Expected Revenue Growth for Industries in S&P 500

The following table details the expected quarterly and annual year-over-year revenue growth for industry groups in the Standard and Poor’s 500 Index.

Percentages are calculated using Bloomberg revenue estimates for the current period compared with actual figures from a year ago. Companies are then grouped together by industry and summed for each period to calculate the percentage growth.

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                                  Q1/12  Q2/12  Q3/12  Q4/12 FY12* FY13* FY14*
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S&P 500 Index Growth               4.3%   3.7%   4.2%   6.0%  4.9%  5.3%  3.6%
S&P 500 Ex-Financials              5.1%   3.8%   4.7%   6.3%  5.3%  5.4%  3.5%

-------------------------------Consumer Discretionary---------------------------
Total Sector                       5.1%   3.8%   4.5%   7.2%  5.1%  6.3%  6.5%
  Automobiles & Components         0.8%  -0.7%  -0.2%   1.1%  0.3%  7.2%  7.0%
  Consumer Durables & Apparel      7.6%   8.0%   8.8%   7.6% 10.0%  8.7%  8.2%
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                                  Q1/12  Q2/12  Q3/12  Q4/12 FY12* FY13* FY14*
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-------------------------------Consumer Discretionary---------------------------
  Consumer Services                6.2%   3.8%   4.2%   4.7%  4.0%  6.8%  8.1%
  Media                            4.6%   3.8%   5.4%   5.0%  5.3%  4.5%  5.0%
  Retailing                        6.3%   4.7%   5.1%  10.5%  6.1%  6.3%  6.5%

---------------------------------Consumer Staples------------------------------
Total Sector                       5.7%   3.9%   4.0%   4.8%  5.7%  4.0%  5.0%
  Food & Staples Retailing         6.8%   5.3%   5.2%   6.0%  6.6%  3.9%  5.5%
  Food Beverage & Tobacco          4.9%   2.3%   2.8%   3.0%  4.7%  4.2%  4.3%
  Household & Personal Products    1.2%   0.3%   0.9%   2.9%  3.0%  3.4%  4.1%

--------------------------------------Energy-----------------------------------
Total Sector                       1.2%   1.2%   3.5%   7.0%  2.7%  5.3% -4.9%
  Energy Equipment & Services     24.6%  15.6%  12.8%   9.6% 15.3% 11.4% 10.9%
  Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels   -0.6%   0.1%   2.7%   6.8%  1.6%  4.7% -6.5%

-------------------------------------Financials---------------------------------
Total Sector                      -1.5%   3.2%   0.4%   3.7%  1.8%  3.9%  4.3%
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                                  Q1/12  Q2/12  Q3/12  Q4/12 FY12* FY13* FY14*
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-------------------------------------Financials---------------------------------
  Banks                            4.9%   2.7%   3.9%   1.7%  3.8%  2.0%  3.9%
  Diversified Financials          -4.8%   6.9%  -1.8%   9.2%  2.7%  4.9%  5.6%
  Insurance                       -1.4%  -0.9%   1.4%  -1.5% -0.6%  3.2%  4.2%
  Real Estate                     13.1%   5.3%   3.0%   3.4%  7.2%  5.7% -7.7%

-------------------------------------Health Care--------------------------------
Total Sector                       4.3%   2.4%   2.0%   2.6%  3.9%  3.9%  4.9%
  Health Care Equipment & Srvs.    5.4%   4.4%   4.1%   4.5%  6.1%  4.6%  5.8%
  Pharma., Biotech. & Life Sci.    2.0%  -1.7%  -2.3%  -1.3% -0.3%  2.0%  2.6%

-------------------------------------Industrials--------------------------------
Total Sector                       7.8%   6.3%   6.2%   6.2%  7.0%  6.2%  5.2%
  Capital Goods                    8.1%   6.7%   6.7%   6.4%  7.2%  6.2%  5.0%
  Commercial Services & Supplies   1.8%   1.0%   0.7%   3.0%  2.6%  3.5%  5.0%
  Transportation                   8.5%   5.8%   5.9%   6.4%  7.2%  7.1%  6.2%


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                                  Q1/12  Q2/12  Q3/12  Q4/12 FY12* FY13* FY14*
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----------------------------------Information Technology------------------------
Total Sector                       8.5%   6.8%   9.1%  10.2%  8.9%  9.0%  7.2%
  Semiconductors                  -3.7%   1.2%   5.6%  15.2%  3.0%  8.3%  6.5%
  Software & Services              6.6%   5.7%   6.5%   8.1%  6.4%  7.9%  7.4%
  Technology Hardware & Equip.    13.2%   9.0%  12.0%  10.7% 12.4% 10.1%  7.3%

---------------------------------------Materials--------------------------------
Total Sector                       5.5%   3.6%   5.3%   8.9%  6.1%  6.3%  4.0%

--------------------------------Telecommunication Services----------------------
Total Sector                       8.0%   3.6%   3.5%   2.1%  3.1%  2.0%  1.8%

--------------------------------------Utilities---------------------------------
Total Sector                       2.0%   3.0%   5.5%   5.5%  6.4%  3.4%  3.6%
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* -- Fiscal year revenue from each company was used to calculate the growth, it might not add up from the quarterly revenue growth.

To contact the reporter on this story: Wendy Soong in New York at csoong@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alex Tanzi at at atanzi@bloomberg.net