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capital expenditure

NOUN
fixed asset expense
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While they are not worried about 2027 earnings per share, they expressed concerns that AI capital expenditure would slow, eating into 2028 earnings.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Resolving the Petronas-Petros issue and recovering Petronas capital expenditure could be more meaningful catalysts for domestic oil and gas services.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The upshot of this would be EPS-negative, lowering earnings per share expectations, Hartnett observes, but, overall, the political changes would challenge the K-shaped wealth boom and the surge of AI capital expenditure.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

In addition, strong near-term cash generation is unlikely to lead to material shareholder returns as capital expenditure in the shipping business will need to rise in order to halt capacity-share loss, the bank notes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

The extra cost of using treated carbide falls upon the revenue account, and is much more noticeable than that of a large holder, which is capital expenditure.

From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by F. H. (Frank Henley) Leeds




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