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Payments to Acquire Marketable Securities

Southwest Airlines Payments to Acquire Marketable Securities decreased by 100.0% to $0.00 in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 100.0%, from $51.00M to $0.00. Over 2 years (FY 2021 to FY 2023), Payments to Acquire Marketable Securities shows an upward trend with a 9.4% CAGR.

Analysis

StatementIncome Statement
SectionOther
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2015
Last reportedQ1 2026Apr 23, 2026

How to read this metric

Higher spending indicates a strategy of deploying excess cash into financial assets rather than reinvesting in operations or debt reduction.

Detailed definition

Represents the cash outflow used to purchase short-term or long-term marketable debt and equity securities. This activit...

Peer comparison

Common across capital-intensive industries managing liquidity; peers may report this under investing activities.

Metric ID: cvx_payments_to_acquire_marketable_securities

Historical Data

18 periods
 Q2 '21Q3 '21Q4 '21Q1 '22Q2 '22Q3 '22Q4 '22Q1 '23Q2 '23Q3 '23Q4 '23Q1 '24Q2 '24Q3 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q1 '26
Value$1.65B$1.53B$1.32B$925.00M$1.55B$1.74B$1.38B$2.20B$1.52B$1.62B$1.62B$1.68B$1.53B$636.00M$51.00M$319.00M$100.00M$0.00
QoQ Change-7.6%-13.2%-30.1%+67.0%+12.8%-20.9%+59.8%-30.9%+6.4%+0.2%+3.4%-8.7%-58.5%-92.0%+525.5%-68.7%-100.0%
YoY Change-6.4%+14.3%+4.2%+138.3%-1.5%-7.1%+17.7%-23.9%+0.7%-60.7%-97.0%-79.2%-84.3%-100.0%
Range$0.00$2.20B
CAGR-100.0%
Avg YoY Growth-20.4%
Median YoY Growth-6.7%
Current Streak2 quarters decline

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Southwest Airlines's payments to acquire marketable securities?
Southwest Airlines (LUV) reported payments to acquire marketable securities of $0.00 in Q1 2026.
How has Southwest Airlines's payments to acquire marketable securities changed year-over-year?
Southwest Airlines's payments to acquire marketable securities decreased by 100.0% year-over-year, from $51.00M to $0.00.
What is the long-term trend for Southwest Airlines's payments to acquire marketable securities?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2023), Southwest Airlines's payments to acquire marketable securities has grown at a 9.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $5.82B to $6.97B.
What does payments to acquire marketable securities mean?
Cash spent on buying financial investments like stocks or bonds.