Financing
Financing Cash Flow
Year-over-year, this metric declined by 25.1%, from $6.64B to $4.98B. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Financing Cash Flow shows an upward trend with a -9.4% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionFinancing
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ4 2013
Last reportedQ4 2025
How to read this metric
A large negative value typically indicates a company is returning capital to shareholders or paying down debt, while a positive value suggests the company is raising external capital to fund operations or acquisitions.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the net flow of cash between a company and its capital providers, including shareholders and lend...
Peer comparison
Large-cap peers like Microsoft or Alphabet similarly show large negative financing outflows due to aggressive share repurchase programs and dividend distributions.
Metric ID:
cf_net_cash_from_financingHistorical Data
19 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 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$9.88B | -$5.88B | $0.00 | $4.53B | $6.69B | $7.72B | $5.58B | $8.60B | $6.03B | -$314.00M | $4.07B | $5.18B | -$325.00M | $350.00M | $6.64B | $7.68B | -$2.96B | $0.00 | $4.98B |
| QoQ Change | — | +40.4% | +100.0% | — | +47.5% | +15.4% | -27.7% | +54.2% | -29.9% | -105.2% | >999% | +27.4% | -106.3% | +207.7% | >999% | +15.6% | -138.5% | +100.0% | — |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +167.7% | +231.2% | — | +89.7% | -9.8% | -104.1% | -27.1% | -39.7% | -105.4% | +211.5% | +28.2% | >999% | -944.9% | — | -25.1% |
Range-$9.88B – $8.60B
CAGR-14.1%
Avg YoY Growth+148.8%
Median YoY Growth-9.8%
Financing Cash Flow at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is American Express's financing cash flow?
- American Express (AXP) reported financing cash flow of $4.98B in Q1 2026.
- How has American Express's financing cash flow changed year-over-year?
- American Express's financing cash flow decreased by 25.1% year-over-year, from $6.64B to $4.98B.
- What is the long-term trend for American Express's financing cash flow?
- Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), American Express's financing cash flow has grown at a -9.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$15.30B to $11.36B.
- What does financing cash flow mean?
- The total amount of money a company spends or receives from borrowing debt and managing its own shares and dividends.