Investing
Investment Purchases
Oracle Investment Purchases increased by 531.3% to $1.03B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 409.4%, from $202.00M to $1.03B. Over 4 years (FY 2022 to FY 2026), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -44.0% 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
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 | $11.21B | $7.67B | $1.96B | $503.00M | $138.00M | $57.00M | $546.00M | $318.00M | $260.00M | $333.00M | $182.00M | $159.00M | $329.00M | $477.00M | $159.00M | $202.00M | $434.00M | $471.00M | $163.00M | $1.03B |
| QoQ Change | — | -31.6% | -74.4% | -74.3% | -72.6% | -58.7% | +857.9% | -41.8% | -18.2% | +28.1% | -45.3% | -12.6% | +106.9% | +45.0% | -66.7% | +27.0% | +114.9% | +8.5% | -65.4% | +531.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -98.8% | -99.3% | -72.1% | -36.8% | +88.4% | +484.2% | -66.7% | -50.0% | +26.5% | +43.2% | -12.6% | +27.0% | +31.9% | -1.3% | +2.5% | +409.4% |
Range$57.00M – $11.21B
CAGR-39.5%
Avg YoY Growth+42.2%
Median YoY Growth+0.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Oracle's investment purchases?
- Oracle (ORCL) reported investment purchases of $1.03B in Q1 2026.
- How has Oracle's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Oracle's investment purchases increased by 409.4% year-over-year, from $202.00M to $1.03B.
- What is the long-term trend for Oracle's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2022 to 2026), Oracle's investment purchases has grown at a -44.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $21.34B to $2.10B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.