Investing
Investment Purchases
Boeing Investment Purchases decreased by 40.6% to $9.27B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 5.3%, from $8.80B to $9.27B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows an upward trend with a 9.8% 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 | $10.42B | $7.79B | $7.81B | $1.73B | $739.00M | $302.00M | $2.28B | $3.56B | $5.94B | $4.99B | $1.96B | $243.00M | $1.37B | $134.00M | $12.11B | $8.80B | $12.78B | $14.76B | $15.60B | $9.27B |
| QoQ Change | — | -25.2% | +0.2% | -77.8% | -57.3% | -59.1% | +654.3% | +56.3% | +66.7% | -15.9% | -60.7% | -87.6% | +465.4% | -90.2% | >999% | -27.3% | +45.3% | +15.4% | +5.7% | -40.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -92.9% | -96.1% | -70.8% | +105.6% | +703.1% | >999% | -13.8% | -93.2% | -76.8% | -97.3% | +516.7% | >999% | +830.4% | >999% | +28.9% | +5.3% |
Range$134.00M – $15.60B
CAGR-2.4%
Avg YoY Growth>999%
Median YoY Growth+17.1%
Investment Purchases at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Boeing's investment purchases?
- Boeing (BA) reported investment purchases of $9.27B in Q1 2026.
- How has Boeing's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Boeing's investment purchases increased by 5.3% year-over-year, from $8.80B to $9.27B.
- What is the long-term trend for Boeing's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Boeing's investment purchases has grown at a 9.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $35.71B to $51.94B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.