Capital Expenditures by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2016
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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 | 44 | $663.21 | $527.86 | 125.64% | $136.97 | $4.28 | 0.96% | 11.79% | 5.35 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 92 | $11,158.63 | $623.09 | 1790.85% | $6,831.83 | $340.03 | 4.19% | 47.47% | 2.80 |
| Air Transport | 20 | $17,414.64 | $7,535.11 | 231.11% | $318.15 | $8.85 | 6.13% | 49.95% | 1.49 |
| Apparel | 63 | $2,177.90 | $139.90 | 1556.73% | $1,715.10 | $86.26 | 6.08% | 67.17% | 1.53 |
| Auto & Truck | 19 | $29,391.84 | $19.36 | NA | $1,670.80 | $470.32 | 10.09% | 317.73% | 1.19 |
| Auto Parts | 65 | $4,815.40 | $365.97 | 1315.79% | $1,117.05 | $503.34 | 5.02% | 91.65% | 2.64 |
| Bank (Money Center) | 9 | $4,649.00 | $0.00 | NA | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1.36% | NA | 0.13 |
| Banks (Regional) | 644 | $7,814.83 | $0.00 | NA | -$12,373.00 | $0.00 | -3.32% | NA | 0.24 |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 22 | $1,236.93 | $35.62 | 3472.78% | $719.80 | -$0.34 | 12.97% | 78.13% | 0.78 |
| Beverage (Soft) | 43 | $6,016.10 | $408.79 | 1471.67% | $2,987.81 | $20.04 | 6.53% | 50.29% | 1.32 |
| Broadcasting | 29 | $1,456.39 | $3,299.88 | 44.13% | $5,078.89 | $4.81 | 6.19% | 37.80% | 1.09 |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 42 | $3,682.11 | $1,904.88 | 193.30% | $3,242.89 | $8.00 | 3.50% | NA | 0.20 |
| Building Materials | 39 | $1,671.57 | $218.44 | 765.23% | $3,240.42 | $2.41 | 8.57% | 135.51% | 2.25 |
| Business & Consumer Services | 159 | $3,788.76 | $3,458.13 | 109.56% | $8,187.70 | $37.61 | 7.28% | 99.54% | 2.34 |
| Cable TV | 19 | $16,727.52 | $16,780.30 | 99.69% | $442.98 | $10.92 | 0.29% | 2.23% | 0.97 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 42 | $1,924.78 | $194.37 | 990.24% | $1,756.28 | $2.65 | 13.79% | 183.56% | 1.43 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 9 | $8,440.20 | $461.70 | 1828.07% | $4,279.00 | -$118.76 | 10.72% | 131.82% | 1.39 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 104 | $9,364.31 | $868.14 | 1078.67% | $14,536.35 | -$59.58 | 15.92% | 142.10% | 1.51 |
| Coal & Related Energy | 38 | $3,174.67 | $4,394.66 | 72.24% | $513.67 | -$76.93 | -2.97% | -496.00% | 0.60 |
| Computer Services | 118 | $5,722.25 | $1,946.41 | 293.99% | $6,500.67 | -$117.09 | 3.16% | 46.40% | 3.92 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 64 | $20,937.96 | $1,997.50 | 1048.21% | $8,898.18 | $2,009.37 | 6.43% | 42.85% | 1.90 |
| Construction Supplies | 52 | $8,881.18 | $332.93 | 2667.62% | $1,803.65 | $115.21 | 6.58% | 87.15% | 1.40 |
