Capital Expenditures by SectorData Used: S&P Capital IQ, Bloomberg and the Fed
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2014
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | Capital Expenditures | Depreciation | Cap Ex/Deprecn | Acquisitions | Net Cap Ex/Sales | Net Cap Ex/ EBIT (1-t) | Sales/Capital |
| Advertising | 65 | $731.02 | $847.92 | 86.21% | $339.46 | 0.75% | 22.42% | 3.76 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 95 | $9,773.23 | $469.17 | 2083.09% | $10,495.80 | 4.86% | 30.33% | 5.97 |
| Air Transport | 25 | $11,472.28 | $6,265.16 | 183.11% | $80.84 | 3.76% | 130.61% | 2.14 |
| Apparel | 70 | $2,022.85 | $107.25 | 1886.19% | $2,569.52 | 7.16% | 31.02% | 1.78 |
| Auto & Truck | 26 | $16,809.49 | $10.93 | 153792.20% | $2,217.60 | 6.09% | 195.86% | 2.32 |
| Auto Parts | 75 | $6,321.62 | $396.86 | 1592.89% | $1,033.97 | 4.41% | 67.15% | 3.54 |
| Bank | 7 | $0.10 | $0.00 | NA | $3.00 | 0.00% | NA | 0.29 |
| Banks (Regional) | 721 | $7,043.52 | $0.00 | NA | -$3,683.30 | 2.78% | NA | 0.26 |
| Beverage | 47 | $5,857.41 | $256.59 | 2282.81% | $1,538.58 | 5.39% | 32.04% | 1.59 |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 19 | $740.66 | $23.79 | 3113.71% | $4,680.90 | 36.92% | 31.38% | 0.70 |
| Biotechnology | 349 | $2,117.43 | $891.89 | 237.41% | $1,465.33 | 4.89% | 33.90% | 0.79 |
| Broadcasting | 30 | $1,092.27 | $2,375.09 | 45.99% | $3,699.90 | 6.03% | 13.09% | 1.13 |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 49 | $2,877.26 | $1,893.25 | 151.97% | $1,412.84 | 1.59% | 149.56% | 0.19 |
| Building Materials | 37 | $1,376.98 | $151.23 | 910.54% | $865.10 | 4.40% | 57.68% | 2.47 |
| Business & Consumer Services | 179 | $3,283.95 | $2,286.18 | 143.64% | $4,831.74 | 5.31% | 45.04% | 2.68 |
| Cable TV | 16 | $17,397.62 | $18,091.27 | 96.17% | $777.00 | 0.05% | 88.24% | 1.26 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 47 | $1,571.60 | $88.72 | 1771.40% | $219.63 | 8.45% | 111.53% | 1.54 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 10 | $5,834.20 | $461.05 | 1265.42% | $598.60 | 4.97% | 70.59% | 1.90 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 100 | $8,357.04 | $823.31 | 1015.05% | $4,418.51 | 8.18% | 48.06% | 2.11 |
| Coal & Related Energy | 45 | $3,863.36 | $3,865.47 | 99.95% | $10.94 | 0.03% | 421.62% | 0.73 |
| Computer Services | 129 | $4,774.40 | $637.49 | 748.93% | $5,885.38 | 3.25% | 19.85% | 6.24 |
| Computer Software | 273 | $8,362.47 | $4,523.81 | 184.85% | $11,288.25 | 7.51% | 19.27% | 1.83 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 66 | $14,135.81 | $1,456.64 | 970.44% | $3,478.34 | 4.55% | 28.49% | 2.39 |
| Construction | 18 | $532.57 | $57.17 | 931.49% | $680.70 | 14.24% | 125.71% | 0.95 |
| Diversified | 20 | $17,200.77 | $167.38 | 10276.54% | $2,284.73 | 9.19% | 68.77% | 0.39 |
| Educational Services | 40 | $966.76 | $932.71 | 103.65% | $231.41 | 1.14% | 78.88% | 1.89 |
| Electrical Equipment | 135 | $2,508.94 | $158.26 | 1585.31% | $2,808.47 | 7.06% | 38.00% | 2.87 |
| Electronics | 191 | $3,861.06 | $545.79 | 707.43% | $3,492.81 | 9.01% | 79.45% | 1.55 |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 26 | $565.98 | $348.66 | 162.33% | $295.70 | 1.55% | 27.16% | 2.39 |
| Engineering | 56 | $1,971.66 | $362.41 | 544.05% | $1,681.30 | 2.81% | 46.64% | 4.89 |
