Investing
Investment Purchases
Applied Materials Investment Purchases increased by 35.1% to $1.28B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 25.4%, from $1.71B to $1.28B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows an upward trend with a 45.0% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionInvesting
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ4 2013
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 | $281.00M | $457.00M | $828.00M | $312.00M | $524.00M | $339.00M | $317.00M | $406.00M | $324.00M | $465.00M | $477.00M | $749.00M | $474.00M | $745.00M | $1.62B | $1.71B | $1.22B | $2.18B | $945.00M | $1.28B |
| QoQ Change | — | +62.6% | +81.2% | -62.3% | +67.9% | -35.3% | -6.5% | +28.1% | -20.2% | +43.5% | +2.6% | +57.0% | -36.7% | +57.2% | +117.4% | +5.6% | -28.6% | +78.1% | -56.6% | +35.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +86.5% | -25.8% | -61.7% | +30.1% | -38.2% | +37.2% | +50.5% | +84.5% | +46.3% | +60.2% | +239.6% | +128.4% | +157.8% | +192.1% | -41.7% | -25.4% |
Range$281.00M – $2.18B
CAGR+37.5%
Avg YoY Growth+57.5%
Median YoY Growth+48.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Applied Materials's investment purchases?
- Applied Materials (AMAT) reported investment purchases of $1.28B in Q1 2026.
- How has Applied Materials's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Applied Materials's investment purchases decreased by 25.4% year-over-year, from $1.71B to $1.28B.
- What is the long-term trend for Applied Materials's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Applied Materials's investment purchases has grown at a 45.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.52B to $6.73B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.