Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Investment Purchases decreased by 89.5% to $4.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 60.0%, from $10.00M to $4.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows relatively stable performance with a -2.5% 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 | $3.00M | $9.00M | $103.00M | $1.25M | $1.25M | $1.25M | $1.25M | $6.50M | $6.50M | $6.50M | $6.50M | $1.00M | $3.00M | $24.00M | $12.00M | $10.00M | $28.00M | $29.00M | $38.00M | $4.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +200.0% | >999% | -98.8% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +420.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -84.6% | +200.0% | +700.0% | -50.0% | -16.7% | +180.0% | +3.6% | +31.0% | -89.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -58.3% | -86.1% | -98.8% | +420.0% | +420.0% | +420.0% | +420.0% | -84.6% | -53.8% | +269.2% | +84.6% | +900.0% | +833.3% | +20.8% | +216.7% | -60.0% |