Investing
Investment Purchases
Year-over-year, this metric declined by 100.0%, from $39.46M to $0.00. Over 2 years (FY 2023 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -81.4% CAGR.
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
14 periods
| Q2 '22 | Q3 '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 | $351.51M | $283.19M | $356.78M | $165.05M | $170.89M | $452.78M | $205.87M | $63.18M | $430.83M | $39.46M | $10.00M | $29.57M | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| QoQ Change | — | -19.4% | +26.0% | -53.7% | +3.5% | +165.0% | -54.5% | -69.3% | +581.9% | -90.8% | -74.7% | +195.7% | -100.0% | — |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | -53.0% | -39.7% | — | -42.3% | -61.7% | +152.1% | -91.3% | -95.1% | -53.2% | -100.0% | -100.0% |
Range$0.00 – $452.78M
CAGR-100.0%
Avg YoY Growth-48.4%
Median YoY Growth-57.5%
Current Streak2 quarters decline
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Steel Dynamics's investment purchases?
- Steel Dynamics (STLD) reported investment purchases of $0.00 in Q4 2025.
- How has Steel Dynamics's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Steel Dynamics's investment purchases decreased by 100.0% year-over-year, from $39.46M to $0.00.
- What is the long-term trend for Steel Dynamics's investment purchases?
- Over 2 years (2023 to 2025), Steel Dynamics's investment purchases has grown at a -81.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.15B to $39.57M.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.