Investing
Investment Purchases
Alphabet Inc. Investment Purchases increased by 140.4% to $2.40B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 33.6%, from $1.80B to $2.40B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows an upward trend with a 19.1% 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
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 | $766.00M | $656.00M | $770.00M | $776.00M | $488.00M | $364.00M | $903.00M | $626.00M | $887.00M | $663.00M | $851.00M | $1.21B | $993.00M | $1.04B | $1.80B | $958.00M | $1.35B | $1.00B | $2.40B |
| QoQ Change | — | -14.4% | +17.4% | +0.8% | -37.1% | -25.4% | +148.1% | -30.7% | +41.7% | -25.3% | +28.4% | +41.7% | -17.7% | +4.2% | +73.9% | -46.8% | +41.3% | -26.1% | +140.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -36.3% | -44.5% | +17.3% | -19.3% | +81.8% | +82.1% | -5.8% | +92.7% | +12.0% | +56.1% | +111.5% | -20.6% | +36.4% | -3.4% | +33.6% |
Range$364.00M – $2.40B
CAGR+28.9%
Avg YoY Growth+26.2%
Median YoY Growth+17.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Alphabet Inc.'s investment purchases?
- Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) reported investment purchases of $2.40B in Q4 2025.
- How has Alphabet Inc.'s investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Alphabet Inc.'s investment purchases increased by 33.6% year-over-year, from $1.80B to $2.40B.
- What is the long-term trend for Alphabet Inc.'s investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Alphabet Inc.'s investment purchases has grown at a 19.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.84B to $5.72B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.