| Diversified | 26 | $34,603.20 | $319.60 | NA | $33,540.79 | $17.52 | 15.63% | 154.36% | 0.58 |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 411 | $5,652.32 | $763.08 | 740.73% | $29,133.19 | $5,389.28 | 32.65% | 147.49% | 0.59 |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 157 | $8,668.12 | $3,988.63 | 217.32% | $35,501.27 | $2,068.27 | 20.21% | 112.47% | 0.63 |
| Education | 40 | $990.82 | $729.74 | 135.78% | $801.59 | $3.63 | 5.41% | 110.02% | 1.37 |
| Electrical Equipment | 120 |
$3,843.60 |
$150.12 |
2560.35% |
$2,701.70 |
$26.56 |
9.88% |
136.91% |
2.28 |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 25 |
$292.01 |
$10.58 |
2760.04% |
$634.70 |
$106.23 |
10.43% |
162.64% |
2.24 |
| Electronics (General) | 167 |
$4,328.08 |
$722.13 |
599.35% |
$6,723.79 |
$383.91 |
12.07% |
162.56% |
1.40 |
| Engineering/Construction | 51 |
$1,587.42 |
$407.12 |
389.91% |
$4,012.04 |
-$1.15 |
4.79% |
186.13% |
4.70 |
| Entertainment | 84 |
$6,447.43 |
$4,740.87 |
136.00% |
$625.51 |
-$1.20 |
1.59% |
10.43% |
1.60 |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 97 |
$3,376.24 |
$3,567.10 |
94.65% |
$2,198.34 |
$41.94 |
4.47% |
52.04% |
1.64 |
| Farming/Agriculture | 37 |
$5,776.15 |
$314.19 |
1838.45% |
$3,994.90 |
-$29.27 |
5.43% |
160.02% |
1.68 |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 272 |
$14,529.84 |
$4,237.90 |
342.86% |
$11,967.60 |
$30.93 |
12.20% |
329.61% |
0.03 |
| Food Processing | 89 |
$8,449.10 |
$747.36 |
1130.52% |
$16,361.96 |
$29.03 |
10.00% |
112.47% |
2.32 |
| Food Wholesalers | 14 |
$1,097.76 |
$74.30 |
1477.47% |
$480.62 |
$0.00 |
1.75% |
90.90% |
7.34 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 30 |
$1,533.85 |
$200.99 |
763.16% |
$2,878.49 |
-$18.57 |
9.57% |
149.14% |
2.15 |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 28 |
$3,137.81 |
$431.64 |
726.94% |
$1,745.73 |
$0.23 |
243.22% |
2062.76% |
0.21 |
| Healthcare Products | 254 |
$7,233.98 |
$2,078.25 |
348.08% |
$22,440.06 |
$615.78 |
22.17% |
172.26% |
1.06 |
| Healthcare Support Services | 127 |
$7,612.01 |
$5,113.16 |
148.87% |
$32,181.39 |
-$17.64 |
3.24% |
113.98% |
10.14 |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 126 |
$2,153.49 |
$1,215.21 |
177.21% |
$3,771.60 |
$46.48 |
7.39% |
68.20% |
1.17 |
| Homebuilding | 34 |
$237.48 |
$21.21 |
1119.69% |
$478.54 |
$0.00 |
1.05% |
15.54% |
1.08 |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 58 |
$6,645.31 |
$9,859.60 |
67.40% |
$14,585.56 |
$0.01 |
8.15% |
81.48% |
0.82 |
| Hotel/Gaming | 73 |
$11,048.64 |
$9,176.40 |
120.40% |
$6,626.88 |
$77.53 |
8.36% |
63.56% |
0.64 |
| Household Products | 134 |
$7,558.49 |
$222.81 |
3392.38% |
$4,868.45 |
$57.83 |
6.58% |
53.13% |
1.86 |
| Information Services | 70 |
$5,005.67 |
$5,488.52 |
91.20% |
$9,502.04 |
$177.41 |
6.34% |
38.28% |
1.93 |
| Insurance (General) | 20 |
$3,329.03 |
$438.81 |
758.64% |
$1,729.35 |
$8.33 |
3.15% |
32.80% |
