capital investments
Long-term asset purchases
Capital investments are major expenditures for long-term assets—equipment, buildings, machinery, or infrastructure expected to generate value over years rather than months.
Companies make capital investments to expand capacity, improve efficiency, or enter new markets.
The term distinguishes substantial outlays from routine operating expenses: The factory expansion required significant capital investment.
Also called capital expenditures or capex.
- assetsOwned items of value
- brick and mortarBusiness with premises
- cashReady spending funds
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
seed money · equity · private equity · development · asset allocation · long-term · long-term growth · market expansion · bonds · industries · expansion · finance · retained earnings · balance sheet · risk appetite · debt financing · cost-benefit analysis · portfolio
- fiscal policybudget deficit, deficit spending, national budget, budget surplus, budget deficits
capital investmentsoperating expenses
Routine business costs
operational costs · operating costs · overhead costs · maintenance expenses · administrative expenses
capital investmentsdebt repayment
Satisfying financial obligations
liquidation · dividend payments · share buybacks · divestment · cash hoarding
capital investmentsdivestments
Sales of owned assets
divestitures · asset sales · divestiture · sell-offs · disposals
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