Capital Expenditures by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2015
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms |
Capital
Expenditures |
Depreciation |
Cap Ex/Deprecn |
Acquisitions |
Net R&D |
Net Cap Ex/Sales |
Net Cap Ex/ EBIT
(1-t) |
Sales/Capital |
| Advertising | 52 |
$820.73 |
$811.49 |
101.14% |
$289.61 |
$18.07 |
1.06% |
13.86% |
3.78 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 93 |
$10,480.09 |
$588.26 |
1781.53% |
$10,139.68 |
$198.09 |
4.81% |
54.76% |
3.57 |
| Air Transport | 22 |
$15,095.94 |
$6,771.03 |
222.95% |
$1,510.60 |
$13.80 |
6.08% |
89.00% |
1.46 |
| Apparel | 64 |
$1,967.56 |
$129.52 |
1519.17% |
$1,595.19 |
$67.15 |
5.66% |
61.33% |
1.58 |
| Auto & Truck | 22 |
$18,765.32 |
$14.87 |
NA |
$544.20 |
$434.01 |
6.24% |
287.82% |
1.38 |
| Auto Parts | 75 |
$5,543.23 |
$382.15 |
1450.54% |
$4,109.40 |
-$46.90 |
6.33% |
126.02% |
3.03 |
| Bank (Money Center) | 13 |
$4,544.82 |
$0.00 |
NA |
-$3,112.15 |
$0.00 |
0.41% |
NA |
0.14 |
| Banks (Regional) | 676 |
$8,234.20 |
$0.00 |
NA |
-$7,543.38 |
$0.00 |
0.53% |
NA |
0.27 |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 22 |
$1,072.43 |
$45.13 |
2376.42% |
$8.40 |
$0.05 |
7.03% |
45.16% |
0.81 |
| Beverage (Soft) | 46 |
$6,012.99 |
$435.36 |
1381.16% |
$383.31 |
$45.24 |
4.53% |
32.02% |
1.56 |
| Broadcasting | 28 |
$1,276.88 |
$2,628.80 |
48.57% |
$3,754.14 |
-$0.06 |
5.69% |
34.27% |
1.06 |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 46 |
$2,621.23 |
$1,832.86 |
143.01% |
$2,752.61 |
$0.43 |
2.55% |
7215.00% |
0.18 |
| Building Materials | 39 |
$1,699.46 |
$178.14 |
954.03% |
$890.66 |
$14.41 |
4.70% |
74.82% |
2.41 |
| Business & Consumer Services | 177 |
$3,444.20 |
$2,416.64 |
142.52% |
$4,337.47 |
$25.27 |
4.64% |
73.32% |
2.82 |
| Cable TV | 18 |
$19,175.72 |
$18,467.84 |
103.83% |
$2,554.20 |
$3.65 |
2.03% |
16.08% |
1.15 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 46 |
$1,828.18 |
$117.30 |
1558.51% |
$1,176.20 |
-$3.47 |
10.22% |
123.63% |
1.67 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 10 |
$6,949.80 |
$444.00 |
1565.27% |
$343.09 |
-$38.99 |
5.59% |
69.73% |
1.65 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 103 |
$9,043.42 |
$860.24 |
1051.27% |
$6,935.40 |
$147.83 |
10.27% |
95.30% |
1.71 |
| Coal & Related Energy | 42 |
$3,806.22 |
$3,518.45 |
108.18% |
$634.81 |
-$515.09 |
1.48% |
60.98% |
0.64 |
| Computer Services | 119 |
$5,236.53 |
$725.32 |
721.96% |
$4,289.93 |
$11.56 |
2.81% |
37.02% |
4.38 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 64 |
$16,129.01 |
$1,126.17 |
1432.20% |
$9,876.13 |
$1,898.94 |
7.23% |
50.15% |
1.69 |
| Construction Supplies | 55 |
$8,494.80 |
$209.95 |
4046.03% |
$2,091.84 |
-$120.57 |
6.46% |
90.22% |
1.48 |
| Diversified | 23 |
$30,807.92 |
$220.40 |
NA |
$11,253.11 |
$195.42 |
9.81% |
