 | 21.13% | 97.42% | 20.58% |
| Retail Building Supply | 10 | 18.11% | 55.92% | 10.13% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 18.07% | 68.45% | 12.37% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 16.33% | 74.89% | 12.23% |
| Securities Brokerage | 27 | 7.22% | 78.24% | 5.65% |
| Semiconductor | 142 | 17.58% | 59.94% | 10.53% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 10 | 8.75% | 70.39% | 6.16% |
| Shoe | 17 | 18.02% | 70.99% | 12.79% |
| Steel | 33 | 8.11% | 79.89% | 6.48% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 105 | 15.68% | 73.31% | 11.50% |
| Telecom. Services | 76 | 13.81% | 58.83% | 8.12% |
| Telecom. Utility | 23 | 16.22% | 58.85% | 9.54% |
| Thrift | 170 | 0.66% | 79.55% | 0.53% |
| Tobacco | 11 | 65.87% | 27.41% | 18.06% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 14 | 32.00% | 77.85% | 24.92% |
| Trucking | 34 | 11.17% | 72.72% | 8.12% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 9.58% | 55.33% | 5.30% |
| Wireless Networking | 58 | 10.28% | 80.81% | 8.31% |
| Total Market | 6177 | 12.89% | 63.90% | 8.24% |