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American Express AXP Operating Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow at other companies

JPMorgan ChaseJPM

-$211.76B+15.9%

DeluxeDLX

$52.7M+4.8%

Capital One FinancialCOF

$6.02B+29.1%

MastercardMA

$3B+26.0%

CorpayCPAY

-$56.62M+23.6%

VisaV

$3.01B-35.9%

Other financials

Income statement

Revenue$18.9B+11.4%

Net income$3.0B+15.0%

EPS (diluted)$4.28+17.6%

Balance sheet

Cash & equivalents$53.8B+2.4%

Total debt$60.4B+14.5%

Total equity$34.0B+9.0%

Total assets$308.89B+9.4%

Cash flow

CapEx$1.1B+167%

Free cash flow$2.7B-38.7%

Valuation

Market cap$233.67B+11.7%

Enterprise value$240.35B+14.7%

P/E20.8×+0.5×

P/S3.2×0.0×

Profitability

Net margin15.1%-0.2pp

FCF margin19.3%—

Returns & leverage

Return on equity34.4%+0.1pp

Debt / equity1.8×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by American Express in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

The official record: American Express’s 10-Q, filed April 23, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is American Express's operating cash flow?: American Express (AXP) reported operating cash flow of $3.8B in Q1 2026.
How has American Express's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?: American Express's operating cash flow decreased by 20.2% year-over-year, from $4.76B to $3.8B.
What is the long-term trend for American Express's operating cash flow?: Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), American Express's operating cash flow has grown at a 8.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $14.65B to $18.43B.
What does operating cash flow mean?: Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.