Investing
Investment Purchases
Year-over-year, this metric grew by 66.7%, from $9.00M to $15.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -11.9% 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
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 | $8.46M | $9.93M | $8.61M | $779.00K | $0.00 | $3.30M | $10.72M | $1.06M | $922.00K | $1.00M | $0.00 | $11.00M | $21.00M | $12.00M | $4.00M | $9.00M | $7.00M | $0.00 | $0.00 | $15.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +17.3% | -13.2% | -91.0% | -100.0% | — | +225.3% | -90.1% | -12.9% | +8.5% | -100.0% | — | +90.9% | -42.9% | -66.7% | +125.0% | -22.2% | -100.0% | — | — |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -100.0% | -66.8% | +24.5% | +35.9% | — | -69.7% | -100.0% | +938.7% | >999% | >999% | — | -18.2% | -66.7% | -100.0% | -100.0% | +66.7% |
Range$0.00 – $21.00M
CAGR+12.8%
Avg YoY Growth+265.9%
Median YoY Growth-42.4%
Investment Purchases at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Sysco's investment purchases?
- Sysco (SYY) reported investment purchases of $15.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Sysco's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Sysco's investment purchases increased by 66.7% year-over-year, from $9.00M to $15.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Sysco's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Sysco's investment purchases has grown at a -11.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $53.15M to $32.00M.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.