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Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services: capital spending and supply chain

SIC 4900 · 2 companies with filed cash-flow statements

Capital spending, 12 months$11.3B
Operating cash flow$8.0B
Capex / cash flow141%
Capex / revenue40.8%
Top 3 share100%

Analysis

2 companies in Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (SIC 4900) spent $11.3B on capital projects over their latest twelve months, 141% of the $8.0B their operations generated.

Capital spending is 40.8% of the industry's $27.6B of annual revenue.

By the industry's asset mix most of it goes to structures (50%); about $1.6B is imported.

The largest supplier of that spending is power and communication structures ($3.2B).

Its largest supplying industries, by the input-output tables: imports ($820M), employment services ($657M), monetary authorities and depository credit intermediation ($530M).

Charts

Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsElectric, Gas & Sanitary Services: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsBerkshire Hathaway Energy$10.9BMGEE$380M
Filed cash-flow statements (SEC XBRL).
Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services: what the capital spending buys (US part)Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services: what the capital spending buys (US part)Other$1.1BStructures$4.9BEquipment$3.3BSoftware$514M
Capital spending × the industry’s asset mix (BEA fixed assets): grade C, an industry average applied to filed figures.
Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services: the industries that build and sell what it buysElectric, Gas & Sanitary Services: the industries that build and sell what it buysPower and communication structures$3.2BManufacturing structures$1.2BPower, distribution, and specialt…$703MSwitchgear and switchboard appara…$481MMining and oil and gas field mach…$340MSoftware publishers$285MOffice and commercial structures$263MConstruction machinery manufactur…$229MRelay and industrial control manu…$214MHeavy duty truck manufacturing$199M
BEA fixed assets: investment by asset type → supplying industry. Estimates (grade C).
Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services: its first-tier supplying industriesElectric, Gas & Sanitary Services: its first-tier supplying industriesImports$820MEmployment services$657MMonetary authorities and deposito…$530MPetroleum refineries$426MElectric power generation, transm…$419MOther real estate$412MScenic and sightseeing transporta…$391MNonresidential maintenance and re…$363MLegal services$349MWaste management and remediation …$337M
Purchased inputs × the industry’s input mix (BEA Use table), US part: grade C.
Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Capital spending−$11.3BOperating cash flow$8.0BOther financing (in)$5.7BCash added to the balance she…−$1.4BNet debt repaid−$934MPaid to partners−$200MNet borrowing$92.7MShares issued$92.0MDividends−$71.9MOther investing (in)$25.0MOther investing (out)−$6.0MExchange-rate gains on cash$5.0MOther financing (out)−$2.6MCash drawn from the balance s…$127K
The companies’ cash-flow statements, latest four quarters or fiscal year: every figure filed (grade A).

Capital spending by company

CompanyCapital spendingOperating cash flowCapex / OCFPeriod
Berkshire Hathaway Energy$10.9B$7.7B141%TTM to Q1 2026
MGEE MGE Energy$380M$276M138%TTM to Q3 2026

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Evidence grades: A filed figure · B computed from filed figures · C industry average (BEA input-output and fixed-asset tables) applied to filed figures. Estimates are not the companies’ own records. Not investment advice.