Moody's Investment Purchases increased by 26.7% to $38.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 7.3%, from $41.00M to $38.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -19.0% 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 | $44.00M | $28.00M | $300.00M | $46.00M | $136.00M | $62.00M | $76.00M | $45.00M | $10.00M | $53.00M | $35.00M | $50.00M | $37.00M | $536.00M | $28.00M | $41.00M | $77.00M | $40.00M | $30.00M | $38.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -36.4% | +971.4% | -84.7% | +195.7% | -54.4% | +22.6% | -40.8% | -77.8% | +430.0% | -34.0% | +42.9% | -26.0% | >999% | -94.8% | +46.4% | +87.8% | -48.1% | -25.0% | +26.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +209.1% | +121.4% | -74.7% | -2.2% | -92.6% | -14.5% | -53.9% | +11.1% | +270.0% | +911.3% | -20.0% | -18.0% | +108.1% | -92.5% | +7.1% | -7.3% |