American Express (AXP) Accumulated Expenses (2013 - 2018)

American Express has disclosed Accumulated Expenses across 6 years of filings, most recently posting $2.2 billion for Q4 2018.

• Accumulated Expenses for Q4 2018 came in at $2.2 billion, down 4.96% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2018 was $2.2 billion (down 4.96% YoY), and the FY2018 annual result was $2.2 billion, down 4.96% from the prior year.
• Accumulated Expenses came in at $2.2 billion for Q4 2018 at American Express, down from $2.3 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Accumulated Expenses ranged from a high of $2.3 billion in Q4 2017 to a low of $2.1 billion in Q4 2016.
• The 5-year median for Accumulated Expenses is $2.2 billion (2018), against an average of $2.2 billion.
• Across the five-year window, Accumulated Expenses slipped 7.13% in 2015 and grew 10.8% in 2017, its largest moves.
• American Express' Accumulated Expenses stood at $2.3 billion in 2014, then decreased by 7.13% to $2.1 billion in 2015, then slipped by 2.0% to $2.1 billion in 2016, then gained by 10.8% to $2.3 billion in 2017, then decreased by 4.96% to $2.2 billion in 2018.
• The last three Accumulated Expenses figures came in at $2.2 billion (Q4 2018), $2.3 billion (Q4 2017), and $2.1 billion (Q4 2016), per Business Quant data.