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Fair value336.03Plus-4%235Price 321.03461
Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 4.30Revenue estimate 20.81B
Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 4.30Revenue estimate 20.81B
American Express Company cash flow statement 1989–2026What is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities.
American Express Company's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 13.91B USD: operating cash flow of 17.63B USD less 3.72B USD of capital spending. That is 17.9% of its revenue and 20.41 a share.
Operating cash flow Free cash flow
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| Fiscal year | TTM 30 Sept 2026 | FY2025 31 Dec 2025 | FY2024 31 Dec 2024 | FY2023 31 Dec 2023 | FY2022 31 Dec 2022 | FY2021 31 Dec 2021 | FY2020 31 Dec 2020 | FY2019 31 Dec 2019 | FY2018 31 Dec 2018 | FY2017 31 Dec 2017 | FY2016 31 Dec 2016 | FY2015 31 Dec 2015 | FY2014 31 Dec 2014 | FY2013 31 Dec 2013 | FY2012 31 Dec 2012 | FY2011 31 Dec 2011 | FY2010 31 Dec 2010 | FY2009 31 Dec 2009 | FY2008 31 Dec 2008 | FY2007 31 Dec 2007 | FY2006 31 Dec 2006 | FY2005 31 Dec 2005 | FY2004 31 Dec 2004 | FY2003 31 Dec 2003 | FY2002 31 Dec 2002 | FY2001 31 Dec 2001 | FY2000 31 Dec 2000 | FY1999 31 Dec 1999 | FY1998 31 Dec 1998 | FY1997 31 Dec 1997 | FY1996 31 Dec 1996 | FY1995 31 Dec 1995 | FY1994 31 Dec 1994 | FY1993 31 Dec 1993 | FY1992 31 Dec 1992 | FY1991 31 Dec 1991 | FY1990 31 Dec 1990 | FY1989 31 Dec 1989 |
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Net income | 12.26B | 10.83B | 10.13B | 8.37B | 7.51B | 8.06B | 3.14B | 6.76B | 6.92B | 2.74B | 5.41B | 5.16B | 5.89B | 5.36B | 4.48B | 4.90B | 4.06B | 2.14B | 2.87B | 4.05B | 3.73B | 3.73B | 3.45B | 2.99B | 2.67B | 1.31B | 2.81B | 2.48B | 2.14B | 1.99B | 1.90B | 1.56B | 1.38B | 1.61B | 436.00M | 789.00M | 338.00M | 1.16B |
Depreciation and amortization | 1.91B | 1.78B | 1.68B | 1.65B | 1.63B | 1.70B | 1.54B | 1.19B | 1.29B | 1.32B | 1.10B | 1.04B | 1.01B | 1.02B | 991.00M | 918.00M | 917.00M | 1.07B | 712.00M | 648.00M | 608.00M | 602.00M | 600.00M | 676.00M | 951.00M | 1.20B | 393.00M | 13.00M | -212.00M | 187.00M | 266.00M | 367.00M | 378.00M | 411.00M | 660.00M | 753.00M | 603.00M | 333.00M |
Stock-based compensation | 636.00M | 551.00M | 504.00M | 450.00M | 375.00M | 330.00M | 249.00M | 283.00M | 283.00M | 282.00M | 254.00M | 234.00M | 290.00M | 350.00M | 297.00M | 301.00M | 287.00M | 202.00M | 229.00M | 276.00M | 298.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Change in working capital | 1.21B | 864.00M | -1.89B | 3.82B | 10.21B | 6.46B | -3.81B | 1.40B | -3.37B | 5.66B | 573.00M | 2.04B | 2.70B | -9.00M | -896.00M | 2.43B | 685.00M | -676.00M | -2.01B | -68.00M | 1.76B | 1.04B | 1.68B | -3.71B | 2.08B | -1.07B | 453.00M | 2.51B | -7.00M | 685.00M | 560.00M | -1.83B | 1.31B | -1.61B | -5.14B | 409.00M | -1.66B | 1.24B |
