Investing
Investment Purchases
Visa Investment Purchases increased by 58.8% to $27.00M in Q3 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 87.3%, from $212.00M to $27.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows relatively stable performance with a -1.1% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionInvesting
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2020
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:
purchases_of_investmentsHistorical Data
18 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $20.00M | $21.00M | $37.00M | $18.00M | $13.00M | $18.00M | $20.00M | $50.00M | $11.00M | $40.00M | $11.00M | $3.00M | $5.00M | $212.00M | $6.00M | $18.00M | $17.00M | $27.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +5.0% | +76.2% | -51.4% | -27.8% | +38.5% | +11.1% | +150.0% | -78.0% | +263.6% | -72.5% | -72.7% | +66.7% | >999% | -97.2% | +200.0% | -5.6% | +58.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -35.0% | -14.3% | -45.9% | +177.8% | -15.4% | +122.2% | -45.0% | -94.0% | -54.5% | +430.0% | -45.5% | +500.0% | +240.0% | -87.3% |
Range$3.00M – $212.00M
CAGR+7.3%
Avg YoY Growth+73.8%
Median YoY Growth-25.2%
Investment Purchases at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Visa's investment purchases?
- Visa (V) reported investment purchases of $27.00M in Q3 2025.
- How has Visa's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Visa's investment purchases decreased by 87.3% year-over-year, from $212.00M to $27.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Visa's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Visa's investment purchases has grown at a -1.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $71.00M to $68.00M.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.