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Payments to acquire available-for-sale debt securities
Morgan Stanley Payments to acquire available-for-sale debt securities decreased by 22.5% to $7.81B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 2.6%, from $7.61B to $7.81B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Payments to acquire available-for-sale debt securities shows a downward trend with a -3.7% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementIncome Statement
SectionOther
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2015
Last reportedQ3 2025
How to read this metric
An increase indicates the company is actively managing its cash reserves by investing in liquid assets, while a decrease may suggest a shift toward other uses of capital.
Detailed definition
This metric tracks the cash outflow used to purchase available-for-sale debt securities as part of the company's treasur...
Peer comparison
Standard treasury management metric; common for cash-rich biotech firms managing large balance sheets.
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is_jpm_payments_to_acquire_afs_securitiesHistorical 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 | $10.62B | $10.62B | $10.62B | $14.13B | $4.50B | $4.01B | $1.97B | $3.48B | $2.94B | $3.11B | $13.56B | $9.02B | $9.35B | $9.35B | $7.61B | $6.56B | $12.13B | $10.08B | $7.81B |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +33.0% | -68.2% | -10.8% | -51.0% | +76.8% | -15.5% | +5.8% | +336.0% | -33.5% | +3.7% | +0.0% | -18.6% | -13.8% | +84.8% | -16.9% | -22.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -57.6% | -62.2% | -81.5% | -75.4% | -34.7% | -22.5% | +589.5% | +159.5% | +218.2% | +200.7% | -43.9% | -27.2% | +29.7% | +7.8% | +2.6% |
Range$1.97B – $14.13B
CAGR-6.6%
Avg YoY Growth+53.5%
Median YoY Growth-22.5%
Current Streak2 quarters decline
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Morgan Stanley's payments to acquire available-for-sale debt securities?
- Morgan Stanley (MS) reported payments to acquire available-for-sale debt securities of $7.81B in Q4 2025.
- How has Morgan Stanley's payments to acquire available-for-sale debt securities changed year-over-year?
- Morgan Stanley's payments to acquire available-for-sale debt securities increased by 2.6% year-over-year, from $7.61B to $7.81B.
- What is the long-term trend for Morgan Stanley's payments to acquire available-for-sale debt securities?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Morgan Stanley's payments to acquire available-for-sale debt securities has grown at a -3.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $42.47B to $36.58B.
- What does payments to acquire available-for-sale debt securities mean?
- Cash spent to buy investment-grade debt securities.