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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, American Express Company (AXP) trades at a price to free cash flow of 13.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.8× (March 2020) to 151× (September 2020); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 3.0× and above the Financial sector median of 10.0×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 16.1× (7.70%)
FY2024 17.4× 113.76%
FY2023 8.1× 41.69%
FY2022 5.7× (41.69%)
FY2021 9.9× (58.35%)
FY2020 23.7× 175.20%
FY2019 8.6× (19.69%)
FY2018 10.7× 52.94%
FY2017 7.0× (31.12%)
FY2016 10.2× 37.01%

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 15.2× 5.33%
Mar 2026 14.5× (9.97%)
Dec 2025 16.1× 32.40%
Sep 2025 12.1× (39.53%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.8× High 151×
Ten-year median 9.2×
Current reading's percentile 75

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare n/m
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 2.5×
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 2.6×
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 4.2×
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 7.3×
AXP American Express Company 13.9×
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 24.2×
V Visa Inc. compare 31.1×
MA Mastercard Incorporated compare 31.3×
Credit Services industry median 3.0×
Financial sector median 10.0×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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