Capital Expenditures by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 7036 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2010
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | Capital Expenditures | Depreciation | Cap Ex/Deprecn | Net Cap Ex/Sales | Net Cap Ex/ EBIT (1-t) | Sales/Capital |
| Advertising | 36 | $1,596.20 | $2,188.70 | 72.93% | -1.30% | -10.74% | 1.07 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 67 | $7,746.70 | $6,389.10 | 121.25% | 0.47% | 5.56% | 2.98 |
| Air Transport | 44 | $19,316.90 | $12,540.70 | 154.03% | 2.48% | 34.07% | 2.44 |
| Apparel | 56 | $1,773.60 | $1,345.40 | 131.83% | 0.89% | 9.87% | 1.96 |
| Auto & Truck | 22 | $57,855.40 | $63,992.90 | 90.41% | -0.65% | -9.54% | 1.69 |
| Auto Parts | 54 | $6,509.00 | $6,636.40 | 98.08% | -0.06% | -1.15% | 3.37 |
| Bank | 481 | $- | $- | NA | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Bank (Canadian) | 7 | $- | $- | NA | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 39 | $- | $- | NA | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Beverage | 41 | $6,407.10 | $5,533.60 | 115.79% | 0.62% | 4.39% | 1.60 |
| Biotechnology | 121 | $1,573.90 | $1,620.40 | 97.13% | -0.21% | -1.40% | 0.85 |
| Building Materials | 53 | $4,300.80 | $3,737.40 | 115.07% | 0.78% | 8.23% | 1.06 |
| Cable TV | 24 | $26,915.60 | $28,162.60 | 95.57% | -0.76% | -3.39% | 0.65 |
| Canadian Energy | 10 | $36,080.40 | $15,729.10 | 229.39% | 15.32% | 56.63% | 0.87 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 17 | $7,497.20 | $5,165.90 | 145.13% | 1.73% | 13.29% | 2.25 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 31 | $7,711.50 | $6,030.60 | 127.87% | 1.31% | 9.49% | 1.73 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 97 | $5,388.20 | $5,072.20 | 106.23% | 0.29% | 2.95% | 1.93 |
| Coal | 21 | $4,050.70 | $2,462.20 | 164.52% | 4.46% | 24.10% | 1.47 |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 333 | $9,327.50 | $11,544.30 | 80.80% | -0.85% | -4.51% | 2.20 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 129 | $13,667.60 | $16,629.30 | 82.19% | -0.63% | -6.55% | 4.15 |
| Diversified Co. | 121 | $25,027.80 | $20,239.20 | 123.66% | 1.01% | 5.68% | 0.68 |
| Drug | 337 | $16,510.50 | $28,511.40 | 57.91% | -3.10% | -12.55% | 1.01 |
| E-Commerce | 56 | $1,012.90 | $860.20 | 117.75% | 0.80% | 8.33% | 1.77 |
| Educational Services | 38 | $641.30 | $595.70 | 107.65% | 0.30% | 2.41% | 2.43 |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 23 | $19,574.60 | $8,031.20 | 243.73% | 11.22% | 80.36% | 0.69 |
| Electric Utility (East) | 24 | $39,149.90 | $16,820.50 | 232.75% | 11.22% | 64.34% | 0.66 |
| Electric Utility (West) | 14 | $15,039.40 | $6,854.30 | 219.42% | 11.59% | 69.45% | 0.67 |
| Electrical Equipment | 87 | $4,432.00 | $3,220.50 | 137.62% | 1.23% | 10.79% | 1.76 |
| Electronics | 183 | $4,087.80 | $3,967.10 | 103.04% | 0.07% | 1.36% | 2.96 |
| Entertainment | 95 | $9,102.20 | $10,777.90 | 84.45% | -0.95% | -6.11% | 0.81 |
| Entertainment Tech | 35 | $523.60 | $1,155.60 | 45.31% | -3.71% | -138.25% | 1.01 |