Change in receivables | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 248.00M | 475.00M | -281.00M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 3.95B | 3.65B | -2.90B | 5.07B | 8.82B | 5.39B | -2.03B | 1.77B | -4.12B | 5.51B | 1.07B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | -2.75B | -2.78B | 1.01B | -1.24B | 1.39B | 1.07B | -1.79B | -368.00M | 747.00M | 154.00M | -499.00M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | 1.59B | 4.95B | 4.62B | 5.59B | 2.55B | -2.19B | 5.41B | 4.15B | 3.35B | 2.76B | 2.03B | 1.99B | 2.04B | 2.11B | 1.99B | 1.11B | 2.21B | 5.08B | 6.42B | 4.32B | 3.13B | 2.90B | 2.85B | 2.46B | 2.97B | 3.88B | 2.70B | 2.39B | 2.49B | 2.31B | 2.21B | 2.95B | -1.26B | 11.00M | 2.98B | -1.54B | 5.31B | 3.25B |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 17.63B | 18.43B | 14.05B | 18.56B | 21.08B | 14.65B | 5.59B | 13.63B | 8.93B | 13.54B | 8.22B | 10.97B | 10.99B | 8.55B | 7.08B | 10.48B | 9.29B | 6.38B | 8.67B | 8.48B | 9.01B | 8.05B | 9.14B | 2.54B | 8.67B | 5.32B | 6.35B | 7.39B | 4.41B | 5.17B | 4.94B | 3.05B | 1.81B | 413.00M | -1.06B | 407.00M | 4.58B | 5.98B |
Operating cash flow growth | -16.62% | +31.16% | -24.30% | -11.96% | +43.93% | +161.94% | -58.99% | +52.65% | -34.05% | +64.64% | -25.05% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -3.72B | -2.43B | -1.91B | -1.56B | -1.86B | -1.55B | -1.48B | -1.65B | -1.31B | -1.06B | -1.38B | -1.34B | -1.20B | -1.01B | -1.05B | -1.19B | -887.00M | -772.00M | -977.00M | -938.00M | -861.00M | -608.00M | -740.00M | -1.02B | -670.00M | -859.00M | -919.00M | -819.00M | -862.00M | -343.00M | -438.00M | -347.00M | -333.00M | -286.00M | -570.00M | -656.00M | -719.00M | -962.00M |
Acquisitions | — | -633.00M | 140.00M | -64.00M | -15.00M | 1.00M | -597.00M | -352.00M | -520.00M | -211.00M | -487.00M | -155.00M | -229.00M | -195.00M | -466.00M | -610.00M | -400.00M | 3.84B | -4.59B | -124.00M | 993.00M | -136.00M | 740.00M | -749.00M | -58.00M | -165.00M | 919.00M | 819.00M | 862.00M | 343.00M | 438.00M | 347.00M | 333.00M | 286.00M | 570.00M | 656.00M | 719.00M | 962.00M |
Purchases of investments | -5.77B | -1.76B | -1.59B | -1.57B | -4.18B | -1.52B | -20.56B | -11.17B | -5.43B | -2.61B | -2.16B | -1.71B | -886.00M | -1.35B | -473.00M | -1.16B | -7.80B | -13.72B | -14.72B | -10.33B | -18.46B | -11.82B | -18.37B | -30.17B | -24.96B | -19.91B | -9.12B | -11.29B | -10.18B | -7.90B | -10.90B | -11.24B | -13.22B | -13.80B | -17.90B | -18.19B | -12.42B | -14.58B |
Sales and maturities of investments | 1.42B | 1.50B | 2.22B | 3.89B | 1.92B | 20.09B | 7.23B | 7.35B | 3.50B | 2.50B | 2.53B | 2.10B | 2.35B | 1.51B | 2.09B | 7.25B | 14.26B | 5.83B | 14.28B | 12.00B | 19.19B | 11.34B | 14.20B | 26.62B | 19.57B | 17.23B | 8.41B | 8.31B | 8.99B | 6.61B | 11.21B | 10.51B | 11.55B | 10.60B | 28.92B | 39.93B | 8.95B | 15.86B |
