Investing
Investment Purchases
Prudential Financial Investment Purchases increased by 26.2% to $21.15B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 24.6%, from $16.98B to $21.15B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows relatively stable performance with a 0.9% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionInvesting
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2013
Last reportedQ1 2026
How to read this metric
An increase indicates a surplus of cash being deployed into financial markets rather than core operations; a decrease may suggest a need for liquidity.
Detailed definition
The total cash outflow for the acquisition of debt and equity securities, including marketable securities and other fina...
Peer comparison
Large-cap technology firms often show high outflows here as they manage massive cash reserves across global portfolios.
Metric ID:
purchases_of_investmentsHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $16.34B | $17.33B | $18.34B | $17.00B | $16.24B | $11.76B | $15.07B | $13.68B | $11.79B | $11.50B | $10.61B | $19.28B | $17.46B | $17.18B | $19.08B | $16.98B | $17.94B | $15.91B | $16.76B | $21.15B |
| QoQ Change | — | +6.1% | +5.8% | -7.3% | -4.4% | -27.6% | +28.1% | -9.2% | -13.8% | -2.4% | -7.7% | +81.7% | -9.5% | -1.6% | +11.1% | -11.0% | +5.7% | -11.3% | +5.3% | +26.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -0.6% | -32.1% | -17.9% | -19.5% | -27.4% | -2.2% | -29.6% | +41.0% | +48.1% | +49.3% | +79.8% | -12.0% | +2.8% | -7.4% | -12.2% | +24.6% |
Range$10.61B – $21.15B
CAGR+5.6%
Avg YoY Growth+5.3%
Median YoY Growth-4.8%
Current Streak2 quarters growth
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Prudential Financial's investment purchases?
- Prudential Financial (PRU) reported investment purchases of $21.15B in Q1 2026.
- How has Prudential Financial's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Prudential Financial's investment purchases increased by 24.6% year-over-year, from $16.98B to $21.15B.
- What is the long-term trend for Prudential Financial's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Prudential Financial's investment purchases has grown at a 0.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $65.17B to $67.59B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.