Investing
Investment Purchases
Capital One Financial Investment Purchases decreased by 6.4% to $5.58B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 1.3%, from $5.51B to $5.58B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -10.2% 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.
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cf_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 | $10.30B | $3.77B | $5.93B | $3.83B | $3.87B | $3.92B | $3.24B | $5.84B | $104.00M | $1.39B | $3.11B | $2.73B | $4.13B | $4.82B | $5.51B | $2.84B | $3.79B | $5.96B | $5.58B |
| QoQ Change | — | -63.5% | +57.5% | -35.5% | +1.1% | +1.2% | -17.4% | +80.6% | -98.2% | >999% | +124.4% | -12.2% | +51.1% | +16.7% | +14.3% | -48.4% | +33.4% | +57.3% | -6.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -62.4% | +4.0% | -45.5% | +52.6% | -97.3% | -64.6% | -3.8% | -53.2% | >999% | +247.4% | +76.9% | +3.9% | -8.2% | +23.7% | +1.3% |
Range$104.00M – $10.30B
CAGR-12.8%
Avg YoY Growth+262.9%
Median YoY Growth+1.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Capital One Financial's investment purchases?
- Capital One Financial (COF) reported investment purchases of $5.58B in Q4 2025.
- How has Capital One Financial's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Capital One Financial's investment purchases increased by 1.3% year-over-year, from $5.51B to $5.58B.
- What is the long-term trend for Capital One Financial's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Capital One Financial's investment purchases has grown at a -10.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $27.88B to $18.16B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.