Investing
Investment Purchases
Danaher Investment Purchases increased by 65.5% to $48.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 66.4%, from $143.00M to $48.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -39.3% 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 | $132.00M | $232.00M | $150.00M | $274.00M | $54.00M | $26.00M | $169.00M | $43.00M | $101.00M | $8.00M | $20.00M | $53.00M | $74.00M | $61.00M | $143.00M | $18.00M | $32.00M | $29.00M | $48.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +75.8% | -35.3% | +82.7% | -80.3% | -51.9% | +550.0% | -74.6% | +134.9% | -92.1% | +150.0% | +165.0% | +39.6% | -17.6% | +134.4% | -87.4% | +77.8% | -9.4% | +65.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -59.1% | -88.8% | +12.7% | -84.3% | +87.0% | -69.2% | -88.2% | +23.3% | -26.7% | +662.5% | +615.0% | -66.0% | -56.8% | -52.5% | -66.4% |
Range$8.00M – $274.00M
CAGR-20.1%
Avg YoY Growth+49.5%
Median YoY Growth-56.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Danaher's investment purchases?
- Danaher (DHR) reported investment purchases of $48.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Danaher's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Danaher's investment purchases decreased by 66.4% year-over-year, from $143.00M to $48.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Danaher's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Danaher's investment purchases has grown at a -39.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $934.00M to $127.00M.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.