Citizens Financial Group Investment Purchases decreased by 35.8% to $2.52B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 6.4%, from $2.37B to $2.52B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -6.5% CAGR.
An increase may indicate a strategy to earn interest on excess cash, while a decrease may suggest a need for cash for operations or debt repayment.
This metric captures the cash outflow for the purchase of marketable securities, such as stocks, bonds, or other financi...
Standard for large-cap companies with significant cash reserves; peers manage these portfolios to balance liquidity needs with yield generation.
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 | $2.16B | $2.26B | $3.74B | $2.66B | $5.98B | $1.13B | $1.00B | $1.22B | $1.98B | $2.37B | $4.51B | $3.06B | $1.43B | $2.01B | $3.26B | $2.37B | $1.76B | $1.42B | $3.92B | $2.52B |
| QoQ Change | — | +4.6% | +65.6% | -28.9% | +125.2% | -81.0% | -11.5% | +21.8% | +62.1% | +19.5% | +90.3% | -32.2% | -53.2% | +40.6% | +62.1% | -27.4% | -25.6% | -19.3% | +175.9% | -35.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +177.3% | -49.7% | -73.1% | -54.0% | -66.9% | +109.0% | +349.3% | +150.0% | -27.9% | -15.2% | -27.8% | -22.6% | +23.1% | -29.4% | +20.3% | +6.4% |