82.72% |
0.59 |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 400 |
$2,770.80 |
$766.51 |
361.48% |
$11,565.80 |
$3,512.48 |
22.96% |
147.74% |
0.50 |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 151 |
$10,301.17 |
$6,834.44 |
150.72% |
$16,826.12 |
$806.85 |
7.82% |
39.54% |
0.77 |
| Education | 42 |
$1,119.57 |
$804.70 |
139.13% |
$465.35 |
$25.43 |
3.56% |
79.02% |
1.66 |
| Electrical Equipment | 126 |
$2,875.57 |
$156.70 |
1835.09% |
$2,392.91 |
$229.33 |
7.57% |
88.52% |
2.39 |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 28 |
$225.18 |
$11.67 |
1929.60% |
$425.02 |
$111.13 |
9.05% |
167.99% |
2.22 |
| Electronics (General) | 189 |
$3,694.17 |
$523.91 |
705.12% |
$2,455.14 |
$150.10 |
6.96% |
102.07% |
1.34 |
| Engineering/Construction | 56 |
$1,761.69 |
$393.14 |
448.11% |
$3,456.30 |
-$7.24 |
4.69% |
158.65% |
4.65 |
| Entertainment | 84 |
$5,902.89 |
$5,194.41 |
113.64% |
$2,642.16 |
$9.90 |
2.25% |
16.09% |
1.65 |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 103 |
$3,161.39 |
$3,306.40 |
95.61% |
$1,344.58 |
-$2.66 |
2.60% |
34.66% |
1.63 |
| Farming/Agriculture | 37 |
$5,449.87 |
$275.63 |
1977.26% |
$3,332.83 |
$23.46 |
4.14% |
114.04% |
2.01 |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 288 |
$19,741.13 |
$5,165.84 |
382.15% |
$7,953.73 |
$3.46 |
11.86% |
234.58% |
0.03 |
| Food Processing | 96 |
$8,249.10 |
$661.69 |
1246.67% |
$16,805.53 |
$19.40 |
9.93% |
117.26% |
2.56 |
| Food Wholesalers | 14 |
$863.19 |
$0.99 |
NA |
$361.42 |
$0.00 |
1.81% |
87.31% |
7.45 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 27 |
$1,561.23 |
$51.16 |
3051.53% |
$560.07 |
$1.96 |
5.13% |
79.55% |
2.17 |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 26 |
$1,552.91 |
$232.03 |
669.28% |
$830.49 |
-$6.99 |
172.54% |
1656.71% |
0.29 |
| Healthcare Products | 261 |
$7,463.87 |
$2,281.30 |
327.18% |
$11,551.35 |
$391.38 |
11.51% |
91.62% |
1.00 |
| Healthcare Support Services | 138 |
$7,520.48 |
$6,817.35 |
110.31% |
$10,752.26 |
-$13.60 |
1.17% |
41.84% |
9.41 |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 127 |
$2,220.34 |
$1,252.89 |
177.22% |
$14,679.96 |
$426.77 |
24.49% |
264.71% |
1.47 |
| Homebuilding | 35 |
$314.88 |
$18.72 |
1682.52% |
$2,596.55 |
$0.48 |
5.48% |
75.88% |
1.14 |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 56 |
$5,794.82 |
$8,438.87 |
68.67% |
$11,420.31 |
-$21.52 |
7.42% |
71.67% |
0.83 |
| Hotel/Gaming | 80 |
$8,591.77 |
$8,805.05 |
97.58% |
$3,421.95 |
$18.26 |
2.98% |
22.86% |
0.64 |
| Household Products | 135 |
$7,977.32 |
$327.48 |
2436.01% |
$3,979.53 |
$55.50 |
5.77% |
48.54% |
2.05 |
| Information Services | 67 |
$4,189.05 |
$4,190.71 |
99.96% |
$7,334.54 |
$54.33 |
5.44% |
34.63% |
1.95 |
| Insurance (General) | 24 |
$2,724.14 |
$336.50 |
809.56% |
$3,059.38 |
$7.02 |
3.40% |
32.08% |
0.68 |
