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               5.5%   3.7%   4.1%   6.2%  4.4%  4.8%  4.3%
S&P 500 Ex-Financials              5.8%   3.7%   4.5%   6.5%  4.8%  5.0%  4.2%

-------------------------------Consumer Discretionary---------------------------
Total Sector                       4.9%   3.2%   4.7%   7.4%  5.1%  6.4%  6.4%
  Automobiles & Components        -2.9%  -3.3%   0.1%   2.1% -0.5%  7.5%  6.8%
  Consumer Durables & Apparel      7.8%   8.1%   9.0%   8.4% 10.4%  8.6%  8.1%
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                                  Q1/12  Q2/12  Q3/12  Q4/12 FY12* FY13* FY14*
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-------------------------------Consumer Discretionary---------------------------
  Consumer Services                6.1%   3.8%   4.2%   4.8%  4.1%  6.8%  8.0%
  Media                            6.1%   3.2%   5.4%   5.0%  5.6%  4.4%  5.0%
  Retailing                        6.5%   4.7%   5.3%  10.5%  6.2%  6.5%  6.3%

---------------------------------Consumer Staples------------------------------
Total Sector                       6.0%   4.2%   4.3%   5.0%  6.0%  4.1%  4.9%
  Food & Staples Retailing         7.5%   6.2%   5.7%   6.4%  7.3%  4.2%  5.6%
  Food Beverage & Tobacco          4.5%   1.9%   2.9%   3.2%  4.5%  4.2%  4.0%
  Household & Personal Products    1.4%   0.1%   0.4%   2.4%  2.7%  3.5%  4.0%

--------------------------------------Energy-----------------------------------
Total Sector                       5.1%   1.3%   2.4%   8.4%  0.1%  2.5% -0.7%
  Energy Equipment & Services     24.7%  15.7%  12.8%   9.6% 15.4% 11.4% 11.0%
  Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels    3.5%   0.1%   1.5%   8.3% -1.0%  1.7% -1.8%

-------------------------------------Financials---------------------------------
Total Sector                       3.4%   3.2%   0.5%   3.8%  1.6%  3.8%  4.8%
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                                  Q1/12  Q2/12  Q3/12  Q4/12 FY12* FY13* FY14*
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-------------------------------------Financials---------------------------------
  Banks                            5.5%   2.9%   4.0%   1.7%  4.0%  2.0%  3.9%
  Diversified Financials          -3.0%   6.7%  -1.9%   9.1%  2.6%  5.0%  5.4%
  Insurance                        7.8%  -0.8%   1.7%  -1.3% -1.1%  2.9%  6.0%
  Real Estate                     15.6%   6.3%   3.8%   4.1%  8.2%  5.1% -8.2%

-------------------------------------Health Care--------------------------------
Total Sector                       5.3%   2.4%   1.9%   2.4%  4.0%  3.8%  4.8%
  Health Care Equipment & Srvs.    6.8%   4.7%   4.3%   4.5%  6.4%  4.5%  5.7%
  Pharma., Biotech. & Life Sci.    1.9%  -2.1%  -2.7%  -1.7% -0.8%  2.1%  2.6%

-------------------------------------Industrials--------------------------------
Total Sector                       7.9%   6.1%   6.1%   6.1%  7.0%  6.2%  5.3%
  Capital Goods                    8.2%   6.7%   6.7%   6.2%  7.3%  6.2%  5.2%
  Commercial Services & Supplies   1.2%   0.8%   0.3%   2.8%  2.4%  3.1%  4.3%
  Transportation                   8.7%   5.3%   5.6%   6.8%  7.1%  7.3%  6.0%


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                                  Q1/12  Q2/12  Q3/12  Q4/12 FY12* FY13* FY14*
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----------------------------------Information Technology------------------------
Total Sector                       8.6%   6.8%   8.8%  10.1%  9.0%  8.9%  7.5%
  Semiconductors                  -4.1%   1.6%   5.9%  16.2%  3.1%  8.4%  6.2%
  Software & Services              6.7%   5.6%   6.3%   7.8%  6.4%  7.7%  7.5%
  Technology Hardware & Equip.    13.2%   8.9%  11.4%  10.5% 12.4% 10.0%  7.7%

---------------------------------------Materials--------------------------------
Total Sector                       6.0%   3.4%   5.2%   8.9%  6.1%  6.3%  3.9%

--------------------------------Telecommunication Services----------------------
Total Sector                       7.9%   3.6%   3.4%   2.1%  3.1%  1.9%  1.8%

--------------------------------------Utilities---------------------------------
Total Sector                      -4.0%   2.9%   5.8%   5.2%  6.5%  4.3%  2.9%
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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