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Payments to Acquire Other Productive Assets
Verizon Communications Payments to Acquire Other Productive Assets decreased by 11.5% to $4.20B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 1.4%, from $4.15B to $4.20B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Payments to Acquire Other Productive Assets shows a downward trend with a -4.3% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionInvesting
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ1 2017
Last reportedQ1 2026May 1, 2026
How to read this metric
An increase suggests investment in infrastructure or technology, while a decrease indicates a focus on maintaining existing asset bases.
Detailed definition
This captures cash outflows for the acquisition of productive assets that fall outside standard property, plant, and equ...
Peer comparison
Varies by company accounting policy; peers may classify these under general capital expenditures or specific technology investments.
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mcd_payments_to_acquire_other_productive_assetsHistorical 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 | $4.22B | $5.15B | $6.43B | $5.82B | $4.67B | $5.32B | $7.28B | $5.96B | $4.11B | $4.09B | $4.60B | $4.38B | $3.70B | $3.95B | $5.07B | $4.15B | $3.81B | $4.31B | $4.75B | $4.20B |
| QoQ Change | — | +21.9% | +24.9% | -9.4% | -19.8% | +13.9% | +36.8% | -18.1% | -31.0% | -0.4% | +12.4% | -4.9% | -15.6% | +6.8% | +28.4% | -18.3% | -8.1% | +13.2% | +10.2% | -11.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +10.6% | +3.4% | +13.2% | +2.4% | -11.9% | -23.0% | -36.7% | -26.6% | -10.1% | -3.6% | +10.2% | -5.3% | +3.1% | +9.2% | -6.4% | +1.4% |
Range$3.70B – $7.28B
CAGR-0.1%
Avg YoY Growth-4.4%
Median YoY Growth-1.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Verizon Communications's payments to acquire other productive assets?
- Verizon Communications (VZ) reported payments to acquire other productive assets of $4.20B in Q1 2026.
- How has Verizon Communications's payments to acquire other productive assets changed year-over-year?
- Verizon Communications's payments to acquire other productive assets increased by 1.4% year-over-year, from $4.15B to $4.20B.
- What is the long-term trend for Verizon Communications's payments to acquire other productive assets?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Verizon Communications's payments to acquire other productive assets has grown at a -4.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $20.29B to $17.01B.
- What does payments to acquire other productive assets mean?
- Cash spent on acquiring non-standard productive assets needed for operations.