| Insurance (Life) | 25 |
$334.42 |
$370.47 |
90.27% |
$2,340.41 |
$0.00 |
1.12% |
10.59% |
0.82 |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 52 |
$1,238.83 |
$663.79 |
186.63% |
$3,940.95 |
$0.00 |
2.53% |
24.05% |
1.05 |
| Investments & Asset Management | 148 |
$2,302.88 |
$1,053.86 |
218.52% |
$486.94 |
$30.67 |
1.47% |
10.63% |
0.38 |
| Machinery | 137 |
$4,293.22 |
$535.44 |
801.82% |
$6,682.29 |
$60.16 |
7.41% |
78.90% |
2.16 |
| Metals & Mining | 124 |
$12,218.76 |
$6,132.92 |
199.23% |
$369.16 |
$10.84 |
10.53% |
91.60% |
0.84 |
| Office Equipment & Services | 25 |
$792.56 |
$39.32 |
2015.82% |
$527.54 |
$6.91 |
4.92% |
77.24% |
2.79 |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 8 |
$86,023.00 |
$43,072.00 |
199.72% |
$110.90 |
$41.60 |
6.64% |
86.58% |
1.53 |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 392 |
$170,148.86 |
$70,878.85 |
240.06% |
$5,823.83 |
$14.10 |
38.34% |
251.48% |
0.53 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 85 |
$59,999.77 |
$15,858.82 |
378.34% |
$19,921.79 |
$0.00 |
13.84% |
214.10% |
1.45 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 161 |
$30,580.89 |
$10,749.17 |
284.50% |
$9,326.53 |
$162.85 |
3.65% |
83.77% |
3.28 |
| Packaging & Container | 26 |
$3,929.80 |
$832.86 |
471.84% |
$3,342.90 |
$15.48 |
6.99% |
95.92% |
2.41 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 22 |
$2,162.34 |
$1,849.00 |
116.95% |
$307.10 |
$2.41 |
1.40% |
19.08% |
1.93 |
| Power | 82 |
$69,640.46 |
$29,080.85 |
239.47% |
$6,838.19 |
-$18.29 |
14.65% |
128.44% |
0.54 |
| Precious Metals | 147 |
$1,831.19 |
$2,694.33 |
67.96% |
$68.72 |
-$55.43 |
-7.73% |
-124.70% |
0.39 |
| Publshing & Newspapers | 43 |
$2,775.48 |
$4,956.46 |
56.00% |
$7,249.56 |
$36.23 |
7.13% |
108.45% |
1.79 |
| R.E.I.T. | 213 |
$5,925.34 |
$25,845.20 |
22.93% |
$19,636.09 |
-$2.64 |
-0.23% |
-1.13% |
0.13 |
| Real Estate (Development) | 18 |
$128.78 |
$57.79 |
222.84% |
$48.70 |
$0.00 |
9.04% |
124.76% |
0.29 |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 |
$452.37 |
$11.63 |
3889.67% |
$6.00 |
-$1.42 |
30.73% |
87.34% |
0.49 |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 52 |
$893.27 |
$910.29 |
98.13% |
$894.45 |
-$0.14 |
3.91% |
46.66% |
1.93 |
| Recreation | 68 |
$2,380.90 |
$1,106.58 |
215.16% |
$1,023.78 |
$34.51 |
6.77% |
69.00% |
1.38 |
| Reinsurance | 4 |
$128.49 |
$27.34 |
469.97% |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
0.62% |
6.73% |
1.03 |
| Restaurant/Dining | 79 |
$8,768.88 |
$3,446.25 |
254.45% |
$505.51 |
$4.06 |
4.57% |
50.22% |
1.33 |
| Retail (Automotive) | 30 |
$2,898.85 |
$592.00 |
489.67% |
$3,203.04 |
$0.00 |
3.87% |
130.11% |
2.91 |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 5 |
$2,474.10 |
$3,155.80 |
78.40% |
$191.00 |
$0.00 |
-0.35% |
-5.63% |
2.39 |
| Retail (Distributors) | 90 |
