Investing
Investment Purchases
Medtronic Investment Purchases increased by 12.9% to $2.37B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 14.3%, from $2.07B to $2.37B. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -5.9% 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 | $2.65B | $2.66B | $2.61B | $1.96B | $1.88B | $1.86B | $1.73B | $2.04B | $1.92B | $1.49B | $2.02B | $2.33B | $1.88B | $2.14B | $2.07B | $2.13B | $2.10B | $2.10B | $2.37B |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.1% | -1.8% | -24.7% | -4.0% | -1.3% | -7.0% | +18.1% | -6.2% | -22.4% | +35.8% | +15.2% | -19.2% | +13.9% | -3.1% | +2.8% | -1.5% | +0.0% | +12.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -29.0% | -30.0% | -33.7% | +4.0% | +1.7% | -20.0% | +16.8% | +13.9% | -1.9% | +43.9% | +2.7% | -8.3% | +11.8% | -1.8% | +14.3% |
Range$1.49B – $2.66B
CAGR-2.5%
Avg YoY Growth-1.0%
Median YoY Growth+1.7%
Current Streak2 quarters growth
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Medtronic's investment purchases?
- Medtronic (MDT) reported investment purchases of $2.37B in Q4 2025.
- How has Medtronic's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Medtronic's investment purchases increased by 14.3% year-over-year, from $2.07B to $2.37B.
- What is the long-term trend for Medtronic's investment purchases?
- Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Medtronic's investment purchases has grown at a -5.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $9.88B to $8.23B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.