Investing
Investment Purchases
Salesforce Investment Purchases decreased by 47.3% to $193.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 89.5%, from $1.84B to $193.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2022 to FY 2026), Investment Purchases shows relatively stable performance with a 0.2% 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.
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 | $1.81B | $507.00M | $2.19B | $1.17B | $2.57B | $1.15B | $408.00M | $645.00M | $368.00M | $1.80B | $661.00M | $934.00M | $3.25B | $550.00M | $1.24B | $1.84B | $2.09B | $1.12B | $366.00M | $193.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -72.0% | +332.5% | -46.9% | +120.8% | -55.2% | -64.6% | +58.1% | -42.9% | +388.6% | -63.2% | +41.3% | +248.2% | -83.1% | +125.3% | +48.3% | +13.5% | -46.4% | -67.3% | -47.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +42.2% | +127.2% | -81.4% | -44.6% | -85.7% | +56.1% | +62.0% | +44.8% | +783.7% | -69.4% | +87.4% | +96.8% | -35.9% | +103.3% | -70.5% | -89.5% |
Range$193.00M – $3.25B
CAGR-37.6%
Avg YoY Growth+57.9%
Median YoY Growth+43.5%
Current Streak3 quarters decline
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Salesforce's investment purchases?
- Salesforce (CRM) reported investment purchases of $193.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Salesforce's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Salesforce's investment purchases decreased by 89.5% year-over-year, from $1.84B to $193.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Salesforce's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2022 to 2026), Salesforce's investment purchases has grown at a 0.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $5.37B to $5.41B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.