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Metrics guide›Financial statement lines

Purchases of marketable securities

Cash paid to acquire marketable securities, retained as a positive payment amount.

Worked example · a round-number company

Purchases of marketable securities$1.0B÷Revenue$5.0B=Share of revenue20.0%This period$1.0B÷A year before$800M− 1 =Change+25.0%

How to read it

↕Neither higher nor lower is better. Shows how much cash was invested in marketable securities.

Keep in mind

  • Excludes investments outside this reported category. Positive values are outflows, not cash generated.