Capital Expenditures by SectorData Used: Value Line database, of 7364 firms
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2008
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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 | 40 | $2,552.40 | $3,915.80 | 65.18% | -1.69% | -14.98% | 1.05 |
| Aerospace/Defense | 69 | $16,534.60 | $11,580.00 | 142.79% | 1.00% | 13.32% | 2.32 |
| Air Transport | 49 | $30,086.10 | $19,394.30 | 155.13% | 2.43% | 23.63% | 3.22 |
| Apparel | 57 | $2,346.80 | $2,053.70 | 114.27% | 0.34% | 4.02% | 1.83 |
| Auto & Truck | 28 | $129,913.10 | $111,039.60 | 117.00% | 0.97% | 11.16% | 1.80 |
| Auto Parts | 56 | $13,298.90 | $13,557.20 | 98.09% | -0.06% | -1.10% | 4.62 |
| Bank | 504 | $- | $- | NA | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Bank (Canadian) | 8 | $- | $- | NA | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Bank (Midwest) | 38 | $- | $- | NA | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Beverage | 44 | $14,137.50 | $13,313.80 | 106.19% | 0.28% | 2.10% | 1.41 |
| Biotechnology | 103 | $5,553.00 | $3,488.70 | 159.17% | 3.73% | 20.10% | 0.78 |
| Building Materials | 49 | $6,094.20 | $4,043.60 | 150.71% | 1.52% | 16.13% | 1.71 |
| Cable TV | 23 | $35,192.90 | $34,658.20 | 101.54% | 0.26% | 1.28% | 0.49 |
| Canadian Energy | 13 | $181,638.20 | $26,524.70 | 684.79% | 72.27% | 279.63% | 0.87 |
| Chemical (Basic) | 19 | $10,028.50 | $10,024.60 | 100.04% | 0.00% | 0.02% | 1.88 |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 37 | $18,461.00 | $16,148.30 | 114.32% | 0.78% | 5.79% | 1.87 |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 90 | $8,422.30 | $8,011.20 | 105.13% | 0.21% | 2.12% | 1.92 |
| Coal | 18 | $6,428.70 | $3,820.10 | 168.29% | 5.07% | 28.25% | 1.51 |
| Computer Software/Svcs | 376 | $16,404.50 | $20,519.70 | 79.95% | -0.84% | -5.50% | 2.39 |
| Computers/Peripherals | 144 | $24,587.40 | $24,630.00 | 99.83% | -0.01% | -0.07% | 4.13 |
| Diversified Co. | 107 | $15,451.60 | $14,229.70 | 108.59% | 0.23% | 2.43% | 1.94 |
| Drug | 368 | $31,005.40 | $57,168.20 | 54.24% | -3.75% | -16.38% | 1.08 |
| E-Commerce | 56 | $1,514.00 | $1,024.80 | 147.74% | 2.11% | 26.49% | 2.00 |
| Educational Services | 39 | $973.30 | $804.10 | 121.04% | 0.79% | 7.39% | 5.25 |
| Electric Util. (Central) | 25 | $28,914.10 | $15,701.50 | 184.15% | 6.93% | 47.55% | 0.71 |
| Electric Utility (East) | 27 | $47,004.90 | $27,935.90 | 168.26% | 5.51% | 33.78% | 0.70 |
| Electric Utility (West) | 17 | $26,889.90 | $13,594.20 | 197.80% | 9.21% | 56.06% | 0.76 |
| Electrical Equipment | 86 | $39,706.70 | $23,472.60 | 169.16% | 3.35% | 9.01% | 0.47 |
| Electronics | 179 | $7,638.20 | $6,451.60 | 118.39% | 0.47% | 9.21% | 2.58 |
| Entertainment | 93 | $21,680.60 | $24,094.10 | 89.98% | -0.67% | -4.15% | 0.60 |
| Entertainment Tech | 38 | $1,314.30 | $1,254.10 | 104.80% | 0.24% | NA | 2.79 |
