American Express (AXP) Annual Cash Flow Statement

Annual · GAAP · USD millions
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Annual Report, GAAP in USD millions
ITEM
(Dec 31 2025)
12 Months
(Dec 31 2024) (Dec 31 2023) (Dec 31 2022) (Dec 31 2021)
Operating Activities
Income10,833.00
Depreciation & amortization1,777.00
Amortization of Other Assets0.00
Restructuring charges0.00
Cumulative effect adjustments0.00
Provision For Loan Losses Expensed0.00
Inventories Decrease /-Increase0.00
Provisions for losses & benefits 0.00
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment, Excluding Oil and Gas Property and Timber Property0.00
Share-based Compensation551.00
Disaster recovery charge0.00
Payments for Origination and Purchases of Loans Held-for-sale-74.00
Deferred Taxes And Other-
Provision For Loan Losses Expensed5,256.00
Income taxes-542.00
Accrued expense0.00
Increase (Decrease) in Notes Receivable, Related Parties, Current0.00
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Payable and Other Operating Liabilities3,645.00
Increase (Decrease) in Accrued Liabilities0.00
Other assets0.00
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Income Taxes0.00
Other Working Capital-2,781.00
Other Noncash Income (Expense)-237.00
Other net0.00
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Operating Activities0.00
Discontinued operations0.00
Net Cash flow from Operating Activities18,428.00
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures-2,425.00
Sale of Capital Items0.00
Short-term Investments Proceeds1,500.00
Investments Acq.0.00
Investment real estate0.00
Payments For Maturities Of Cardmember Loan Securitizations-
Increase (Decrease) in Restricted Cash0.00
Payments for (Proceeds from) Loans and Leases0.00
Proceeds from sale of investments0.00
Payments to Acquire Investments-1,760.00
Issuance of loans0.00
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired-633.00
Proceeds from Sale of Equity Method Investments0.00
Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses, Net of Cash Divested0.00
Investments in Affilaiates0.00
Payments for (Proceeds from) Loans Receivable, Total-19,573.00
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities0.00
Other Net0.00
Discontinued operations0.00
Net Cash Flow from Investing Activities-22,891.00
Financing Activities
Short-term debt Net-27.00
Other borrowing transactions0.00
Long-term debt - borrowings24,377.00
Long-term debt - repayments-18,157.00
Customers deposits0.00
Issuances / -repurchases of Comm. Stock-5,757.00
Stock options exercised0.00
Issuances / -repurchases of Pref. Stock0.00
Increase (Decrease) in Deposits13,045.00
Other0.00
Other net0.00
Payments For Repurchases Of Common Shares And Other-
Paymentsforrepurchasesofcommonsharesandother-
Investment contracts0.00
Dividends paid-2,271.00
Net Cash Flow from Financing Activities11,210.00
Effect of exchange rate on cash flow405.00
Discontinued operations0.00
Free Cash Flow16,003.00
Total Cash Flow7,152.00
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What this statement shows

This page presents issuer-reported cash flow data, including operating, investing, financing, net, and free cash flow, as disclosed in SEC 10-K filings and normalized by CSIMarket.

Source & verification

  • Form: 10-K (Period: 20251231)
  • Filed with the SEC: February 6, 2026
  • Source: axp-20251231.htm

Last updated

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  • Data lineage: SEC filings - XBRL extraction - normalization in the CSIMarket.com database.
  • Accession: 0000004962-26-000080

Figures are derived from filed reports and may be restated. Historical data is subject to revision.

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