0.60 |
| Insurance (Life) | 25 |
$292.95 |
$317.49 |
92.27% |
$346.98 |
$0.00 |
0.15% |
1.49% |
0.75 |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 53 |
$1,522.48 |
$757.32 |
201.04% |
$1,180.18 |
$0.00 |
1.07% |
10.08% |
1.02 |
| Investments & Asset Management | 145 |
$2,887.11 |
$680.10 |
424.51% |
$288.55 |
$11.90 |
2.27% |
16.03% |
0.34 |
| Machinery | 130 |
$3,885.76 |
$700.91 |
554.39% |
$4,806.96 |
$5.84 |
5.97% |
64.40% |
2.07 |
| Metals & Mining | 114 |
$10,098.42 |
$5,814.08 |
173.69% |
$2,951.38 |
$16.00 |
12.90% |
166.79% |
0.75 |
| Office Equipment & Services | 24 |
$765.06 |
$36.50 |
2096.05% |
$815.34 |
$3.93 |
6.12% |
87.75% |
2.68 |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 7 |
$70,205.30 |
$53,063.00 |
132.31% |
-$12.10 |
-$46.40 |
4.09% |
219.06% |
0.98 |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 351 |
$132,645.74 |
$127,599.64 |
103.95% |
$11,037.34 |
-$0.85 |
8.25% |
NA |
0.33 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 79 |
$70,646.93 |
$18,615.73 |
379.50% |
$28,427.35 |
-$0.46 |
23.05% |
253.85% |
0.97 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 143 |
$24,629.88 |
$11,478.99 |
214.56% |
$4,690.61 |
-$54.17 |
3.25% |
65.42% |
2.56 |
| Packaging & Container | 25 |
$3,897.82 |
$968.74 |
402.36% |
$4,036.10 |
$1.43 |
8.16% |
112.79% |
2.16 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 20 |
$2,133.50 |
$1,847.12 |
115.50% |
$646.14 |
-$3.55 |
2.36% |
41.61% |
1.72 |
| Power | 73 |
$74,931.86 |
$31,918.53 |
234.76% |
$11,666.71 |
$18.83 |
16.68% |
130.32% |
0.52 |
| Precious Metals | 113 |
$3,287.04 |
$1,736.85 |
189.25% |
$894.91 |
-$32.45 |
21.76% |
207.39% |
0.44 |
| Publshing & Newspapers | 39 |
$2,318.86 |
$4,248.64 |
54.58% |
$2,278.60 |
$31.71 |
0.60% |
8.86% |
1.85 |
| R.E.I.T. | 221 |
$6,048.01 |
$29,031.35 |
20.83% |
$21,253.67 |
-$12.99 |
-1.32% |
-6.15% |
0.13 |
| Real Estate (Development) | 21 |
$141.86 |
$254.80 |
55.68% |
$95.20 |
$0.04 |
-1.12% |
NA |
0.29 |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 12 |
$90.20 |
$16.24 |
555.42% |
$130.60 |
-$1.42 |
21.19% |
191.37% |
0.24 |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 55 |
$834.17 |
$1,113.00 |
74.95% |
$2,181.11 |
-$0.03 |
7.51% |
104.88% |
1.13 |
| Recreation | 65 |
$1,949.39 |
$1,043.14 |
186.88% |
$1,140.34 |
$52.35 |
5.75% |
68.82% |
1.40 |
| Reinsurance | 3 |
$89.90 |
-$5.69 |
NA |
$250.90 |
$0.00 |
2.27% |
28.90% |
0.87 |
| Restaurant/Dining | 83 |
$8,282.88 |
$3,825.61 |
216.51% |
$1,031.12 |
-$1.13 |
4.19% |
44.31% |
1.42 |
| Retail (Automotive) | 26 |
$3,146.14 |
$794.99 |
395.75% |
$2,389.46 |
-$0.28 |
3.20% |
87.95% |
2.77 |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 5 |
$2,732.60 |
$3,163.00 |
86.39% |
$1,862.00 |
$0.12 |
0.96% |
14.21% |
2.64 |
| Retail (Distributors) | 83 |
