Investing
Investment Purchases
Snowflake Investment Purchases decreased by 85.3% to $50.20M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 82.1%, from $280.26M to $50.20M. Over 4 years (FY 2022 to FY 2026), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -16.8% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionInvesting
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2020
Last reportedQ4 2025
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
| Q1 '21 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.15B | $842.96M | $1.05B | $1.21B | $897.29M | $1.03B | $870.91M | $1.11B | $1.04B | $688.68M | $369.37M | $380.88M | $1.08B | $196.48M | $1.01B | $280.26M | $1.01B | $636.47M | $341.17M | $50.20M |
| QoQ Change | — | -26.4% | +25.0% | +14.6% | -25.7% | +14.6% | -15.3% | +26.9% | -6.1% | -33.6% | -46.4% | +3.1% | +183.1% | -81.8% | +416.2% | -72.4% | +261.3% | -37.1% | -46.4% | -85.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -21.7% | +21.9% | -17.4% | -8.5% | +15.6% | -33.0% | -57.6% | -65.5% | +4.0% | -71.5% | +174.6% | -26.4% | -6.1% | +223.9% | -66.4% | -82.1% |
Range$50.20M – $1.21B
CAGR-48.2%
Avg YoY Growth-1.0%
Median YoY Growth-19.5%
Current Streak3 quarters decline
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Snowflake's investment purchases?
- Snowflake (SNOW) reported investment purchases of $50.20M in Q4 2025.
- How has Snowflake's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Snowflake's investment purchases decreased by 82.1% year-over-year, from $280.26M to $50.20M.
- What is the long-term trend for Snowflake's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2022 to 2026), Snowflake's investment purchases has grown at a -16.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $4.25B to $2.04B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.