PayPal Holdings, Inc. Investment Purchases increased by 33.2% to $5.92B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 0.8%, from $5.97B to $5.92B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -15.6% CAGR.
An increase indicates a surplus of cash being deployed into financial markets rather than core operations; a decrease may suggest a need for liquidity.
The total cash outflow for the acquisition of debt and equity securities, including marketable securities and other fina...
Large-cap technology firms often show high outflows here as they manage massive cash reserves across global portfolios.
purchases_of_investments| 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 | $9.27B | $10.67B | $9.21B | $5.05B | $5.05B | $5.05B | $5.05B | $5.50B | $5.50B | $5.50B | $5.50B | $7.08B | $8.92B | $4.82B | $5.39B | $5.97B | $5.59B | $4.39B | $4.45B | $5.92B |
| QoQ Change | — | +15.1% | -13.6% | -45.1% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +8.7% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +28.9% | +26.0% | -46.0% | +11.9% | +10.8% | -6.3% | -21.6% | +1.4% | +33.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -45.4% | -52.6% | -45.1% | +8.7% | +8.7% | +8.7% | +8.7% | +28.9% | +62.4% | -12.4% | -1.9% | -15.7% | -37.3% | -8.9% | -17.5% | -0.8% |