Other investing | -18.24B | -19.57B | -23.26B | -25.12B | -29.56B | -27.56B | 27.04B | -10.90B | -15.85B | -16.88B | 3.37B | -7.09B | -8.01B | -6.23B | -6.64B | -4.78B | -6.40B | -1.94B | 13.05B | -17.70B | -16.08B | -16.03B | -7.44B | -7.47B | -3.44B | 932.00M | -8.29B | -8.77B | -3.46B | -5.93B | -5.31B | -6.01B | -2.60B | 721.00M | -14.63B | -25.79B | -8.06B | -5.03B |
Investing cash flow | -26.83B | -22.89B | -24.40B | -24.43B | -33.69B | -10.53B | 11.63B | -16.71B | -19.62B | -18.27B | 1.87B | -8.19B | -7.97B | -7.27B | -6.55B | -491.00M | -1.23B | -6.75B | 7.04B | -17.09B | -15.22B | -17.26B | -11.61B | -12.79B | -9.57B | -2.77B | -9.00B | -11.75B | -4.65B | -7.22B | -5.00B | -6.74B | -4.27B | -2.48B | -3.61B | -4.05B | -11.52B | -3.75B |
Debt issued (repaid) | 1.65B | 6.19B | 2.05B | 4.87B | 3.62B | -3.41B | -20.15B | 2.17B | 2.48B | 6.38B | -136.00M | -8.29B | 1.88B | -925.00M | -1.16B | -7.05B | -10.70B | -15.07B | -3.27B | 14.30B | 11.54B | -376.00M | 6.89B | 1.51B | -1.98B | -4.46B | 4.31B | 6.88B | 1.19B | 3.66B | 1.08B | 2.86B | 686.00M | 1.91B | 5.51B | 649.00M | 771.00M | -3.57B |
Shares issued | — | 57.00M | 100.00M | 28.00M | 56.00M | 64.00M | 44.00M | 86.00M | 87.00M | 129.00M | 177.00M | 193.00M | 362.00M | 721.00M | 443.00M | 594.00M | 663.00M | 4.00B | 176.00M | 852.00M | 1.20B | 1.13B | 1.06B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | -6.70B | -5.81B | -6.02B | -3.65B | -3.50B | -7.65B | -1.03B | -4.69B | -1.69B | -4.40B | -4.50B | -4.58B | -4.39B | -3.94B | -3.95B | -2.30B | -590.00M | -3.39B | -218.00M | -3.57B | -4.09B | -1.85B | -3.58B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Dividends paid | -2.50B | -2.27B | -2.00B | -1.78B | -1.57B | -1.45B | -1.47B | -1.42B | -1.32B | -1.25B | -1.21B | -1.17B | -1.04B | -939.00M | -902.00M | -861.00M | -867.00M | -924.00M | -836.00M | -712.00M | -661.00M | -597.00M | -535.00M | -471.00M | -430.00M | -424.00M | -421.00M | -404.00M | -414.00M | -423.00M | -436.00M | -458.00M | -504.00M | -526.00M | -518.00M | -477.00M | -435.00M | -373.00M |
Other financing | 5.05B | 13.05B | 10.31B | 18.92B | 25.90B | -2.47B | 13.54B | 3.33B | 5.54B | 11.39B | -1.87B | 11.24B | 2.46B | 1.20B | 2.30B | 8.23B | 3.41B | 10.74B | -6.30B | 4.60B | -1.42B | 1.70B | 2.35B | 5.85B | 7.41B | 1.73B | 901.00M | 2.13B | 1.19B | 1.66B | -230.00M | 1.65B | 2.73B | 1.13B | -678.00M | 2.62B | 4.30B | -1.19B |
Financing cash flow | -2.50B | 11.21B | 4.44B | 18.38B | 24.51B | -14.93B | -9.07B | -519.00M | 5.10B | 12.25B | -7.53B | -2.03B | 11.00M | -3.89B | -3.27B | -1.38B | -8.08B | -4.65B | -10.44B | 15.47B | 6.78B | 6.44B | 6.18B | 5.84B | 4.02B | -3.69B | 3.64B | 7.71B | 205.00M | 3.80B | -452.00M | 3.44B | 2.54B | 2.77B | 4.32B | 3.10B | 5.72B | -5.19B |
