American Accounts Payable from 2010 to 2024

AXP Stock  USD 304.68  0.43  0.14%   
American Express Accounts Payable yearly trend continues to be relatively stable with very little volatility. Accounts Payable is likely to drop to about 10.2 B. Accounts Payable is the amount American Express owes to suppliers or vendors for products or services received but not yet paid for. It represents American Express' short-term liabilities. View All Fundamentals
 
Accounts Payable  
First Reported
1990-06-30
Previous Quarter
13.1 B
Current Value
13.2 B
Quarterly Volatility
9.8 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 63.4 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' Accounts Payable Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Accounts Payable of American Express over the last few years. An accounting item on the balance sheet that represents American Express obligation to pay off a short-term debt to its creditors. The accounts payable entry is usually reported under current liabilities. If accounts payable of American Express are not paid within the agreed terms, the payables are considered to be in default, which may trigger a penalty or interest payment, or the revocation of additional credit from the supplier. Accounts payable may also be considered a source of cash, since they represent funds being borrowed from suppliers. Given these cash flow considerations, suppliers have a natural inclination to push for shorter payment terms, while creditors want to lengthen the payment terms. It is the amount a company owes to suppliers or vendors for products or services received but not yet paid for. It represents the company's short-term liabilities. American Express' Accounts Payable 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.
Accounts Payable10 Years Trend
Very volatile
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American Accounts Payable Regression Statistics

Arithmetic Mean11,605,622,222
Geometric Mean11,520,045,449
Coefficient Of Variation12.74
Mean Deviation1,212,885,926
Median11,300,000,000
Standard Deviation1,478,703,115
Sample Variance2186562.9T
Range5.2B
R-Value(0.01)
Mean Square Error2354686.1T
R-Squared0.000031
Significance0.98
Slope(1,852,381)
Total Sum of Squares30611880.6T

American Accounts Payable History

202410.2 B
202313.1 B
202212.1 B
202110.6 B
20209.4 B
201912.7 B
201812.3 B

About American Express Financial Statements

American Express shareholders use historical fundamental indicators, such as Accounts Payable, 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
Accounts Payable13.1 B10.2 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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