$AMP
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC Stock $amp

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2017 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000082002719000010 Filed on February 27, 2019

Income Statement

Concept	2017 Q4	2017 Q3	2017 Q2
Revenue	$3.180B	$3.026B	$3.024B
YoY Change	0.13%	0.53%	5.04%
Cost Of Revenue	$1.635B	$474.0M	$611.0M
YoY Change	-4.33%	-44.56%	2.35%
Gross Profit	$1.559B	$2.552B	$2.413B
YoY Change	6.27%	18.42%	5.74%
Gross Profit Margin	49.03%	84.34%	79.79%
Selling, General & Admin	$833.0M	$781.0M	$767.0M
YoY Change	-3.48%	6.84%	0.52%
% of Gross Profit	53.43%	30.6%	31.79%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$58.00M	$48.00M	$69.00M
YoY Change	-4.92%	-70.55%	-20.69%
% of Gross Profit	3.72%	1.88%	2.86%
Operating Expenses	$911.0M	$829.0M	$836.0M
YoY Change	-0.76%	-7.27%	-1.65%
Operating Profit	$648.0M	$1.723B	$1.577B
YoY Change	18.03%	36.64%	10.13%
Interest Expense	-$53.00M	-$52.00M	-$52.00M
YoY Change	-34.57%	0.0%	-1.89%
% of Operating Profit	-8.18%	-3.02%	-3.3%
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$595.0M	$633.0M	$511.0M
YoY Change	27.14%	165.97%	24.63%
Income Tax	$132.0M	$126.0M	$118.0M
% Of Pretax Income	22.18%	19.91%	23.09%
Net Earnings	$177.0M	$507.0M	$393.0M
YoY Change	-55.75%	135.81%	17.31%
Net Earnings / Revenue	5.57%	16.75%	13.0%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.17	$3.31	$2.53
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.15	$3.26	$2.50
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	151.0M shares	153.0M shares	155.1M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	153.8M shares	155.4M shares	157.5M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2017 Q4	2017 Q3	2017 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$2.620B	$2.504B	$2.563B
YoY Change	5.39%	-24.78%	-15.97%
Cash & Equivalents	$5.144B	$2.398B	$2.392B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$5.762B	$5.742B	$5.481B
Other Receivables	$25.00M	$9.000M	$38.00M
Total Short-Term Assets	$8.407B	$8.255B	$8.082B
YoY Change	7.84%	-4.73%	-1.92%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$626.0M
YoY Change	3.13%
Goodwill	$1.175B
YoY Change	6.43%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$38.06B	$38.42B	$38.19B
YoY Change	-0.08%	-0.08%	0.85%
Other Assets	$5.823B	$5.792B	$5.709B
YoY Change	-2.61%	5.39%	4.45%
Total Long-Term Assets	$139.1B	$137.2B	$135.1B
YoY Change	5.34%	1.68%	0.46%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$8.407B	$8.255B	$8.082B
Total Long-Term Assets	$139.1B	$137.2B	$135.1B
Total Assets	$147.5B	$145.5B	$143.1B
YoY Change	5.48%	1.3%	0.32%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$1.975B	$1.728B	$1.600B
YoY Change	14.36%	15.35%	19.67%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$10.50B	$10.63B	$10.40B
YoY Change	2.61%	10.23%	11.44%
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$12.48B	$12.36B	$12.00B
YoY Change	4.3%	10.92%	12.48%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$5.097B	$5.169B	$5.216B
YoY Change	-2.65%	-8.42%	0.29%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$123.9B	$121.7B	$119.7B
YoY Change	6.52%	1.34%	-0.04%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$129.0B	$126.8B	$124.9B
YoY Change	6.12%	0.91%	-0.03%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$12.48B	$12.36B	$12.00B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$129.0B	$126.8B	$124.9B
Total Liabilities	$141.5B	$139.2B	$136.9B
YoY Change	5.96%	1.72%	0.96%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$11.33B	$11.27B	$10.90B
YoY Change	9.42%	11.62%	8.89%
Common Stock	$8.088B	$8.020B	$7.906B
YoY Change	4.12%	3.99%	3.18%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$13.65B	$13.30B	$12.85B
YoY Change	13.48%	14.55%	14.57%
Treasury Stock Shares	180.9M shares	178.7M shares	175.5M shares
Shareholders Equity	$5.995B	$6.306B	$6.247B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$147.5B	$145.5B	$143.1B
YoY Change	5.48%	1.3%	0.32%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2017 Q4	2017 Q3	2017 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$177.0M	$507.0M	$393.0M
YoY Change	-55.75%	135.81%	17.31%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$58.00M	$48.00M	$69.00M
YoY Change	-4.92%	-70.55%	-20.69%
Cash From Operating Activities	$344.0M	$443.0M	$730.0M
YoY Change	11.33%	-12.28%	-18.98%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$37.00M	-$53.00M	-$39.00M
YoY Change	42.31%	76.67%	387.5%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$28.00M	-$280.0M	$55.00M
YoY Change	-92.82%	-30.0%	-21.43%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$65.00M	-$333.0M	$16.00M
YoY Change	-84.38%	-22.56%	-74.19%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-499.0M	-420.0M	-432.0M
YoY Change	-12.3%	-223.53%	-26.9%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	344.0M	443.0M	730.0M
Cash From Investing Activities	-65.00M	-333.0M	16.00M
Cash From Financing Activities	-499.0M	-420.0M	-432.0M
Net Change In Cash	-220.0M	-310.0M	314.0M
YoY Change	-67.46%	-174.7%	-15.59%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$344.0M	$443.0M	$730.0M
Capital Expenditures	-$37.00M	-$53.00M	-$39.00M
Free Cash Flow	$381.0M	$496.0M	$769.0M
YoY Change	13.73%	-7.29%	-15.4%

