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Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices: capital spending and supply chain

SIC 5051 · 3 companies with filed cash-flow statements

Capital spending, 12 months$392M
Operating cash flow$744M
Capex / cash flow53%
Capex / revenue1.6%
Top 3 share100%

Analysis

3 companies in Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices (SIC 5051) spent $392M on capital projects over their latest twelve months, 53% of the $744M their operations generated.

Capital spending is 1.6% of the industry's $24.9B of annual revenue.

By the industry's asset mix most of it goes to equipment (37%); about $94.7M is imported.

The largest supplier of that spending is office and commercial structures ($64.0M).

Its largest supplying industries, by the input-output tables: other real estate ($1.4B), management of companies and enterprises ($1.1B), couriers and messengers ($609M).

Charts

Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsWholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsRS$310MRYZ$70.6MFSTR$11.6M
Filed cash-flow statements (SEC XBRL).
Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices: what the capital spending buys (US part)Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices: what the capital spending buys (US part)Structures$77.9MEquipment$110MSoftware$85.9MOther$23.8M
Capital spending × the industry’s asset mix (BEA fixed assets): grade C, an industry average applied to filed figures.
Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices: the industries that build and sell what it buysWholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices: the industries that build and sell what it buysOffice and commercial structures$64.0MSoftware publishers$49.6MLight truck and utility vehicle m…$36.6MCustom computer programming servi…$18.0MComputer systems design services$15.5MManufacturing structures$9.8MConstruction machinery manufactur…$8.5MAll other miscellaneous manufactu…$6.5MOther general purpose machinery m…$5.7MHeavy duty truck manufacturing$4.8M
BEA fixed assets: investment by asset type → supplying industry. Estimates (grade C).
Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices: its first-tier supplying industriesWholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices: its first-tier supplying industriesOther real estate$1.4BManagement of companies and enter…$1.1BCouriers and messengers$609MNondepository credit intermediati…$540MImports$536MEmployment services$462MInsurance carriers, except direct…$400MWarehousing and storage$384MPostal service$383MScenic and sightseeing transporta…$311M
Purchased inputs × the industry’s input mix (BEA Use table), US part: grade C.
Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & of fices: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Net debt repaid−$2.6BOther financing (in)$2.6BOperating cash flow$855MNet borrowing$509MBuybacks−$487MCapital spending−$392MOther investing (out)−$285MOperating cash outflow−$113MOther financing (out)−$48.6MDividends−$35.3MSales of assets & businesses$26.2MTaxes paid on employees' shar…−$22.8MCash drawn from the balance s…$19.8MCash added to the balance she…−$15.3M
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
RS Reliance$310M$802M39%TTM to Q3 2026
RYZ Ryerson Holding$70.6M−$111M—TTM to Q3 2026
FSTR Foster L B$11.6M$53.1M22%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.