American Express Company AXP

308.89 3.23 1.06% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$207.3B
P/E
18.7×
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American Express Company (AXP) P/E ratio

As of 25 September 2026, American Express Company (AXP) trades at a P/E ratio of 18.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.6× (March 2020) to 39.9× (March 2021); the current reading is higher than 60% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 9.6× and above the Financial sector median of 12.6×.

P/E ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 24.0× 13.72%
FY2024 21.1× 26.06%
FY2023 16.8× 12.27%
FY2022 14.9× (8.61%)
FY2021 16.3× (49.04%)
FY2020 32.1× 106.36%
FY2019 15.5× 29.30%
FY2018 12.0× (64.65%)
FY2017 34.0× 154.94%
FY2016 13.3× (3.17%)

Quarterly

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 20.5× 8.71%
Mar 2026 18.9× (21.55%)
Dec 2025 24.0× 7.83%
Sep 2025 22.3× (0.34%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 8.6× High 39.9×
Ten-year median 17.5×
Current reading's percentile 60

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 7.4×
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 9.0×
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 10.3×
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 12.4×
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 12.6×
AXP American Express Company 18.7×
V Visa Inc. compare 30.1×
MA Mastercard Incorporated compare 31.2×
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare 32.5×
Credit Services industry median 9.6×
Financial sector median 12.6×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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