| Environmental | 89 | $6,048.40 | $5,738.80 | 105.39% | 0.43% | 3.23% | 0.96 |
| Financial Svcs. (Div.) | 294 | $10,057.00 | $6,798.50 | 147.93% | 1.50% | 1.19% | 0.08 |
| Food Processing | 123 | $21,127.50 | $18,392.30 | 114.87% | 0.34% | 4.51% | 2.11 |
| Food Wholesalers | 19 | $8,789.00 | $6,254.20 | 140.53% | 0.71% | 23.37% | 3.81 |
| Foreign Electronics | 10 | $51,429.40 | $33,735.60 | 152.45% | 2.61% | 46.01% | 2.01 |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 39 | $1,861.20 | $2,189.40 | 85.01% | -0.41% | -5.60% | 2.03 |
| Grocery | 15 | $9,067.30 | $5,995.50 | 151.24% | 1.09% | 32.25% | 4.92 |
| Healthcare Information | 38 | $821.50 | $1,162.20 | 70.68% | -2.03% | -16.69% | 2.37 |
| Heavy Construction | 12 | $1,362.00 | $874.60 | 155.73% | 0.57% | 19.50% | 6.70 |
| Home Appliance | 11 | $1,567.90 | $1,593.10 | 98.42% | -0.04% | -0.62% | 3.11 |
| Homebuilding | 36 | $1,162.70 | $1,110.20 | 104.73% | 0.02% | 0.46% | 1.48 |
| Hotel/Gaming | 75 | $24,716.90 | $8,544.70 | 289.27% | 12.40% | 77.44% | 0.69 |
| Household Products | 28 | $10,755.40 | $11,367.20 | 94.62% | -0.22% | -1.43% | 1.10 |
| Human Resources | 35 | $1,125.50 | $1,235.80 | 91.07% | -0.11% | -3.34% | 5.23 |
| Industrial Services | 196 | $12,397.70 | $11,889.20 | 104.28% | 0.20% | 2.55% | 2.22 |
| Information Services | 38 | $2,318.10 | $2,844.50 | 81.49% | -0.92% | -5.91% | 1.20 |
| Insurance (Life) | 40 | $1,444.20 | $0.80 | NA | NA | 1.35% | NA |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 87 | $1,785.20 | $2.50 | NA | NA | 51.15% | NA |
| Internet | 266 | $8,921.50 | $6,190.90 | 144.11% | 2.30% | 16.01% | 1.52 |
| Investment Co. | 18 | $0.10 | $0.30 | 33.33% | -0.40% | NA | -11.53 |
| Investment Co.(Foreign) | 15 | $0.70 | $0.30 | 233.33% | 0.78% | 9.17% | 5.14 |
| Machinery | 126 | $16,206.60 | $12,758.00 | 127.03% | 0.85% | 8.83% | 1.71 |
| Manuf. Housing/RV | 18 | $225.20 | $235.10 | 95.79% | -0.04% | -1.80% | 4.65 |
| Maritime | 52 | $15,040.70 | $3,610.30 | 416.61% | 28.58% | 104.95% | 0.49 |
| Medical Services | 178 | $16,174.70 | $10,122.90 | 159.78% | 0.99% | 12.74% | 2.37 |
| Medical Supplies | 274 | $20,821.00 | $20,862.20 | 99.80% | 0.00% | -0.05% | 2.24 |
| Metal Fabricating | 37 | $3,403.10 | $2,047.70 | 166.19% | 1.60% | 15.37% | 2.07 |
| Metals & Mining (Div.) | 78 | $36,732.20 | $14,586.00 | 251.83% | 7.36% | 30.80% | 1.22 |
| Natural Gas (Div.) | 31 | $57,406.70 | $20,434.70 | 280.93% | 22.40% | 89.21% | 0.65 |
| Natural Gas Utility | 26 | $5,990.90 | $3,528.10 | 169.81% | 2.95% | 30.51% | 1.22 |
| Newspaper | 18 | $2,369.60 | $2,312.60 | 102.46% | 0.12% | 0.78% | 0.67 |
| Office Equip/Supplies | 25 | $4,189.60 | $4,634.20 | 90.41% | -0.25% | -3.50% | 2.50 |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 15 | $13,250.60 | $4,861.50 | 272.56% | 5.67% | 60.79% | 1.32 |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 113 | $44,460.30 | $17,694.00 | 251.27% | 8.29% | 44.37% | 1.22 |
