Investing
Investment Purchases
3M Investment Purchases decreased by 66.7% to $155.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 0.6%, from $156.00M to $155.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -12.3% 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:
cf_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 | $760.00M | $622.00M | $392.00M | $125.00M | $393.00M | $322.00M | $410.00M | $364.00M | $411.00M | $368.00M | $323.00M | $399.00M | $544.00M | $1.28B | $1.93B | $156.00M | $263.00M | $420.00M | $466.00M | $155.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -18.2% | -37.0% | -68.1% | +214.4% | -18.1% | +27.3% | -11.2% | +12.9% | -10.5% | -12.2% | +23.5% | +36.3% | +134.7% | +51.4% | -91.9% | +68.6% | +59.7% | +11.0% | -66.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -48.3% | -48.2% | +4.6% | +191.2% | +4.6% | +14.3% | -21.2% | +9.6% | +32.4% | +247.0% | +498.5% | -60.9% | -51.7% | -67.1% | -75.9% | -0.6% |
Range$125.00M – $1.93B
CAGR-28.4%
Avg YoY Growth+39.3%
Median YoY Growth+2.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is 3M's investment purchases?
- 3M (MMM) reported investment purchases of $155.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has 3M's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- 3M's investment purchases decreased by 0.6% year-over-year, from $156.00M to $155.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for 3M's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), 3M's investment purchases has grown at a -12.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.20B to $1.31B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.