| Entertainment | 85 | $5,275.76 | $2,538.58 | 207.82% | $3,969.08 | 4.78% | 26.92% | 1.57 |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 108 | $3,069.51 | $3,201.97 | 95.86% | $4,463.52 | 9.86% | 83.63% | 1.71 |
| Farming/Agriculture | 29 | $2,649.85 | $90.78 | 2918.95% | $196.25 | 1.70% | 97.27% | 3.09 |
| Financial Svcs. | 76 | $4,408.46 | $2,375.27 | 185.60% | $2,561.43 | 5.36% | 78.51% | 0.21 |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 17 | NA | NA | NA | $4,741.51 | 3.56% | 140.01% | 0.12 |
| Food Processing | 97 | $7,381.27 | $576.27 | 1280.86% | $8,411.47 | 6.26% | 36.59% | 2.63 |
| Food Wholesalers | 18 | $760.17 | $0.48 | 159364.78% | $566.50 | 2.20% | 48.07% | 6.93 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 36 | $1,136.88 | $50.06 | 2271.17% | $1,759.79 | 7.33% | 44.59% | 2.73 |
| Healthcare Equipment | 193 | $6,242.04 | $1,397.39 | 446.69% | $8,709.66 | 9.38% | 24.84% | 1.51 |
| Healthcare Facilities | 47 | $5,293.67 | $5,020.67 | 105.44% | $3,000.15 | 3.27% | 64.69% | 1.54 |
| Healthcare Products | 58 | $810.82 | $46.31 | 1751.01% | $593.49 | 9.81% | 63.38% | 1.44 |
| Healthcare Services | 126 | $6,536.55 | $5,733.05 | 114.02% | $20,725.38 | 2.49% | 22.81% | 8.83 |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 125 | $2,186.87 | $826.60 | 264.56% | $2,137.89 | 6.33% | 35.89% | 1.68 |
| Heavy Construction | 46 | $12,364.52 | $194.59 | 6354.17% | $1,026.43 | 6.63% | 89.57% | 1.62 |
| Homebuilding | 32 | $181.43 | $14.70 | 1234.20% | $318.70 | 1.17% | 5.87% | 1.22 |
| Hotel/Gaming | 89 | $7,855.05 | $8,582.01 | 91.53% | $4,619.16 | 3.65% | 57.14% | 0.74 |
| Household Products | 139 | $7,835.62 | $466.44 | 1679.88% | $5,557.06 | 6.39% | 32.37% | 2.48 |
| Information Services | 71 | $3,014.05 | $3,555.22 | 84.78% | $4,733.97 | 3.93% | 16.06% | 2.26 |
| Insurance (General) | 26 | $2,282.80 | $261.25 | 873.80% | $2,149.30 | 2.68% | 13.10% | 0.56 |
| Insurance (Life) | 27 | $91.54 | $485.02 | 18.87% | $1,978.85 | 0.70% | 0.58% | 0.85 |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 53 | $1,114.63 | $358.07 | 311.29% | $26.58 | 0.46% | 6.00% | 1.01 |
| Internet software and services | 330 | $11,761.00 | $1,788.81 | 657.48% | $4,476.14 | 12.32% | 68.81% | 1.21 |
| Investment Co. | 65 | $1,139.83 | $134.74 | 845.97% | $1,231.28 | 5.09% | 54.54% | 0.33 |
| Machinery | 141 | $4,198.31 | $570.46 | 735.96% | $4,830.02 | 6.09% | 32.11% | 2.56 |
| Metals & Mining | 134 | $9,610.21 | $4,553.28 | 211.06% | $5,591.79 | 17.25% | 162.27% | 1.06 |
| Office Equipment & Services | 30 | $728.81 | $41.21 | 1768.65% | $245.65 | 3.55% | 45.89% | 3.09 |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 8 | $89,701.00 | $40,560.70 | 221.15% | $0.00 | 7.23% | 171.04% | 1.84 |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 411 | $138,935.01 | $62,447.32 | 222.48% | $5,725.52 | 31.25% | NA | 0.21 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 80 | $51,094.42 | $13,794.57 | 370.40% | $20,858.89 | 14.99% | 181.14% | 1.40 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 163 | $27,687.10 | $9,088.03 | 304.65% | $9,733.22 | 3.72% | 81.02% | 3.53 |
| Packaging & Container | 24 | $3,709.66 | $819.69 | 452.57% | $478.97 | 3.82% | 56.82% | 2.35 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 21 | $1,775.89 | $1,868.18 | 95.06% | $1,444.43 | 3.12% | 63.65% | 1.92 |
| Pharma & Drugs | 138 | $9,910.51 | $5,750.82 | 172.33% | $9,471.36 | 5.01% | 18.55% | 1.18 |