$9,704.30 |
$1,913.23 |
507.22% |
$2,118.87 |
-$1.94 |
7.43% |
122.88% |
1.86 |
| Retail (General) | 19 |
$21,000.70 |
$4,907.96 |
427.89% |
$6,784.50 |
-$0.56 |
2.74% |
87.10% |
3.44 |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 17 |
$5,391.60 |
$2,368.52 |
227.64% |
$30.47 |
-$0.06 |
1.82% |
97.06% |
4.33 |
| Retail (Online) | 39 |
$6,048.67 |
$972.91 |
621.71% |
$3,737.46 |
$304.77 |
6.44% |
209.91% |
5.20 |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 124 |
$14,447.51 |
$2,559.95 |
564.37% |
$18,362.61 |
$64.13 |
4.97% |
115.61% |
2.47 |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 |
$1,107.00 |
$0.06 |
NA |
$0.13 |
$5.90 |
5.62% |
54.23% |
2.01 |
| Semiconductor | 87 |
$11,082.66 |
$1,414.96 |
783.25% |
$3,399.47 |
$814.41 |
9.30% |
57.52% |
0.71 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 46 |
$4,509.06 |
$160.66 |
2806.51% |
$3,220.53 |
$74.44 |
22.98% |
215.76% |
0.85 |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 11 |
$646.36 |
$384.60 |
168.06% |
$61.05 |
$0.00 |
6.18% |
126.02% |
0.73 |
| Shoe | 11 |
$230.61 |
$39.50 |
583.82% |
$29.60 |
$11.70 |
0.56% |
5.60% |
2.17 |
| Software (Entertainment) | 17 |
$271.90 |
$37.20 |
730.96% |
$22.39 |
$83.02 |
2.91% |
18.45% |
1.28 |
| Software (Internet) | 308 |
$18,686.87 |
$2,373.03 |
787.47% |
$8,125.27 |
$4,802.81 |
19.61% |
151.95% |
0.68 |
| Software (System & Application) | 241 |
$11,201.48 |
$3,854.20 |
290.63% |
$12,597.76 |
$1,276.61 |
10.06% |
60.26% |
0.83 |
| Steel | 36 |
$2,507.76 |
$9,634.98 |
26.03% |
$1,494.88 |
$1.97 |
-5.90% |
NA |
1.82 |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 19 |
$14,706.50 |
$13,039.20 |
112.79% |
$1,467.90 |
$2.58 |
3.90% |
187.32% |
0.62 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 121 |
$4,963.11 |
$1,638.73 |
302.86% |
$10,309.39 |
$39.09 |
10.39% |
66.61% |
0.80 |
| Telecom. Services | 65 |
$43,872.78 |
$46,001.61 |
95.37% |
$35,538.52 |
$139.76 |
10.53% |
112.85% |
1.11 |
| Tobacco | 20 |
$1,416.28 |
$110.67 |
1279.73% |
$17,230.03 |
$5.46 |
30.04% |
118.44% |
2.28 |
| Transportation | 21 |
$8,211.13 |
$5,100.97 |
160.97% |
$5,969.70 |
-$8.47 |
6.19% |
106.78% |
2.82 |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 12 |
$11,032.42 |
$4,611.99 |
239.21% |
$736.50 |
$0.00 |
14.24% |
68.22% |
0.61 |
| Trucking | 26 |
$12,545.34 |
$2,326.82 |
539.16% |
$882.18 |
$0.00 |
17.01% |
258.22% |
1.78 |
| Unclassified | 3 |
$0.02 |
$5.11 |
0.31% |
$0.29 |
$0.00 |
-30.06% |
NA |
0.18 |
| Utility (General) | 20 |
$37,483.10 |
$15,257.80 |
245.67% |
$3,329.60 |
$2.28 |
18.81% |
144.99% |
0.52 |
| Utility (Water) | 18 |
$1,888.54 |
$743.94 |
253.86% |
$207.11 |
-$0.66 |
24.13% |
116.37% |
0.33 |
| Total Market | 7480 |
$996,667.55 |
$519,010.98 |
192.03% |
$551,136.93 |
$19,870.10 |
7.22% |
95.24% |
0.68 |