Investing
Investment Purchases
Mastercard Investment Purchases decreased by 41.4% to $68.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 42.9%, from $119.00M to $68.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows an upward trend with a 6.5% 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
20 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 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $106.00M | $65.00M | $63.00M | $58.00M | $66.00M | $68.00M | $75.00M | $50.00M | $107.00M | $87.00M | $56.00M | $95.00M | $124.00M | $195.00M | $94.00M | $119.00M | $128.00M | $138.00M | $116.00M | $68.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -38.7% | -3.1% | -7.9% | +13.8% | +3.0% | +10.3% | -33.3% | +114.0% | -18.7% | -35.6% | +69.6% | +30.5% | +57.3% | -51.8% | +26.6% | +7.6% | +7.8% | -15.9% | -41.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -37.7% | +4.6% | +19.0% | -13.8% | +62.1% | +27.9% | -25.3% | +90.0% | +15.9% | +124.1% | +67.9% | +25.3% | +3.2% | -29.2% | +23.4% | -42.9% |
Range$50.00M – $195.00M
CAGR-8.9%
Avg YoY Growth+19.7%
Median YoY Growth+17.5%
Current Streak2 quarters decline
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Mastercard's investment purchases?
- Mastercard (MA) reported investment purchases of $68.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Mastercard's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Mastercard's investment purchases decreased by 42.9% year-over-year, from $119.00M to $68.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Mastercard's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mastercard's investment purchases has grown at a 6.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $389.00M to $501.00M.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.