Historical
Growth Rates 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 | Growth in EPS | Growth in Sales | Growth in Dividends |
| Advertising | 32 | 10.06% | 8.67% | 10.67% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 66 | 11.41% | 12.56% | 12.86% |
| Air Transport | 36 | -0.93% | 13.21% | 5.36% |
| Apparel | 54 | 11.63% | 7.69% | 1.64% |
| Auto Parts | 54 | -1.63% | 20.10% | 1.42% |
| Automotive | 12 | 2.50% | 42.35% | NA |
| Bank | 416 | -7.39% | 0.00% | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 68 | -7.25% | 0.00% | NA |
| Beverage | 35 | 6.53% | 2.62% | 8.50% |
| Biotechnology | 214 | 8.45% | 20.93% | NA |
| Building Materials | 43 | -11.04% | 1.28% | 3.13% |
| Cable TV | 20 | 30.13% | 9.08% | 33.13% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 18 | 10.38% | 18.73% | 17.19% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 33 | 7.34% | 15.70% | 5.14% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 70 | 7.20% | 25.40% | 5.48% |
| Coal | 20 | 5.70% | 7.08% | 17.11% |
| Computer Software | 191 | 17.19% | 14.81% | 17.95% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 81 | 13.28% | 3.89% | 10.00% |
| Diversified Co. | 113 | 6.12% | 17.36% | 8.65% |
| Drug | 223 | 17.65% | 20.19% | 11.82% |
| E-Commerce | 64 | 15.96% | 15.67% | NA |
| Educational Services | 33 | 15.79% | 10.29% | 15.75% |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 20 | 1.65% | 4.05% | 4.00% |
| Electric Utility (East) | 17 | 4.43% | 1.50% | 5.38% |
| Electric Utility (West) | 15 | 3.96% | 2.83% | 6.95% |
| Electrical Equipment | 64 | 3.60% | 9.11% | 7.14% |
| Electronics | 123 | 7.61% | 3.54% | 9.12% |
| Engineering & Const | 30 | 15.87% | 8.58% | 6.50% |
| Entertainment | 76 | 1.55% | 10.73% | 13.56% |
| Entertainment Tech | 42 | -0.61% | 6.07% | 4.50% |
| Environmental | 84 | 13.41% | 20.11% | 5.08% |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 256 | 3.37% | 5.86% | 6.53% |
| Food Processing | 119 | 7.75% | 14.61% | 5.19% |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | -0.79% | -4.59% | 3.30% |
| Funeral Services | 6 | 4.00% | 8.91% | 15.25% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 32 | -2.47% | 2.78% | NA |
| Healthcare Information | 20 | 24.33% | 20.68% | 14.33% |
| Heavy Truck & Equip | 23 | 2.53% | 27.10% | 5.39% |
| Homebuilding | 22 | -18.33% | 11.34% | NA |
| Hotel/Gaming | 57 | -1.35% | 14.27% | 0.72% |
| Household Products | 27 | 2.26% | 13.01% | 1.04% |
| Human Resources | 25 | -10.55% | 16.17% | 24.30% |
| Industrial Services | 136 | 3.37% | 8.41% | 16.03% |
| Information Services | 28 | 7.04% | 8.56% | 14.33% |
| Insurance (Life) | 32 | -6.07% | 0.00% | 1.67% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 62 | 1.65% | 2.17% | 13.72% |
| Internet | 194 | 8.29% | 11.68% | 10.75% |
| Investment Companies | 31 | -1.25% | 42.77% | NA |
| IT Services | 63 | 7.87% | 6.33% | 15.88% |
| Machinery | 94 | 3.70% | 17.69% | 9.20% |
| Maritime | 51 | -5.33% | 0.35% | NA |
| Med Supp Invasive | 87 | 7.29% | 7.09% | 16.67% |
| Med Supp Non-Invasive | 143 | 9.93% | 8.96% | 22.08% |
| Medical Services | 118 | 8.86% | 4.57% | 17.22% |
| Metal Fabricating | 25 | -6.00% | 19.43% | 4.50% |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 77 | 4.29% | 21.71% | 9.18% |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | -5.55% | 11.77% | 6.22% |
| Natural Gas Utility | 27 | 6.44% | 0.45% | 8.39% |
| Newspaper | 14 | -13.08% | -6.65% | NA |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 22 | 0.14% | 12.17% | NA |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 12 | 3.17% | 8.28% | 13.67% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 81 | 6.38% | 26.77% | 17.68% |
| Packaging & Container | 27 | 10.64% | 10.50% | 10.58% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 32 | 8.58% | 6.15% | NA |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | 0.53% | 24.94% | 8.17% |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 176 | -4.00% | 32.94% | 10.60% |
| Pharmacy Services | 18 | 14.08% | 16.76% | 17.50% |
| Pipeline MLPs | 53 | 6.09% | 20.21% | 9.89% |
| Power | 101 | 8.05% | 8.17% | 14.67% |
| Precious Metals | 83 | 26.20% | 28.17% | 12.73% |
| Precision Instrument | 82 | 12.82% | 10.50% | 9.80% |
| Property Management | 31 | -1.15% | 14.32% | NA |
| Public/Private Equity | 12 | -22.75% | -8.37% | NA |
| Publishing | 29 | 0.42% | 6.27% | 11.33% |
| R.E.I.T. | 127 | 2.50% | 0.01% | 9.13% |
| Railroad | 12 | 10.38% | 44.26% | 12.86% |
| Recreation | 51 | 0.16% | 5.39% | 1.18% |
| Reinsurance | 11 | 3.44% | 0.00% | 6.61% |
| Restaurant | 65 | 4.62% | 6.61% | 14.67% |
| Retail (Hardlines) | 79 | 5.42% | 8.37% | 7.08% |
| Retail (Softlines) | 42 | 3.02% | 9.79% | 15.57% |
| Retail Automotive | 19 | 5.37% | 22.30% | 0.88% |
| Retail Building Supply | 10 | 3.83% | 5.08% | 21.80% |
| Retail Store | 38 | 1.48% | 16.35% | 7.86% |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 30 | 8.25% | 8.91% | 8.38% |
| Securities Brokerage | 27 | 8.53% | 1.86% | 0.75% |
| Semiconductor | 142 | 10.21% | 6.94% | 17.00% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 10 | 1.33% | -5.75% | 13.50% |
| Shoe | 17 | 6.20% | 13.34% | 13.88% |
| Steel | 33 | -12.16% | 26.86% | 7.79% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 105 | 8.22% | 1.06% | 8.43% |
| Telecom. Services | 76 | 6.98% | 19.34% | 8.43% |
| Telecom. Utility | 23 | -1.50% | 0.46% | 8.89% |
| Thrift | 170 | -2.33% | 0.00% | NA |
| Tobacco | 11 | 6.17% | 13.51% | 4.67% |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 14 | 3.17% | 9.53% | 12.50% |
| Trucking | 34 | -1.75% | 15.05% | 10.06% |
| Water Utility | 11 | 4.50% | 4.16% | 3.83% |
| Wireless Networking | 58 | 13.35% | 6.59% | 81.00% |
| Total Market | 6177 | 3.98% | 12.24% | 4.59% |