| Packaging & Container | 35 | $5,898.50 | $7,308.50 | 80.71% | -0.89% | -9.44% | 1.73 |
| Paper/Forest Products | 39 | $7,968.70 | $9,232.80 | 86.31% | -0.82% | -7.33% | 1.31 |
| Petroleum (Integrated) | 26 | $270,482.90 | $139,221.30 | 194.28% | 3.45% | 31.58% | 2.42 |
| Petroleum (Producing) | 186 | $84,726.50 | $30,584.60 | 277.02% | 16.86% | 64.50% | 0.87 |
| Pharmacy Services | 19 | $8,609.10 | $5,169.50 | 166.54% | 0.87% | 53.07% | 3.82 |
| Power | 58 | $9,195.90 | $7,532.80 | 122.08% | 1.43% | 9.48% | 0.82 |
| Precious Metals | 84 | $12,259.70 | $6,081.70 | 201.58% | 14.72% | 48.93% | 0.38 |
| Precision Instrument | 103 | $3,399.00 | $5,480.20 | 62.02% | -2.21% | -20.81% | 1.28 |
| Property Management | 12 | $22,825.70 | $2,055.60 | 1110.42% | 81.65% | 247.52% | 0.34 |
| Publishing | 40 | $3,218.70 | $3,258.30 | 98.78% | -0.05% | -0.41% | 1.96 |
| R.E.I.T. | 147 | $4,236.50 | $874.10 | 484.67% | 24.66% | 130.47% | 0.45 |
| Railroad | 16 | $18,751.50 | $10,314.70 | 181.79% | 6.42% | 32.00% | 0.71 |
| Recreation | 73 | $11,562.70 | $6,297.60 | 183.60% | 4.41% | 28.93% | 0.99 |
| Reinsurance | 11 | $0.50 | $- | NA | NA | 0.14% | NA |
| Restaurant | 75 | $13,655.70 | $8,217.70 | 166.17% | 3.19% | 26.45% | 1.75 |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 164 | $21,018.00 | $15,045.30 | 139.70% | 1.14% | 18.65% | 4.04 |
| Retail Automotive | 16 | $5,504.50 | $2,938.10 | 187.35% | 1.51% | 32.27% | 2.75 |
| Retail Building Supply | 9 | $15,407.10 | $6,153.40 | 250.38% | 3.04% | 39.73% | 2.57 |
| Retail Store | 42 | $55,251.10 | $25,935.80 | 213.03% | 2.14% | 45.48% | 3.51 |
| Securities Brokerage | 31 | $4,181.70 | $3,588.90 | 116.52% | 0.10% | 0.43% | 0.71 |
| Semiconductor | 138 | $36,671.60 | $30,295.30 | 121.05% | 2.51% | 11.35% | 1.26 |
| Semiconductor Equip | 16 | $2,005.20 | $1,932.50 | 103.76% | 0.17% | 0.93% | 1.64 |
| Shoe | 20 | $1,391.80 | $973.90 | 142.91% | 0.74% | 8.51% | 3.40 |
| Steel (General) | 26 | $2,860.30 | $2,135.60 | 133.93% | 0.68% | 7.05% | 3.08 |
| Steel (Integrated) | 14 | $16,656.90 | $10,586.50 | 157.34% | 2.46% | 16.61% | 1.19 |
| Telecom. Equipment | 124 | $11,657.00 | $12,719.60 | 91.65% | -0.24% | -2.16% | 2.61 |
| Telecom. Services | 152 | $196,435.50 | $120,530.60 | 162.98% | 6.77% | 27.94% | 0.65 |
| Thrift | 234 | $- | $- | NA | NA | 0.00% | NA |
| Tobacco | 11 | $3,192.60 | $2,832.40 | 112.72% | 0.10% | 1.52% | 4.06 |
| Toiletries/Cosmetics | 21 | $2,211.40 | $2,038.80 | 108.47% | 0.28% | 3.15% | 2.45 |
| Trucking | 32 | $19,601.10 | $5,613.70 | 349.17% | 14.72% | 160.67% | 2.03 |
| Utility (Foreign) | 6 | $25.90 | $4.80 | 539.58% | 27.62% | 175.83% | 0.82 |
| Water Utility | 16 | $1,831.10 | $690.90 | 265.03% | 18.14% | 71.51% | 0.37 |
| Wireless Networking | 74 | $4,040.20 | $4,657.10 | 86.75% | -1.30% | -12.15% | 0.88 |
| Market | 7364 | $2,033,538.10 | $1,246,364.80 | 163.16% | 2.80% | 19.69% | 1.23 |