Net change in cash | -11.50B | 7.15B | -5.96B | 12.68B | 11.89B | -10.94B | 8.52B | -3.36B | -5.46B | 7.72B | 2.45B | 474.00M | 2.80B | -2.76B | -2.64B | 8.54B | 110.00M | -5.01B | 5.28B | 7.02B | 830.00M | -2.78B | 3.75B | -4.56B | 3.07B | -1.27B | 1.02B | 3.38B | -87.00M | 1.50B | -523.00M | -233.00M | 121.00M | -96.00M | -924.00M | -729.00M | -1.05B | -3.11B |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 13.91B | 16.00B | 12.14B | 17.00B | 19.22B | 13.10B | 4.11B | 11.99B | 7.62B | 12.48B | 6.85B | 9.63B | 9.80B | 7.54B | 6.03B | 9.29B | 8.40B | 5.61B | 7.69B | 7.55B | 8.14B | 7.44B | 8.40B | 1.52B | 8.00B | 4.47B | 5.43B | 6.57B | 3.55B | 4.83B | 4.50B | 2.71B | 1.48B | 127.00M | -1.63B | -249.00M | 3.87B | 5.01B |
Free cash flow growth | -26.55% | +31.83% | -28.58% | -11.59% | +46.80% | +218.38% | -65.69% | +57.31% | -38.93% | +82.19% | -28.89% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 17.93% | 22.16% | 18.41% | 28.09% | 36.37% | 30.35% | 11.35% | 27.47% | 18.90% | 33.84% | 18.68% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 20.41 | 22.99 | 17.03 | 23.09 | 25.56 | 16.58 | 5.10 | 14.44 | 8.87 | 14.08 | 7.33 | 9.60 | 9.32 | 6.92 | 5.28 | 7.84 | 7.03 | 4.79 | 6.65 | 6.31 | 6.58 | 5.91 | 6.54 | 1.17 | 6.02 | 3.34 | 4.00 | 4.80 | 2.56 | 3.36 | 3.08 | 1.80 | 0.97 | 0.07 | -1.17 | -0.18 | 2.91 | 3.97 |
Free cash flow per share growth | -24.61% | +35.05% | -26.27% | -9.67% | +54.22% | +224.83% | -64.67% | +62.81% | -37.01% | +92.26% | -23.71% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income taxes paid | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Quarter | Q3 FY2026 30 Sept 2026 | Q2 FY2026 30 Jun 2026 | Q1 FY2026 31 Mar 2026 | Q4 FY2025 31 Dec 2025 | Q3 FY2025 30 Sept 2025 | Q2 FY2025 30 Jun 2025 | Q1 FY2025 31 Mar 2025 | Q4 FY2024 31 Dec 2024 | Q3 FY2024 30 Sept 2024 | Q2 FY2024 30 Jun 2024 | Q1 FY2024 31 Mar 2024 | Q4 FY2023 31 Dec 2023 | Q3 FY2023 30 Sept 2023 | Q2 FY2023 30 Jun 2023 | Q1 FY2023 31 Mar 2023 | Q4 FY2022 31 Dec 2022 | Q3 FY2022 30 Sept 2022 | Q2 FY2022 30 Jun 2022 | Q1 FY2022 31 Mar 2022 | Q4 FY2021 31 Dec 2021 | Q3 FY2021 30 Sept 2021 | Q2 FY2021 30 Jun 2021 | Q1 FY2021 31 Mar 2021 | Q4 FY2020 31 Dec 2020 | Q3 FY2020 30 Sept 2020 | Q2 FY2020 30 Jun 2020 | Q1 FY2020 31 Mar 2020 | Q4 FY2019 31 Dec 2019 | Q3 FY2019 30 Sept 2019 | Q2 FY2019 30 Jun 2019 | Q1 FY2019 31 Mar 2019 | Q4 FY2018 31 Dec 2018 | Q3 FY2018 30 Sept 2018 | Q2 FY2018 30 Jun 2018 | Q1 FY2018 31 Mar 2018 | Q4 FY2017 31 Dec 2017 | Q3 FY2017 30 Sept 2017 | Q2 FY2017 30 Jun 2017 | Q1 FY2017 31 Mar 2017 | Q4 FY2016 31 Dec 2016 |
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Net income | 3.71B | 3.11B | 2.97B | 2.46B | 2.90B | 2.89B | 2.58B | 2.17B | 2.51B | 3.02B | 2.44B | 1.93B | 2.45B | 2.17B | 1.82B | 1.57B | 1.88B | 1.96B | 2.10B | 1.72B | 1.83B | 2.28B | 2.24B | 1.44B | 1.07B | 257.00M | 367.00M | 1.69B | 1.76B | 1.76B | 1.55B | 2.01B | 1.65B | 1.62B | 1.63B | -1.20B | 1.36B | 1.34B | 1.24B | 825.00M |
Depreciation and amortization | 494.00M | 488.00M | 468.00M | 462.00M | 455.00M | 427.00M | 433.00M | 428.00M | 437.00M | 421.00M | 390.00M | 422.00M | 429.00M | 400.00M | 400.00M | 418.00M | 413.00M | 397.00M | 398.00M | 419.00M | 442.00M | 412.00M | 422.00M | 428.00M | 404.00M | 374.00M | 337.00M | 305.00M | 300.00M | 286.00M | 297.00M | 286.00M | 322.00M | 337.00M | 348.00M | 368.00M | 338.00M | 319.00M | 296.00M | 285.00M |
