How to Use capital stock in a Sentence

capital stock

noun

• The capital stock of the United States, from private factories and office buildings to roads and bridges, is getting old.
  — Alex Muresianu, National Review, 26 Aug. 2020
• Chief executive Jason Robins will remain in his role — and hold about 90 percent of the voting power of the new company’s capital stock.
  — Andy Rosen, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2020
• Ideally this would come through foreign direct investment, which would add to the country’s capital stock and create jobs.
  — The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
• The ratio of the capital stock — the value of factories, machines and such — to the nation’s economic output has actually declined a little since the 1970s.
  — Eduardo Porter, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
• On the other hand, the new plan excludes two-thirds of America’s capital stock, plants, warehouses and other structures, from the benefits of full expensing.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2017
• Its new online service, called Lavka, has spread small warehouses across the capital stocked with about 2,000 items and uses bike couriers to deliver orders.
  — Ilya Khrennikov, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
• That remains well below pre-crisis levels of 2% to 2.5% because the contribution of labor and capital stocks to potential growth remains weak.
  — Richard Barley, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2018
• But that should be a one-time adjustment, after businesses increase their capital stock in response to more favorable policies.
  — Neil Irwin, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
• The Alphabet board authorized the company to repurchase as much as an additional $50 billion worth of its Class C capital stock.
  — Washington Post, 20 May 2021
• In connection with the transaction, all classes of shares of Discovery capital stock will be converted and reclassified into common shares of WBD with one vote per share.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Feb. 2022
• The Alphabet board authorized the company to repurchase up to an additional $50 billion of its Class C capital stock.
  — Fortune, 27 Apr. 2021
• The degree of slowdown as stimulus fades is a matter of debate among economists, with some predicting the effects could last beyond two years if the U.S. boosts its capital stock and upgrades its workforce during this period of strong growth.
  — Fortune, 8 June 2018
• The firm warns, however, that the world must do much more to decarbonize its existing capital stock, much of which is young and emissions-intensive, by investing in technologies like carbon capture and green hydrogen.
  — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2020
• Overall, the authors estimate that the Biden agenda, if fully implemented, would reduce full-time equivalent employment per person by about 3%, the capital stock per person by some 15%, and real GDP per capita by more than 8%.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2020
• America had costly workers, ageing capital stock, pricey feedstocks and sluggish demand.
  — The Economist, 14 Apr. 2018
• As Britain’s capital stock gets more sophisticated, workers can become more productive.
  — The Economist, 12 Apr. 2018
• Thus, all else equal, a higher effective marginal rate for businesses will tend to reduce the level of investment, and a lower effective marginal rate will tend to encourage additional projects and a larger capital stock.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022
• While companies report individual profits based on historical costs, the government adjusts the figures to reflect the current cost of replacing capital stock such as equipment and structures.
  — Reade Pickert, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022
• Raising corporate taxes, according to this view, reduces business investment, which results in a smaller capital stock and lower productivity.
  — Jason Furman, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• Without them, a much smaller capital stock would be pursuing exponentially less commercial vibrancy.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
• Still, this is slightly better than an early version of infrastructure legislation that economists at the University of Pennsylvania calculated would reduce long-term economic growth, wages, and capital stock.
  — Brian Riedl, National Review, 7 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024