Block Investment Purchases decreased by 65.8% to $75.20M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 53.6%, from $162.19M to $75.20M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -28.7% CAGR.
An increase indicates a surplus of cash being deployed into financial markets rather than core operations; a decrease may suggest a need for liquidity.
The total cash outflow for the acquisition of debt and equity securities, including marketable securities and other fina...
Large-cap technology firms often show high outflows here as they manage massive cash reserves across global portfolios.
purchases_of_investments| 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 | $1.08B | $860.96M | $371.11M | $209.98M | $173.39M | $138.32M | $234.01M | $56.76M | $366.99M | $511.15M | $191.71M | $184.05M | $573.29M | $278.14M | $162.33M | $162.19M | $119.96M | $198.94M | $219.69M | $75.20M |
| QoQ Change | — | -20.4% | -56.9% | -43.4% | -17.4% | -20.2% | +69.2% | -75.7% | +546.6% | +39.3% | -62.5% | -4.0% | +211.5% | -51.5% | -41.6% | -0.1% | -26.0% | +65.8% | +10.4% | -65.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -84.0% | -83.9% | -36.9% | -73.0% | +111.7% | +269.5% | -18.1% | +224.3% | +56.2% | -45.6% | -15.3% | -11.9% | -79.1% | -28.5% | +35.3% | -53.6% |