$AXP
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Stock $axp

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2018 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000000496219000018 Filed on February 13, 2019

Income Statement

Concept	2018	2017 Q4	2017 Q3
Revenue	$40.34B	$9.707B	$9.290B
YoY Change	9.38%	21.0%	19.5%
Cost Of Revenue	$12.77B	$2.885B	$2.731B
YoY Change	17.62%	-9.33%	36.96%
Gross Profit	$28.85B	$7.063B	$6.772B
YoY Change	7.67%	-14.98%	14.2%
Gross Profit Margin	71.53%	72.76%	72.9%
Selling, General & Admin	$15.88B	$3.998B	$3.772B
YoY Change	5.59%	-32.59%	13.61%
% of Gross Profit	55.03%	56.6%	55.7%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$1.293B	$368.0M	$338.0M
YoY Change	-2.12%	29.12%	23.36%
% of Gross Profit	4.48%	5.21%	4.99%
Operating Expenses	$20.80B	$5.271B	$4.925B
YoY Change	7437.32%	-28.51%	7142.65%
Operating Profit	$8.051B	$1.792B	$1.847B
YoY Change	-69.65%	91.86%	-68.49%
Interest Expense	$2.943B	$6.000M	$568.0M
YoY Change	39.35%	-166.67%	32.09%
% of Operating Profit	36.55%	0.33%	30.75%
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$8.122B	$1.798B	$1.831B
YoY Change	9.39%	54.87%	5.53%
Income Tax	$1.201B	$404.0M	$472.0M
% Of Pretax Income	14.79%	22.47%	25.78%
Net Earnings	$6.921B	-$1.206B	$1.359B
YoY Change	151.86%	-246.18%	19.0%
Net Earnings / Revenue	17.16%	-12.42%	14.63%
Basic Earnings Per Share		-$1.42	$1.51
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$8.057M	-$1.42	$1.51
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	856.0M shares	868.0M shares	878.0M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	859.0M shares		881.0M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2018	2017 Q4	2017 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$27.28B	$32.86B	$24.88B
YoY Change	-16.98%	36.58%	-2.48%
Cash & Equivalents	$24.03B	$33.26B	$28.26B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$1.458B
YoY Change	113.16%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$55.32B	$53.53B	$51.00B
Other Receivables	$2.907B	$3.209B	$2.701B
Total Short-Term Assets	$86.96B	$89.59B	$78.58B
YoY Change	-3.67%	20.86%	7.88%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$4.416B	$4.329B	$4.367B
YoY Change	2.01%	-2.35%	1.53%
Goodwill		$3.009B
YoY Change		2.8%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$5.856B	$3.229B	$4.539B
YoY Change	37.72%	-25.05%	-4.16%
Other Assets	$1.843B	$1.023B	$1.816B
YoY Change	-6.59%	257.69%	196.73%
Total Long-Term Assets	$101.6B	$91.41B	$90.42B
YoY Change	11.79%	7.7%	12.8%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$86.96B	$89.59B	$78.58B
Total Long-Term Assets	$101.6B	$91.41B	$90.42B
Total Assets	$188.6B	$181.0B	$169.0B
YoY Change	4.09%	13.84%	10.46%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$12.26B	$14.66B	$12.24B
YoY Change	-16.39%	30.98%	7.63%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$74.09B	$3.278B	$2.352B
YoY Change	4.99%	-41.27%	-17.79%
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$86.34B	$82.39B	$75.88B
YoY Change	1.31%	18.01%	12.03%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$58.42B	$55.80B	$48.76B
YoY Change	4.69%	18.76%	8.62%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$21.55B	$24.74B	$22.85B
YoY Change	-1.65%	14.61%	15.79%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$79.97B	$80.55B	$71.61B
YoY Change	2.91%	17.45%	10.81%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$86.34B	$82.39B	$75.88B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$79.97B	$80.55B	$71.61B
Total Liabilities	$166.3B	$162.9B	$147.5B
YoY Change	2.07%	17.73%	11.43%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings		$8.307B	$10.91B
YoY Change		-19.9%	2.32%
Common Stock		$172.0M	$175.0M
YoY Change		-4.97%	-4.89%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares		2.900M shares
Shareholders Equity	$22.29B	$18.26B	$21.09B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$188.6B	$181.2B	$168.6B
YoY Change	4.09%	14.04%	9.91%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2018	2017 Q4	2017 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$6.921B	-$1.206B	$1.359B
YoY Change	151.86%	-246.18%	19.0%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$1.293B	$368.0M	$338.0M
YoY Change	-2.12%	29.12%	23.36%
Cash From Operating Activities	$8.930B	$4.959B	$4.297B
YoY Change	-34.05%	48.47%	145.4%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	$1.310B	-$250.0M	-$274.0M
YoY Change	23.35%	-37.5%	-15.95%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$0.00	-$9.295B	-$4.277B
YoY Change		16.09%	154.28%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$19.62B	-$9.545B	-$4.551B
YoY Change	7.53%	13.54%	126.64%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid	$1.324B
YoY Change	5.84%
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net	$1.513B
YoY Change	-63.73%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net	$18.90B
YoY Change	-21.54%
Cash From Financing Activities	$5.101B	9.662B	-2.391B
YoY Change	-58.34%	159.8%	-65.76%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	$8.930B	4.959B	4.297B
Cash From Investing Activities	-$19.62B	-9.545B	-4.551B
Cash From Financing Activities	$5.101B	9.662B	-2.391B
Net Change In Cash	-$5.455B	5.076B	-2.645B
YoY Change	-170.21%	-476.56%	-63.47%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$8.930B	$4.959B	$4.297B
Capital Expenditures	$1.310B	-$250.0M	-$274.0M
Free Cash Flow	$7.620B	$5.209B	$4.571B
YoY Change	-38.93%	39.28%	120.08%

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CY2018	axp	Expensespolicytextblock Expensespolicytextblock	<div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:BentonSans Regular;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0pt;' >Marketing and Business Development </font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:BentonSans Regular;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >As further described below under “Recently Adopted Accounting Standards,” effective January 1, 2018, in conjunction with the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard, the previousl</font><font style='font-family:BentonSans Regular;font-size:9pt;' >y disclosed “Marketing and </font><font style='font-family:BentonSans Regular;font-size:9pt;' >p</font><font style='font-family:BentonSans Regular;font-size:9pt;' >romotion” line on the Consolidated Statements of Income was changed to “Marketing and </font><font style='font-family:BentonSans Regular;font-size:9pt;' >b</font><font style='font-family:BentonSans Regular;font-size:9pt;' >usiness </font><font style='font-family:BentonSans Regular;font-size:9pt;' >d</font><font style='font-family:BentonSans Regular;font-size:9pt;' >evelopment” to reflect the inclusion of certain reclassified costs from </font><font style='font-family:BentonSans Regular;font-size:9pt;' >c</font><font style='font-family:BentonSans Regular;font-size:9pt;' >ontra-discount revenue and Other expenses. 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