Update date
31 Mar 2026
Shareable Research Card
Top Companies by Capital Expenditures
This page ranks companies by latest available capital expenditures facts reported in SEC company filings.
Use it to find leading reporters for this metric, then open a company facts page to inspect the underlying history. Reporting periods may differ by company.
- Context
- Current top row: Alphabet Inc.
- Latest reported value
- $35,674,000,000
Based on latest available SEC company facts. Reporting periods may differ by company; open company facts to verify the reported history.
Return Loop
Why revisit this ranking page
Rankings update as companies report new SEC facts, so the leaders, ordering, and best company pages to verify can change after each filing cycle.
- Latest source-backed update
- Alphabet Inc. leads the current sample
- Why come back
- Revisit after new filings to see whether the ordering changed and which company facts page is worth reopening.
- Current top company: Alphabet Inc..
- Latest comparable end date in this sample: 31 Mar 2026.
- Save the companies you care about from this list, then return after the next quarterly filing to see what changed.
Insight freshness depends on the latest comparable SEC company facts available for this metric. Reporting periods may differ by company.
Latest update
What changed recently in Capital Expenditures rankings
Alphabet Inc. currently leads this ranking. Revisit after new filings to see whether the ordering changed.
Page type
Insight ranking
Latest period
31 Mar 2026
Rankings use the latest available comparable SEC company facts for this metric. Reporting periods may differ by company.
Benchmark Context
How to read this capital expenditures ranking
Alphabet Inc. currently leads the visible sample for capital expenditures. That is about 12.5x the current visible midpoint.
Compared with
Compared with other companies reporting the same metric in compatible units. Latest periods may differ by company, so use the company facts page to verify the underlying period.
Why this is notable
The current leader reports about 1.2x the value of the next company in the visible ranking. Use the metric history pages to see whether companies near the top are separated by a wide gap or a narrow cluster.
- Visible sample size: 60 companies.
- Visible rows currently span reported period ends from 31 Dec 2010 to 31 Mar 2026.
- Current top band: Alphabet Inc., MICROSOFT CORP, and Walmart Inc..
- Middle of the visible sample: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/ and CCO HOLDINGS LLC.
This ranking keeps the latest valid row per company and excludes incompatible units. Open company facts or metric history pages to inspect the exact reported values.
Plain-English Guide
What Capital Expenditures means in this ranking
Capex is the cash a company reports spending on property, equipment, and similar long-lived assets.
Why people care
Users watch capex to understand reinvestment intensity, expansion plans, and how much operating cash has to stay inside the business.
How to read it
Read capex together with operating cash flow because the combination shows whether the business is funding its own reinvestment.
Compare next
Compare it with operating cash flow, revenue, and assets to understand how aggressively the company is reinvesting.
Capex can be lumpy across quarters and projects, so single-period comparisons are less useful than a short multi-period history.
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Financial Insight Ranking
Which companies report the largest capex?
See issuers with the largest reported capital expenditures.
Capex comparisons help users read reinvestment pace versus cash generation.
How to verify it
Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Reporting periods may differ by company.
Top Companies by Capital Expenditures
Rankings use latest available reported company facts. Reporting periods may differ by company; open company facts to inspect the underlying history.