Investing
Investment Purchases
Aflac Investment Purchases increased by 181.7% to $2.77B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 58.2%, from $6.62B to $2.77B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows an upward trend with a 19.2% 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:
cf_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 | $890.00M | $822.00M | $1.63B | $707.00M | $1.69B | $566.00M | $553.00M | $1.09B | $727.00M | $542.00M | $442.00M | $2.13B | $1.23B | $1.23B | $953.00M | $6.62B | $2.79B | $1.35B | $982.00M | $2.77B |
| QoQ Change | — | -7.6% | +97.8% | -56.5% | +138.8% | -66.5% | -2.3% | +97.1% | -33.3% | -25.4% | -18.5% | +381.2% | -42.2% | +0.2% | -22.6% | +595.1% | -57.9% | -51.6% | -27.2% | +181.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +89.7% | -31.1% | -66.0% | +54.2% | -56.9% | -4.2% | -20.1% | +95.1% | +69.2% | +127.3% | +115.6% | +211.4% | +126.7% | +9.4% | +3.0% | -58.2% |
Range$442.00M – $6.62B
CAGR+27.0%
Avg YoY Growth+41.6%
Median YoY Growth+31.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Aflac's investment purchases?
- Aflac (AFL) reported investment purchases of $2.77B in Q1 2026.
- How has Aflac's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Aflac's investment purchases decreased by 58.2% year-over-year, from $6.62B to $2.77B.
- What is the long-term trend for Aflac's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Aflac's investment purchases has grown at a 19.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $5.81B to $11.74B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.