Analysts, though, point to strong profit growth from Genting's palm oil plantations and oil-and-gas-production business.

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At some point, overall profit growth is bound to slow down.

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And at some point, the answer to that depends on whether Netflix can keep enjoying profit growth from its DVD-by-mail business or whether it is going to lose that to online streaming.

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"American natural gas production growth is essentially useless at this particular point in time since you can't make any profit on North American natural gas, " EOG Resources Inc.

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Horowitz elaborates that profits in the education sector can be expected to promote competition and innovation that lead to an increase in the quality of educational provision, better value for the customer, and a more efficient allocation of resources, a point that CCAP elaborated on it is 2010 study, For-Profit Higher Education: Growth, Innovation and Regulation.

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