The Hartford Financial Services Group Investment Purchases decreased by 23.4% to $2.67B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 15.7%, from $3.17B to $2.67B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -12.5% CAGR.
An increase indicates a surplus of cash being deployed into financial markets rather than core operations; a decrease may suggest a need for liquidity.
The total cash outflow for the acquisition of debt and equity securities, including marketable securities and other fina...
Large-cap technology firms often show high outflows here as they manage massive cash reserves across global portfolios.
purchases_of_investments| 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 | $5.67B | $5.18B | $5.86B | $5.51B | $4.13B | $2.84B | $1.78B | $2.77B | $1.67B | $2.48B | $2.19B | $2.75B | $3.75B | $3.46B | $4.06B | $3.17B | $2.92B | $3.19B | $3.49B | $2.67B |
| QoQ Change | — | -8.6% | +13.0% | -5.8% | -25.1% | -31.3% | -37.4% | +55.9% | -39.5% | +48.1% | -11.9% | +25.9% | +36.1% | -7.5% | +17.2% | -21.9% | -7.9% | +9.1% | +9.6% | -23.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -27.1% | -45.3% | -69.7% | -49.8% | -59.5% | -12.6% | +23.1% | -0.5% | +123.8% | +39.7% | +85.9% | +15.2% | -22.1% | -8.0% | -14.0% | -15.7% |