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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net AccountsReceivableNet	657000000	USD
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Security Owned And Pledged As Collateral Fair Value SecurityOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralFairValue	1700000000	USD
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CY2016	amp	Investment Income Other InvestmentIncomeOther	91000000	USD
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CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses	29000000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses	24000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses	26000000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses	29000000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses Collectively Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesCollectivelyEvaluatedForImpairment	24000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses Collectively Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesCollectivelyEvaluatedForImpairment	26000000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses Collectively Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesCollectivelyEvaluatedForImpairment	27000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Individually Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment	24000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Individually Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment	17000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Collectively Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableCollectivelyEvaluatedForImpairment	3239000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Collectively Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableCollectivelyEvaluatedForImpairment	3258000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Notes Receivable Gross NotesReceivableGross	3263000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Notes Receivable Gross NotesReceivableGross	3275000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment	24000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment	17000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Loans And Leases Receivable Impaired Commitment To Lend LoansAndLeasesReceivableImpairedCommitmentToLend	0	USD
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CY2017	us-gaap	Reinsurance Effect On Claims And Benefits Incurred Amount Ceded ReinsuranceEffectOnClaimsAndBenefitsIncurredAmountCeded	357000000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Reinsurance Recoverables ReinsuranceRecoverables	3200000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Reinsurance Recoverables ReinsuranceRecoverables	3000000000.0	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Assumed Liability For Unpaid Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense AssumedLiabilityForUnpaidClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense	484000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Assumed Liability For Unpaid Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense AssumedLiabilityForUnpaidClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense	509000000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	1104000000	USD
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CY2017	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	24000000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Goodwill Purchase Accounting Adjustments GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments	-2000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	1175000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	-16000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Goodwill Purchase Accounting Adjustments GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments	-1000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	1158000000	USD
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Contractual Rights IndefiniteLivedContractualRights	647000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Trade Names IndefiniteLivedTradeNames	69000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Trade Names IndefiniteLivedTradeNames	67000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	567000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	451000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	116000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	572000000	USD
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	138000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Finitelived Intangible Assets Acquired1 FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1	9000000	USD