$7,864.35 |
$1,603.79 |
490.36% |
$3,340.64 |
$4.13 |
8.04% |
133.71% |
1.93 |
| Retail (General) | 23 |
$21,029.87 |
$5,181.05 |
405.90% |
$18.00 |
-$0.60 |
1.88% |
64.80% |
3.39 |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 21 |
$5,484.95 |
$2,224.37 |
246.58% |
$2,942.88 |
-$0.06 |
2.95% |
228.91% |
4.18 |
| Retail (Online) | 46 |
$5,771.85 |
$1,050.22 |
549.58% |
$4,316.12 |
$271.68 |
7.68% |
266.84% |
4.78 |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 128 |
$14,399.73 |
$2,790.34 |
516.06% |
$5,537.09 |
-$6.07 |
3.00% |
77.79% |
2.32 |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 |
$1,225.43 |
$0.08 |
NA |
$0.00 |
$8.17 |
5.58% |
81.72% |
2.81 |
| Semiconductor | 100 |
$17,233.27 |
$1,234.11 |
1396.41% |
$5,463.96 |
$1,335.29 |
14.51% |
92.19% |
0.73 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 47 |
$3,479.26 |
$144.28 |
2411.55% |
$1,636.89 |
$233.21 |
16.66% |
203.68% |
0.90 |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 14 |
$768.99 |
$486.70 |
158.00% |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
4.31% |
75.80% |
0.75 |
| Shoe | 13 |
$222.66 |
$1.00 |
NA |
$63.63 |
$4.20 |
0.74% |
7.87% |
2.19 |
| Software (Entertainment) | 20 |
$256.66 |
$35.48 |
723.32% |
$456.60 |
-$97.45 |
4.84% |
39.29% |
1.03 |
| Software (Internet) | 327 |
$16,144.17 |
$2,066.63 |
781.18% |
$10,600.15 |
$3,606.37 |
20.28% |
166.21% |
0.79 |
| Software (System & Application) | 259 |
$9,404.77 |
$4,215.36 |
223.11% |
$20,053.87 |
$2,438.70 |
13.26% |
68.90% |
0.92 |
| Steel | 40 |
$3,561.11 |
$1,545.73 |
230.38% |
$3,006.33 |
-$3.22 |
4.94% |
139.37% |
2.03 |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 21 |
$11,155.81 |
$12,231.00 |
91.21% |
-$16,449.09 |
$9.13 |
-22.20% |
-1639.13% |
0.68 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 126 |
$4,844.00 |
$1,572.72 |
308.00% |
$2,876.80 |
$270.12 |
4.91% |
32.74% |
0.82 |
| Telecom. Services | 77 |
$46,851.85 |
$44,390.19 |
105.55% |
$3,300.10 |
$106.70 |
1.94% |
12.47% |
1.30 |
| Tobacco | 20 |
$1,735.87 |
$122.96 |
1411.70% |
$219.16 |
$23.40 |
2.77% |
10.10% |
2.80 |
| Transportation | 21 |
$6,606.21 |
$4,850.06 |
136.21% |
$1,137.41 |
$12.95 |
2.08% |
39.35% |
3.04 |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 10 |
$9,479.90 |
$4,363.86 |
217.24% |
$220.50 |
$0.00 |
10.30% |
51.57% |
0.66 |
| Trucking | 30 |
$12,073.53 |
$2,365.14 |
510.48% |
$827.13 |
$0.00 |
14.97% |
253.74% |
1.37 |
| Unclassified | 8 |
$3.07 |
$0.00 |
NA |
$0.03 |
$0.49 |
18.27% |
NA |
0.37 |
| Utility (General) | 21 |
$34,761.40 |
$14,999.80 |
231.75% |
$989.30 |
$1.08 |
14.03% |
128.10% |
0.60 |
| Utility (Water) | 19 |
$1,690.86 |
$729.82 |
231.68% |
$28.85 |
-$0.79 |
17.96% |
88.08% |
0.34 |
| Total Market | 7887 |
$1,007,450.21 |
$430,897.69 |
233.80% |
$342,459.41 |
$16,703.41 |
6.21% |
77.06% |
0.73 |