Investing
Investment Purchases
Roblox Investment Purchases increased by 47.7% to $2.02B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 72.4%, from $1.17B to $2.02B.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionInvesting
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2013
Last reportedQ1 2026
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 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $2.34B | $702.56M | $761.15M | $788.06M | $1.03B | $834.03M | $1.61B | $1.17B | $1.17B | $1.44B | $1.46B | $1.37B | $2.02B |
| QoQ Change | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -70.0% | +8.3% | +3.5% | +31.0% | -19.2% | +92.7% | -27.3% | +0.1% | +23.1% | +1.4% | -6.5% | +47.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -55.9% | +18.7% | +111.2% | +48.3% | +13.3% | +72.8% | -9.1% | +16.9% | +72.4% |
Range$0.00 – $2.34B
Avg YoY Growth+32.1%
Median YoY Growth+18.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Roblox's investment purchases?
- Roblox (RBLX) reported investment purchases of $2.02B in Q1 2026.
- How has Roblox's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Roblox's investment purchases increased by 72.4% year-over-year, from $1.17B to $2.02B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.