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) Return on assets
American Express Company's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 3.75%, up 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.74%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.56% (fiscal 2020) to 4.17% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 2.29% and above the Financial sector median of 1.19%.
Return on assets, annual
Annual
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 3.74% | (0.01) |
| FY2024 | 3.75% | 0.38 |
| FY2023 | 3.37% | (0.18) |
| FY2022 | 3.55% | (0.62) |
| FY2021 | 4.17% | 2.61 |
| FY2020 | 1.56% | (1.87) |
| FY2019 | 3.43% | (0.24) |
| FY2018 | 3.67% | 2.11 |
| FY2017 | 1.56% | (1.72) |
| FY2016 | 3.28% | 0.12 |
Against its own ten years
Low 1.56%
High 4.17%
Ten-year median
3.43%
Current reading's percentile
82
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| MA Mastercard Incorporated compare | 29.8% |
| V Visa Inc. compare | 23.2% |
| AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare | 14.3% |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare | 6.03% |
| AXP American Express Company | 3.75% |
| SYF Synchrony Financial compare | 2.83% |
| COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare | 1.53% |
| SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare | 1.25% |
| ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare | 0.68% |
| Credit Services industry median | 2.29% |
| Financial sector median | 1.19% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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