| Environmental | 91 | $2,397.30 | $2,704.10 | 88.65% | -0.82% | -6.18% | 0.91 |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 296 | $23,300.30 | $7,286.70 | 319.76% | 8.13% | 17.85% | 0.15 |
| Food Processing | 121 | $14,313.30 | $10,625.80 | 134.70% | 0.74% | 8.42% | 2.10 |
| Foreign Electronics | 9 | $23,896.20 | $24,109.00 | 99.12% | -0.06% | -0.80% | 2.44 |
| Funeral Services | 5 | $212.40 | $191.50 | 110.91% | 0.48% | 3.08% | 0.87 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 35 | $837.20 | $1,048.20 | 79.87% | -0.61% | -11.11% | 2.24 |
| Healthcare Information | 33 | $397.40 | $676.00 | 58.79% | -2.83% | -22.00% | 1.40 |
| Heavy Construction | 14 | $1,099.70 | $917.40 | 119.87% | 0.23% | 5.28% | 5.50 |
| Homebuilding | 28 | $135.40 | $419.50 | 32.28% | -0.71% | NA | 1.28 |
| Hotel/Gaming | 74 | $11,465.90 | $5,094.60 | 225.06% | 9.64% | 62.39% | 0.70 |
| Household Products | 23 | $5,963.80 | $5,256.80 | 113.45% | 0.47% | 3.13% | 1.14 |
| Human Resources | 30 | $534.00 | $664.80 | 80.32% | -0.24% | -8.84% | 6.45 |
| Industrial Services | 168 | $6,194.70 | $5,567.20 | 111.27% | 0.41% | 5.65% | 2.56 |
| Information Services | 29 | $1,497.20 | $2,022.30 | 74.03% | -1.57% | -10.20% | 0.92 |
| Insurance (Life) | 31 | $1,582.40 | $0.80 | 197800.00% | NA | 1.37% | NA |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 85 | $1,270.00 | $4.90 | 25918.37% | NA | 93.75% | NA |
| Internet | 239 | $5,700.90 | $4,873.40 | 116.98% | 0.97% | 5.67% | 1.96 |
| Investment Co. | 19 | $0.70 | $0.30 | 233.33% | NA | NA | NA |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 16 | $1.00 | $2.60 | 38.46% | -1.87% | -43.32% | 0.35 |
| Machinery | 130 | $11,893.80 | $8,621.30 | 137.96% | 1.21% | 12.75% | 1.81 |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 15 | $53.60 | $75.00 | 71.47% | -0.32% | -13.98% | 3.84 |
| Maritime | 53 | $10,364.00 | $2,793.70 | 370.98% | 25.50% | 96.02% | 0.50 |
| Medical Services | 162 | $8,464.60 | $7,058.80 | 119.92% | 0.39% | 5.07% | 2.37 |
| Medical Supplies | 264 | $11,321.00 | $10,880.90 | 104.04% | 0.09% | 1.05% | 2.46 |
| Metal Fabricating | 36 | $3,240.80 | $1,628.10 | 199.05% | 2.98% | 32.37% | 2.22 |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 79 | $21,697.60 | $9,152.70 | 237.06% | 9.09% | 38.63% | 1.02 |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 32 | $51,843.30 | $15,287.40 | 339.12% | 33.35% | 125.53% | 0.60 |
| Natural Gas Utility | 24 | $4,101.60 | $2,452.10 | 167.27% | 3.10% | 30.13% | 1.13 |
| Newspaper | 15 | $850.40 | $1,978.20 | 42.99% | -5.40% | -52.94% | 1.33 |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 25 | $1,921.00 | $2,579.90 | 74.46% | -0.71% | -11.12% | 2.59 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 19 | $21,166.60 | $5,117.70 | 413.60% | 12.61% | 109.87% | 1.03 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 113 | $33,881.00 | $14,496.70 | 233.72% | 7.97% | 41.71% | 1.12 |