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CY2018	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	30000000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	27000000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	28000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Next Twelve Months FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths	28000000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Three FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree	19000000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Policyholder Funds PolicyholderFunds	19941000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Policyholder Funds PolicyholderFunds	20251000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefits	9292000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefits	8750000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense LiabilityForClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense	891000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense LiabilityForClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense	903000000	USD
CY2018Q4	amp	Policyholder Account Balances Future Policy Benefitsand Claims PolicyholderAccountBalancesFuturePolicyBenefitsandClaims	30124000000	USD
CY2017Q4	amp	Policyholder Account Balances Future Policy Benefitsand Claims PolicyholderAccountBalancesFuturePolicyBenefitsandClaims	29904000000	USD
CY2018	amp	Fixedannuitiesliabilitiesaverageinterestrate Fixedannuitiesliabilitiesaverageinterestrate	0.0394
CY2018	us-gaap	Supplemental Information For Property Casualty Insurance Underwriters Prior Year Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense SupplementalInformationForPropertyCasualtyInsuranceUnderwritersPriorYearClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense	-30000000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Supplemental Information For Property Casualty Insurance Underwriters Prior Year Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense SupplementalInformationForPropertyCasualtyInsuranceUnderwritersPriorYearClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense	-41000000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Supplemental Information For Property Casualty Insurance Underwriters Prior Year Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense SupplementalInformationForPropertyCasualtyInsuranceUnderwritersPriorYearClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense	-24000000	USD
CY2018Q4	amp	Separate Accounts Liability Variable Annuity SeparateAccountsLiabilityVariableAnnuity	66913000000	USD
CY2017Q4	amp	Separate Accounts Liability Variable Annuity SeparateAccountsLiabilityVariableAnnuity	75174000000	USD
CY2018Q4	amp	Separate Accounts Liability Variable Universal Life Insurance SeparateAccountsLiabilityVariableUniversalLifeInsurance	6451000000	USD
CY2017Q4	amp	Separate Accounts Liability Variable Universal Life Insurance SeparateAccountsLiabilityVariableUniversalLifeInsurance	7352000000	USD
CY2018Q4	amp	Separate Accounts Liability Other Insurance SeparateAccountsLiabilityOtherInsurance	29000000	USD
CY2017Q4	amp	Separate Accounts Liability Other Insurance SeparateAccountsLiabilityOtherInsurance	34000000	USD
CY2018Q4	amp	Separate Accounts Liability Investment SeparateAccountsLiabilityInvestment	4532000000	USD
CY2017Q4	amp	Separate Accounts Liability Investment SeparateAccountsLiabilityInvestment	4808000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Separate Accounts Liability SeparateAccountsLiability	77925000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Separate Accounts Liability SeparateAccountsLiability	87368000000	USD
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CY2018Q4	amp	Derivative Asset Not Offset Financial Instruments DerivativeAssetNotOffsetFinancialInstruments	2099000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Collateral Obligation To Return Cash DerivativeCollateralObligationToReturnCash	403000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Collateral Obligation To Return Securities DerivativeCollateralObligationToReturnSecurities	26000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset Amount Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	46000000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Securities Borrowed Gross SecuritiesBorrowedGross	179000000	USD
CY2018Q4	amp	Securities Borrowed Not Offset Financial Instruments SecuritiesBorrowedNotOffsetFinancialInstruments	37000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Securities Borrowed Collateral Obligation To Return Securities SecuritiesBorrowedCollateralObligationToReturnSecurities	139000000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed Gross DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowedGross	2753000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed Gross DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowedGross	2753000000	USD
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Collateral Obligation To Return Cash DerivativeCollateralObligationToReturnCash	760000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Collateral Obligation To Return Securities DerivativeCollateralObligationToReturnSecurities	88000000	USD
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Securities Borrowed Gross SecuritiesBorrowedGross	103000000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Securities Loaned Collateral Right To Reclaim Securities SecuritiesLoanedCollateralRightToReclaimSecurities	146000000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Securities Sold Under Agreements To Resell Securities Loaned Gross DerivativeLiabilitySecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesLoanedGross	2869000000	USD
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