American Express Company
American Express Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $80.5 billion, up 8.44% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 8.34%, EPS grew 11.3%, free cash flow grew 19.4% and total debt fell 2.04%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five.
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American Express Company (AXP) Free cash flow margin
American Express Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 17.9%, down 2.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (19.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.8% (fiscal 2020) to 34.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 12.9% and above the Financial sector median of 14.7%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 19.9% | 3.53 |
| FY2024 | 16.4% | (8.87) |
| FY2023 | 25.2% | (9.33) |
| FY2022 | 34.6% | 4.57 |
| FY2021 | 30.0% | 19.22 |
| FY2020 | 10.8% | (14.72) |
| FY2019 | 25.5% | 7.88 |
| FY2018 | 17.6% | (14.39) |
| FY2017 | 32.0% | 13.38 |
| FY2016 | 18.6% | (8.57) |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| V Visa Inc. compare | 47.2% |
| MA Mastercard Incorporated compare | 45.5% |
| SYF Synchrony Financial compare | 41.8% |
| COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare | 37.7% |
| ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare | 28.8% |
| AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare | 23.3% |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare | 19.4% |
| AXP American Express Company | 17.9% |
| SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare | −157.6% |
| Credit Services industry median | 12.9% |
| Financial sector median | 14.7% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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