| Packaging & Container | 31 | $3,466.70 | $3,894.40 | 89.02% | -0.53% | -5.26% | 1.88 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 39 | $5,527.70 | $7,318.90 | 75.53% | -1.83% | -19.16% | 1.14 |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 24 | $196,355.50 | $86,025.70 | 228.25% | 4.27% | 53.28% | 3.11 |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 198 | $72,512.10 | $25,612.50 | 283.11% | 17.87% | 67.98% | 1.01 |
| Pharmacy Services | 21 | $5,687.60 | $3,764.80 | 151.07% | 0.70% | 16.46% | 3.11 |
| Power | 77 | $15,858.60 | $5,134.20 | 308.88% | 12.99% | 88.90% | 0.86 |
| Precious Metals | 78 | $10,700.00 | $4,044.20 | 264.58% | 23.18% | 92.32% | 0.38 |
| Precision Instrument | 98 | $1,468.40 | $2,673.40 | 54.93% | -2.40% | -20.44% | 1.42 |
| Property Management | 20 | $4,165.10 | $2,287.40 | 182.09% | 8.28% | 30.66% | 0.37 |
| Public/Private Equity | 9 | $357.20 | $10.20 | 3501.96% | NA | 24.78% | NA |
| Publishing | 30 | $897.50 | $1,257.50 | 71.37% | -1.11% | -8.93% | 2.12 |
| R.E.I.T. | 143 | $1,726.80 | $664.80 | 259.75% | 21.10% | 52.44% | 0.24 |
| Railroad | 15 | $11,029.70 | $5,807.70 | 189.92% | 7.00% | 33.81% | 0.71 |
| Recreation | 65 | $7,994.70 | $3,746.90 | 213.37% | 6.85% | 44.48% | 0.89 |
| Reinsurance | 8 | $22.30 | $- | NA | NA | 8.53% | NA |
| Restaurant | 68 | $7,353.20 | $4,601.20 | 159.81% | 2.88% | 22.62% | 1.74 |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 157 | $9,993.70 | $8,579.20 | 116.49% | 0.49% | 9.27% | 3.86 |
| Retail Automotive | 15 | $2,352.50 | $1,160.20 | 202.77% | 1.49% | 33.86% | 2.66 |
| Retail Building Supply | 7 | $5,311.00 | $3,456.60 | 153.65% | 1.43% | 24.11% | 2.36 |
| Retail Store | 43 | $22,714.20 | $15,692.50 | 144.75% | 0.94% | 22.24% | 3.62 |
| Retail/Wholesale Food | 32 | $10,789.90 | $7,310.00 | 147.60% | 0.92% | 24.90% | 4.54 |
| Securities Brokerage | 30 | $5,738.80 | $3,722.90 | 154.15% | 0.97% | 1.89% | 0.44 |
| Semiconductor | 125 | $13,203.60 | $17,164.60 | 76.92% | -2.99% | -14.45% | 1.38 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 14 | $1,053.50 | $1,060.80 | 99.31% | -0.04% | -0.33% | 1.51 |
| Shoe | 19 | $839.40 | $605.30 | 138.68% | 0.74% | 9.13% | 3.17 |
| Steel (General) | 20 | $2,803.80 | $1,444.20 | 194.14% | 2.05% | 24.19% | 2.39 |
| Steel (Integrated) | 15 | $10,552.50 | $9,752.60 | 108.20% | 0.37% | 2.67% | 1.57 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 115 | $5,938.90 | $10,910.60 | 54.43% | -2.02% | -21.57% | 2.72 |
| Telecom. Services | 140 | $124,796.90 | $128,993.50 | 96.75% | -0.53% | -1.89% | 0.82 |
| Thrift | 227 | $0.30 | $- | NA | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Tobacco | 12 | $2,527.90 | $2,550.00 | 99.13% | -0.01% | -0.09% | 1.88 |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 19 | $970.30 | $827.10 | 117.31% | 0.47% | 5.52% | 2.89 |
| Trucking | 33 | $16,870.50 | $3,154.70 | 534.77% | 22.94% | 291.14% | 1.71 |
| Utility (Foreign) | 5 | $9,446.40 | $6,223.70 | 151.78% | 8.61% | 56.72% | 0.52 |
| Water Utility | 15 | $2,291.00 | $709.50 | 322.90% | 26.48% | 109.34% | 0.31 |
| Wireless Networking | 60 | $2,210.50 | $2,124.60 | 104.04% | 0.27% | 1.92% | 1.03 |
| Total Market | 7036 | $1,229,948.10 | $831,689.20 | 147.89% | 2.43% | 15.47% | 1.15 |