Stock-based compensation | 137.00M | 155.00M | 203.00M | 141.00M | 125.00M | 127.00M | 158.00M | 111.00M | 113.00M | 104.00M | 176.00M | 109.00M | 93.00M | 108.00M | 140.00M | 93.00M | 84.00M | 76.00M | 122.00M | 74.00M | 73.00M | 85.00M | 98.00M | 74.00M | 66.00M | 66.00M | 43.00M | 66.00M | 61.00M | 71.00M | 85.00M | 53.00M | 76.00M | 70.00M | 84.00M | 70.00M | 60.00M | 63.00M | 89.00M | 64.00M |
Change in working capital | 1.96B | 1.29B | -909.00M | -1.13B | 1.71B | 37.00M | 246.00M | 2.08B | -6.15B | 569.00M | 1.61B | 2.70B | 4.26B | 473.00M | -3.61B | 5.93B | 1.30B | 1.57B | 1.41B | 2.78B | 2.17B | 1.23B | 281.00M | 2.01B | 228.00M | -124.00M | -5.92B | 301.00M | -4.17B | -397.00M | 5.67B | -5.36B | 2.40B | 109.00M | -524.00M | 4.04B | 1.84B | 824.00M | -1.04B | 1.60B |
Change in receivables | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 1.42B | 1.74B | 476.00M | 321.00M | 1.89B | 1.21B | 228.00M | 852.00M | -5.86B | 701.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | 538.00M | -451.00M | -1.39B | -1.45B | -181.00M | -1.17B | 18.00M | 1.23B | -285.00M | -132.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | -768.00M | 406.00M | 926.00M | 1.03B | 1.30B | 1.25B | 1.36B | 1.06B | 1.75B | 733.00M | 1.08B | 1.71B | 1.39B | 1.29B | 1.21B | 862.00M | 1.18B | 583.00M | -80.00M | -719.00M | -258.00M | -863.00M | -950.00M | -111.00M | 665.00M | 1.56B | 2.62B | 1.02B | 879.00M | 861.00M | 809.00M | 954.00M | 817.00M | 806.00M | 775.00M | 833.00M | 769.00M | 584.00M | 573.00M | 625.00M |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 5.38B | 5.37B | 3.80B | 3.07B | 6.23B | 4.36B | 4.76B | 5.78B | -1.81B | 4.53B | 5.55B | 6.77B | 8.24B | 3.92B | -377.00M | 8.43B | 4.51B | 4.26B | 3.88B | 5.01B | 4.17B | 3.19B | 2.28B | 3.50B | 2.18B | 2.13B | -2.22B | 3.20B | -1.04B | 2.93B | 8.55B | -1.25B | 5.09B | 3.03B | 2.06B | 4.96B | 4.30B | 3.12B | 1.16B | 3.34B |
Operating cash flow growth | -13.62% | +23.08% | -20.15% | -46.92% | — | -3.71% | -14.19% | -14.64% | -121.98% | +15.52% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -947.00M | -898.00M | -1.15B | -721.00M | -655.00M | -619.00M | -430.00M | -495.00M | -457.00M | -565.00M | -396.00M | -426.00M | -401.00M | -375.00M | -361.00M | -513.00M | -443.00M | -452.00M | -447.00M | -471.00M | -430.00M | -330.00M | -319.00M | -436.00M | -353.00M | -354.00M | -335.00M | -431.00M | -374.00M | -492.00M | -348.00M | -439.00M | -335.00M | -299.00M | -237.00M | -250.00M | -274.00M | -261.00M | -277.00M | -400.00M |
Acquisitions | 0.00 | -26.00M | -498.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -364.00M | -80.00M | 584.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -64.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -15.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -597.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -82.00M | -179.00M | -71.00M | -20.00M | -8.00M | -31.00M | -6.00M | -475.00M | -1.00M | -36.00M | -146.00M | -28.00M | -296.00M |
