American Begin Period Cash Flow from 2010 to 2024

AXP Stock  USD 301.30  8.30  2.83%   
American Express Begin Period Cash Flow yearly trend continues to be relatively stable with very little volatility. Begin Period Cash Flow is likely to grow to about 35.6 B this year. Begin Period Cash Flow is the amount of cash American Express has at the beginning of a financial reporting period. It serves as the starting point for calculating the period's cash flow from operations, investing, and financing activities. View All Fundamentals
 
Begin Period Cash Flow  
First Reported
1990-03-31
Previous Quarter
54.1 B
Current Value
52.9 B
Quarterly Volatility
12.3 B
 
Oil Shock
 
Dot-com Bubble
 
Housing Crash
 
Credit Downgrade
 
Yuan Drop
 
Covid
Check American Express financial statements over time to gain insight into future company performance. You can evaluate financial statements to find patterns among American Express' main balance sheet or income statement drivers, such as Interest Expense of 7.2 B, Other Operating Expenses of 47.3 B or Operating Income of 6.7 B, as well as many indicators such as Price To Sales Ratio of 1.59, Dividend Yield of 0.0208 or PTB Ratio of 2.99. American financial statements analysis is a perfect complement when working with American Express Valuation or Volatility modules.
  
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Latest American Express' Begin Period Cash Flow Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Begin Period Cash Flow of American Express over the last few years. It is the amount of cash a company has at the beginning of a financial reporting period. It serves as the starting point for calculating the period's cash flow from operations, investing, and financing activities. American Express' Begin Period Cash Flow historical data analysis aims to capture in quantitative terms the overall pattern of either growth or decline in American Express' overall financial position and show how it may be relating to other accounts over time.
Begin Period Cash Flow10 Years Trend
Slightly volatile
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American Begin Period Cash Flow Regression Statistics

Arithmetic Mean24,922,580,000
Geometric Mean23,895,300,998
Coefficient Of Variation27.85
Mean Deviation5,230,962,667
Median24,446,000,000
Standard Deviation6,939,729,087
Sample Variance48159839.8T
Range25B
R-Value0.80
Mean Square Error19044234.6T
R-Squared0.63
Significance0.0004
Slope1,234,421,071
Total Sum of Squares674237757.2T

American Begin Period Cash Flow History

202435.6 B
202333.9 B
202222 B
202133 B
202024.4 B
201927.8 B
201833.3 B

About American Express Financial Statements

American Express shareholders use historical fundamental indicators, such as Begin Period Cash Flow, to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Although American Express investors may analyze each financial statement separately, they are all interrelated. The changes in American Express' assets and liabilities, for example, are also reflected in the revenues and expenses on on American Express' income statement. Understanding these patterns can help investors time the market effectively. Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Begin Period Cash Flow33.9 B35.6 B

Pair Trading with American Express

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if American Express position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in American Express will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to American Express could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace American Express when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back American Express - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling American Express to buy it.
The correlation of American Express is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as American Express moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if American Express moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for American Express can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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