Astrazeneca (AZN) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2025)
Astrazeneca (AZN) posted Short-term Investments of $76 million for Q2 2026, down 20.0% from $95 million a year earlier but up 171.4% from the prior quarter.
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Astrazeneca (AZN) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Astrazeneca's Short-term Investments came in at $90 million, up 66.7% from FY2024.
- Annual Short-term Investments shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -8.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Astrazeneca's Short-term Investments was $54 million in FY2024 (-53.4%), $116 million in FY2023 (+33.3%), $87 million in FY2022 (+4.8%) and $83 million in FY2021 (-41.5%).
- Quarterly Short-term Investments has run from a low of $11 million in Q1 2024 to a high of $116 million in Q4 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Short-term Investments increased in three of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 49.4%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Short-term Investments in the past five years was Q1 2025, with growth of 309.1%; the weakest was Q3 2024, with a decline of 83.5%.
- According to Business Quant data, Short-term Investments for the three prior quarters was $28 million (Q1 2026), $90 million (Q4 2025) and $12 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly | 1,109.58 Bn | 1,078.16 Bn | 19.71 Bn |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 630.16 Bn | 548.69 Bn | 17.26 Bn |
| 3 | AbbVie | 488.57 Bn | 461.73 Bn | 12.70 Bn |
| 4 | Merck | 359.15 Bn | 313.58 Bn | 12.21 Bn |
| 5 | Novartis Ag | 274.32 Bn | 238.71 Bn | 11.24 Bn |
| 6 | Astrazeneca | 246.73 Bn | 220.50 Bn | 12.86 Bn |
| 7 | Amgen | 224.28 Bn | 179.68 Bn | 7.24 Bn |
| 8 | Gilead Sciences | 187.60 Bn | 161.71 Bn | 6.22 Bn |
| 9 | Pfizer | 161.13 Bn | 108.08 Bn | 10.94 Bn |
| 10 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 129.23 Bn | 101.23 Bn | 2.84 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2025 | 165.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 166.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 180.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 122.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 244.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 230.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 239.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 440.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 61.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 69.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 82.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -40.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 34.90 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 374.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 442.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 804.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 64.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 909.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 875.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 876.00 Mn |
API Access
Astrazeneca Short-term Investments API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=AZN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-investments", "ticker": "AZN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=AZN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();