Investing
Investment Purchases
Elevance Health Investment Purchases increased by 71.5% to $4.74B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 19.5%, from $3.96B to $4.74B. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -7.0% 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 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $4.24B | $3.91B | $3.54B | $5.05B | $8.20B | $6.36B | $5.33B | $7.44B | $10.21B | $6.69B | $6.10B | $3.93B | $4.67B | $3.28B | $3.96B | $4.14B | $4.16B | $2.76B | $4.74B |
| QoQ Change | — | -7.9% | -9.5% | +42.7% | +62.4% | -22.5% | -16.1% | +39.5% | +37.1% | -34.5% | -8.8% | -35.6% | +18.8% | -29.8% | +20.9% | +4.4% | +0.6% | -33.7% | +71.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +93.3% | +62.7% | +50.7% | +47.4% | +24.4% | +5.2% | -18.0% | -61.5% | -30.2% | — | -35.0% | +5.2% | -10.9% | -15.8% | +19.5% |
Range$2.76B – $10.21B
CAGR+2.5%
Avg YoY Growth+9.8%
Median YoY Growth+5.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Elevance Health's investment purchases?
- Elevance Health (ELV) reported investment purchases of $4.74B in Q1 2026.
- How has Elevance Health's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Elevance Health's investment purchases increased by 19.5% year-over-year, from $3.96B to $4.74B.
- What is the long-term trend for Elevance Health's investment purchases?
- Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Elevance Health's investment purchases has grown at a -7.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $18.67B to $15.03B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.