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American Express Company AXP

Financial  —  Credit Services
308.89 3.23 1.06% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$207.3B
P/E
18.7×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Champion (10y) Revenue Champion (5y)
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American Express Company (AXP) Return on invested capital

American Express Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 20.0%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.14% (fiscal 2020) to 22.4% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 4.09% and above the Financial sector median of 4.85%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 20.5% 0.00
FY2024 20.5% (1.91)
FY2023 22.4% 4.45
FY2022 18.0% 0.74
FY2021 17.2% 9.07
FY2020 8.14% (1.19)
FY2019 9.33% (0.20)
FY2018 9.53% (1.75)
FY2017 11.3% (0.61)
FY2016 11.9% 1.10

Against its own ten years

Low 8.14% High 22.4%
Ten-year median 11.9%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MA Mastercard Incorporated compare 70.5%
V Visa Inc. compare 38.0%
AXP American Express Company 20.0%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 16.9%
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 16.8%
COF Capital One Financial Corporation compare 7.92%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 4.64%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare 4.26%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 2.16%
Credit Services industry median 4.09%
Financial sector median 4.85%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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