Purchases of investments | -1.47B | -1.88B | -1.98B | -446.00M | -545.00M | -530.00M | -239.00M | -383.00M | -448.00M | -355.00M | -407.00M | -399.00M | -502.00M | -394.00M | -277.00M | -285.00M | -1.22B | -346.00M | -2.33B | -338.00M | -355.00M | -458.00M | -366.00M | -1.59B | -2.85B | -15.14B | -997.00M | -2.25B | -2.61B | -2.25B | -4.06B | -236.00M | -2.17B | -1.81B | -1.22B | -273.00M | -571.00M | -474.00M | -1.29B | -807.00M |
Sales and maturities of investments | 276.00M | 319.00M | 241.00M | 582.00M | 330.00M | 303.00M | 285.00M | 311.00M | 345.00M | 1.28B | 284.00M | 2.32B | 423.00M | 249.00M | 900.00M | 155.00M | 651.00M | 329.00M | 783.00M | 7.25B | 3.12B | 9.13B | 590.00M | 2.29B | 330.00M | 233.00M | 4.38B | 2.28B | 2.65B | 199.00M | 2.23B | 1.63B | 668.00M | 317.00M | 886.00M | 297.00M | 696.00M | 643.00M | 860.00M | 1.27B |
Other investing | -2.90B | -6.50B | 512.00M | -9.36B | -5.73B | -5.95B | 835.00M | -11.31B | -2.88B | -6.44B | -2.63B | -9.66B | -6.45B | -7.41B | -1.60B | -10.13B | -6.52B | -12.13B | -785.00M | -17.77B | -3.55B | -11.11B | 4.87B | -5.23B | -2.09B | 15.48B | 18.88B | -4.97B | -239.00M | -5.18B | -508.00M | -6.39B | -3.92B | -5.89B | 348.00M | -7.58B | -6.13B | -4.62B | 1.44B | -8.03B |
Investing cash flow | -5.04B | -8.98B | -2.87B | -9.95B | -6.60B | -6.80B | 451.00M | -12.25B | -3.52B | -5.49B | -3.14B | -8.17B | -6.93B | -7.93B | -1.40B | -10.77B | -7.52B | -12.62B | -2.78B | -11.32B | -1.22B | -2.77B | 4.77B | -5.56B | -4.96B | 219.00M | 21.93B | -5.46B | -753.00M | -7.79B | -2.71B | -5.44B | -5.79B | -7.69B | -693.00M | -7.80B | -6.31B | -4.86B | 700.00M | -8.26B |
Debt issued (repaid) | 1.81B | -2.46B | 3.58B | -1.29B | -542.00M | 6.66B | 1.37B | -3.28B | 1.12B | 2.59B | 1.61B | 719.00M | -157.00M | 5.57B | -1.27B | -135.00M | 1.64B | 2.26B | -142.00M | 4.37B | -2.41B | -4.35B | -1.02B | -1.72B | -3.88B | -5.83B | -8.73B | 3.03B | 667.00M | -234.00M | -1.29B | 3.68B | -208.00M | 3.72B | -4.71B | 8.09B | -4.36B | -27.00M | 2.68B | 5.33B |
Shares issued | 7.00M | 0.00 | 7.00M | 9.00M | 26.00M | 0.00 | 22.00M | 51.00M | 3.00M | 17.00M | 29.00M | 5.00M | 1.00M | 4.00M | 18.00M | 2.00M | 0.00 | 5.00M | 49.00M | 10.00M | 9.00M | 14.00M | 31.00M | 10.00M | 1.00M | 17.00M | 16.00M | 9.00M | 11.00M | 47.00M | 19.00M | 19.00M | 19.00M | 38.00M | 11.00M | 47.00M | 38.00M | 13.00M | 31.00M | 99.00M |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | -1.59B | -2.30B | -1.91B | -899.00M | -2.35B | -1.36B | -1.21B | -1.03B | -1.94B | -1.76B | -1.29B | -901.00M | -1.40B | -1.03B | -316.00M | -640.00M | -601.00M | -691.00M | -1.57B | -2.97B | -3.28B | -884.00M | -513.00M | -3.00M | -1.00M | -2.00M | -1.02B | -1.22B | -1.45B | -660.00M | -1.35B | -768.00M | -779.00M | -4.00M | -134.00M | -1.31B | -1.32B | -841.00M | -926.00M | -954.00M |
