Investing
Investment Purchases
Norfolk Southern Investment Purchases decreased by 50.0% to $3.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 99.5%, from $609.00M to $3.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows an upward trend with a 180.7% 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 | $5.00M | $0.00 | $5.00M | $1.00M | $6.00M | $1.00M | $4.00M | $0.00 | $6.00M | $114.00M | $4.00M | $1.00M | $205.00M | $112.00M | $1.00M | $609.00M | $4.00M | $2.00M | $6.00M | $3.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -100.0% | — | -80.0% | +500.0% | -83.3% | +300.0% | -100.0% | — | >999% | -96.5% | -75.0% | >999% | -45.4% | -99.1% | >999% | -99.3% | -50.0% | +200.0% | -50.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +20.0% | — | -20.0% | -100.0% | +0.0% | >999% | +0.0% | — | >999% | -1.8% | -75.0% | >999% | -98.0% | -98.2% | +500.0% | -99.5% |
Range$0.00 – $609.00M
CAGR-10.2%
Avg YoY Growth>999%
Median YoY Growth-0.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Norfolk Southern's investment purchases?
- Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported investment purchases of $3.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Norfolk Southern's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Norfolk Southern's investment purchases decreased by 99.5% year-over-year, from $609.00M to $3.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Norfolk Southern's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Norfolk Southern's investment purchases has grown at a 180.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $10.00M to $621.00M.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.