| Power | 106 | $73,635.67 | $27,252.85 | 270.19% | $3,719.49 | 15.89% | 202.09% | 0.55 |
| Precious Metals | 166 | $4,026.33 | $2,834.63 | 142.04% | $426.79 | 12.94% | 292.20% | 0.41 |
| Publshing & Newspapers | 52 | $2,343.19 | $4,756.11 | 49.27% | $3,599.65 | 1.76% | 48.89% | 3.16 |
| R.E.I.T. | 46 | $200.61 | $210.52 | 95.29% | $1,376.00 | 12.13% | 539.43% | 0.03 |
| Railroad | 10 | $8,876.96 | $4,126.60 | 215.12% | $1,924.50 | 13.82% | 92.15% | 0.65 |
| Real Estate (Development) | 22 | $86.74 | $41.60 | 208.54% | $0.84 | 4.30% | 164.86% | 0.25 |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 | $194.70 | $12.85 | 1515.14% | -$0.30 | 36.87% | 590.49% | 0.17 |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 47 | $785.16 | $787.98 | 99.64% | $205.03 | 1.09% | 56.03% | 0.98 |
| Recreation | 70 | $1,905.50 | $1,030.56 | 184.90% | $393.07 | 3.89% | 52.54% | 1.59 |
| Reinsurance | 3 | $12.60 | $51.50 | 24.47% | -$37.79 | -0.51% | 1.34% | 0.94 |
| Restaurant | 84 | $9,008.95 | $3,211.77 | 280.50% | $1,101.23 | 5.65% | 71.04% | 1.38 |
| Retail (Automotive) | 30 | $2,754.39 | $540.89 | 509.23% | $1,421.90 | 2.75% | 66.36% | 3.14 |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 7 | $2,356.98 | $3,164.73 | 74.48% | $267.00 | -0.40% | 29.81% | 2.29 |
| Retail (Distributors) | 87 | $7,470.90 | $1,443.86 | 517.43% | $3,553.33 | 9.67% | 114.65% | 1.90 |
| Retail (General) | 21 | $25,058.59 | $5,109.53 | 490.43% | $473.00 | 2.47% | 92.19% | 3.48 |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 21 | $5,182.53 | $2,059.55 | 251.63% | $198.62 | 1.54% | 154.65% | 4.06 |
| Retail (Internet) | 47 | $5,403.55 | $576.02 | 938.09% | $1,352.40 | 6.39% | 175.57% | 8.95 |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 137 | $14,288.58 | $2,650.86 | 539.02% | $1,960.38 | 2.47% | 59.39% | 2.42 |
| Rubber& Tires | 4 | $1,276.34 | $0.29 | 443172.22% | $0.00 | 5.36% | 100.96% | 3.69 |
| Semiconductor | 104 | $15,085.08 | $901.43 | 1673.47% | $1,880.27 | 11.25% | 81.29% | 1.24 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 51 | $2,027.61 | $296.07 | 684.84% | $406.73 | 7.57% | 136.21% | 1.16 |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 14 | $536.15 | $470.90 | 113.86% | $508.60 | 10.02% | 143.82% | 0.66 |
| Shoe | 14 | $239.19 | $6.67 | 3586.01% | $1,227.71 | 4.16% | 7.03% | 2.43 |
| Steel | 37 | $4,766.48 | $1,257.63 | 379.00% | $1,203.04 | 5.19% | 146.97% | 2.02 |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 28 | $14,132.51 | $12,375.40 | 114.20% | $20,552.07 | 27.58% | NA | 0.70 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 131 | $4,374.60 | $1,525.38 | 286.79% | $8,414.14 | 8.79% | 21.25% | 1.32 |
| Telecom. Services | 82 | $46,144.44 | $44,669.20 | 103.30% | $5,477.86 | 2.35% | 145.67% | 1.26 |
| Thrift | 223 | $637.32 | $314.43 | 202.69% | $4,419.78 | 5.93% | NA | 0.02 |
| Tobacco | 12 | $1,559.23 | $124.00 | 1257.44% | $7.70 | 2.13% | 8.37% | 3.17 |
| Transportation | 22 | $6,550.61 | $4,584.70 | 142.88% | $1,071.84 | 2.36% | 124.52% | 2.87 |
| Trucking | 28 | $10,366.41 | $2,170.10 | 477.69% | $2,763.13 | 16.87% | 235.73% | 1.38 |
| Utility (General) | 20 | $31,399.50 | $13,353.10 | 235.15% | $592.71 | 14.49% | 199.51% | 0.56 |
| Utility (Water) | 20 | $1,598.47 | $696.98 | 229.34% | $38.61 | 17.79% | 152.82% | 0.34 |
| Total Market | 7766 | $902,774.57 | $368,296.62 | 245.12% | $286,535.81 | 5.84% | 89.52% | 0.75 |