Dividends paid | -668.00M | -665.00M | -583.00M | -583.00M | -586.00M | -593.00M | -509.00M | -510.00M | -516.00M | -521.00M | -452.00M | -454.00M | -459.00M | -462.00M | -405.00M | -405.00M | -407.00M | -408.00M | -345.00M | -358.00M | -366.00M | -361.00M | -363.00M | -362.00M | -363.00M | -366.00M | -383.00M | -374.00M | -346.00M | -347.00M | -355.00M | -354.00M | -325.00M | -321.00M | -324.00M | -326.00M | -305.00M | -307.00M | -313.00M | -315.00M |
Other financing | -1.96B | 524.00M | 3.88B | 2.61B | 496.00M | 2.97B | 6.97B | 4.00B | 1.68B | -653.00M | 5.28B | 4.70B | 1.70B | 1.95B | 10.57B | 6.75B | 7.09B | 5.52B | 6.54B | 66.00M | 166.00M | -4.29B | 2.33B | 1.38B | 639.00M | 6.82B | 4.70B | -16.00M | 721.00M | -267.00M | 2.89B | 666.00M | 1.92B | 751.00M | 2.21B | 3.17B | 3.55B | 3.93B | 735.00M | -436.00M |
Financing cash flow | -2.42B | -4.90B | 4.98B | -154.00M | -2.96B | 7.68B | 6.64B | -770.00M | 350.00M | -325.00M | 5.18B | 4.07B | -314.00M | 6.03B | 8.60B | 5.58B | 7.72B | 6.69B | 4.53B | 365.00M | -5.88B | -9.88B | 461.00M | -686.00M | -3.60B | 638.00M | -5.42B | 1.42B | -398.00M | -1.46B | -83.00M | 3.24B | 626.00M | 4.18B | -2.95B | 9.66B | -2.39B | 2.77B | 2.21B | 3.72B |
Net change in cash | -2.04B | -8.51B | 5.97B | -6.91B | -3.23B | 5.43B | 11.87B | -7.28B | -4.98B | -1.32B | 7.62B | 2.69B | 950.00M | 2.12B | 6.92B | 2.73B | 4.91B | -1.40B | 5.65B | -5.89B | -2.88B | -9.48B | 7.32B | -2.66B | -6.48B | 3.50B | 14.16B | -908.00M | -1.98B | -6.30B | 5.82B | -3.46B | 0.00 | -244.00M | -1.76B | 6.76B | -4.27B | 1.08B | 4.16B | -1.31B |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 4.44B | 4.47B | 2.66B | 2.35B | 5.58B | 3.75B | 4.33B | 5.28B | -2.27B | 3.97B | 5.16B | 6.34B | 7.84B | 3.55B | -738.00M | 7.92B | 4.07B | 3.81B | 3.43B | 4.54B | 3.74B | 2.86B | 1.96B | 3.06B | 1.83B | 1.78B | -2.55B | 2.77B | -1.42B | 2.44B | 8.20B | -1.69B | 4.75B | 2.73B | 1.83B | 4.71B | 4.02B | 2.86B | 883.00M | 2.94B |
Free cash flow growth | -20.46% | +19.44% | -38.74% | -55.59% | — | -5.60% | -15.94% | -16.71% | -128.93% | +11.81% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 22.12% | 22.78% | 14.04% | 12.36% | 30.27% | 20.97% | 25.54% | 30.75% | -13.64% | 24.29% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 6.58 | 6.60 | 3.87 | 3.41 | 8.05 | 5.36 | 6.17 | 7.50 | -3.20 | 5.53 | 7.14 | 8.74 | 10.70 | 4.79 | -0.99 | 10.62 | 5.43 | 5.06 | 4.53 | 5.90 | 4.75 | 3.56 | 2.44 | 3.80 | 2.27 | 2.21 | -3.16 | 3.39 | -1.71 | 2.92 | 9.73 | -1.98 | 5.52 | 3.17 | 2.12 | 5.44 | 4.57 | 3.21 | 0.98 | 3.22 |
Free cash flow per share growth | -18.21% | +23.14% | -37.31% | -54.56% | — | -3.17% | -13.55% | -14.11% | -129.91% | +15.55% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income taxes paid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure. Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.
Common questions about American Express Company's cash flow
Source: Financial Modeling Prep