Investing
Investment Purchases
Citigroup Investment Purchases decreased by 2.6% to $67.21B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 3.6%, from $69.69B to $67.21B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -6.4% 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:
purchases_of_investmentsHistorical Data
19 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $90.38B | $76.31B | $81.28B | $66.12B | $57.41B | $53.78B | $41.44B | $52.71B | $61.57B | $56.88B | $63.99B | $70.49B | $58.91B | $51.84B | $69.69B | $73.93B | $66.12B | $68.98B | $67.21B |
| QoQ Change | — | -15.6% | +6.5% | -18.7% | -13.2% | -6.3% | -22.9% | +27.2% | +16.8% | -7.6% | +12.5% | +10.2% | -16.4% | -12.0% | +34.4% | +6.1% | -10.6% | +4.3% | -2.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -36.5% | -29.5% | -49.0% | -20.3% | +7.2% | +5.8% | +54.4% | +33.7% | -4.3% | -8.8% | +8.9% | +4.9% | +12.2% | +33.1% | -3.6% |
Range$41.44B – $90.38B
CAGR-6.4%
Avg YoY Growth+0.5%
Median YoY Growth+4.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Citigroup's investment purchases?
- Citigroup (C) reported investment purchases of $67.21B in Q4 2025.
- How has Citigroup's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Citigroup's investment purchases decreased by 3.6% year-over-year, from $69.69B to $67.21B.
- What is the long-term trend for Citigroup's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Citigroup's investment purchases has grown at a -6.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $359.16B to $276.24B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.