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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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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 50.27 | 74.74 | 87.54 | 93.23 | 67.00 | 112.10 | 130.65 | 140.91 | 177.81 | 220.43 |
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| High | 75.74 | 100.53 | 114.55 | 129.34 | 138.13 | 189.03 | 199.55 | 188.30 | 307.82 | 387.49 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 56,400 | 55,000 | 59,000 | 64,000 | 64,000 | 64,000 | 77,300 | 74,600 | 75,100 | 76,800 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.60 | 0.68 | 0.72 | 0.90 | 0.99 | 1.05 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 37,143 | 38,990 | 43,281 | 47,020 | 38,185 | 43,663 | 55,625 | 67,364 | 74,201 | 80,463 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 95.41 | 94.58 | 93.20 | 92.63 | 94.51 | 97.06 | 95.03 | 89.83 | 88.88 | 89.77 | |||||
| EBT | 8,042 | 7,425 | 8,122 | 8,429 | 4,296 | 10,689 | 9,585 | 10,513 | 12,895 | 13,795 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 21.65 | 19.04 | 18.77 | 17.93 | 11.25 | 24.48 | 17.23 | 15.61 | 17.38 | 17.14 | |||||
| Net income | 5,375 | 2,748 | 6,921 | 6,759 | 3,135 | 8,060 | 7,514 | 8,374 | 10,129 | 10,833 | |||||
| Depreciation | 1,095 | 1,321 | 1,293 | 1,188 | 1,543 | 1,695 | 1,626 | 1,651 | 1,676 | 1,777 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 39.81 | 44.16 | 50.56 | 56.79 | 47.43 | 55.34 | 74.07 | 91.65 | 104.21 | 115.77 | ||||
| Earnings | 5.67 | 2.98 | 7.93 | 8.00 | 3.77 | 10.04 | 9.86 | 11.23 | 14.04 | 15.41 | |||||
| Cash flow | 8.89 | 15.33 | 10.43 | 16.46 | 6.95 | 18.56 | 28.07 | 25.25 | 19.73 | 26.52 | |||||
| Capex | (1.47) | (1.20) | (1.53) | (1.99) | (1.84) | (1.96) | (2.47) | (2.13) | (2.68) | (3.49) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 7.41 | 14.13 | 8.90 | 14.48 | 5.11 | 16.60 | 25.60 | 23.12 | 17.05 | 23.03 | |||||
| Book value | 21.97 | 20.68 | 26.04 | 27.86 | 28.55 | 28.11 | 32.90 | 38.17 | 42.51 | 48.16 | |||||
| Shares, m | 933 | 883 | 856 | 828 | 805 | 789 | 751 | 735 | 712 | 695 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 13.34 | 34.00 | 12.02 | 15.54 | 32.07 | 16.34 | 14.94 | 16.77 | 21.14 | 24.04 | ||||
| P/S | 1.89 | 2.24 | 1.89 | 2.19 | 2.55 | 2.96 | 1.99 | 2.05 | 2.85 | 3.20 | |||||
| P/B | 3.43 | 4.78 | 3.66 | 4.47 | 4.23 | 5.82 | 4.47 | 4.93 | 6.98 | 7.68 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 2.48 | 2.83 | 2.60 | 2.90 | 2.81 | 3.34 | 2.14 | 2.07 | 2.97 | 3.30 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 13.31 | 8.83 | 14.77 | 11.38 | 26.09 | 11.13 | 6.20 | 8.22 | 18.16 | 16.60 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 8,291 | 13,540 | 8,930 | 13,632 | 5,591 | 14,645 | 21,079 | 18,559 | 14,050 | 18,428 | ||||
| Capex | (1,375) | (1,062) | (1,310) | (1,645) | (1,478) | (1,550) | (1,855) | (1,563) | (1,911) | (2,425) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 6,916 | 12,478 | 7,620 | 11,987 | 4,113 | 13,095 | 19,224 | 16,996 | 12,139 | 16,003 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 68,117 | 79,020 | 80,846 | 78,397 | 48,845 | 66,526 | 77,152 | 91,124 | 89,000 | 100,069 | ||||
| Total debt | 46,990 | 55,804 | 58,423 | 57,835 | 42,952 | 38,675 | 42,573 | 47,866 | 49,715 | 56,387 | |||||
| Net debt | 21,782 | 22,877 | 30,978 | 33,389 | 9,987 | 16,647 | 8,659 | 1,270 | 9,075 | 8,595 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 20,501 | 18,261 | 22,290 | 23,071 | 22,984 | 22,177 | 24,711 | 28,057 | 30,264 | 33,474 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 3.28 | 1.56 | 3.67 | 3.43 | 1.56 | 4.17 | 3.55 | 3.37 | 3.75 | 3.74 | ||||
| ROIC | 11.89 | 11.28 | 9.53 | 9.33 | 8.14 | 17.21 | 17.95 | 22.40 | 20.49 | 20.49 | |||||
| ROE | 25.51 | 13.65 | 33.47 | 29.24 | 13.18 | 35.06 | 31.56 | 31.28 | 34.28 | 33.58 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
American Express Company vs peers in Credit Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V Visa Inc. | $746.4B | 33.0× | 25.4× | +14.36% (above 0%: growing) | +10.41% (above 0%: growing) | −2.73% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 59.12% | Compare |
| MA Mastercard Incorporated | $539.9B | 33.9× | 25.4× | +14.07% (above 0%: growing) | +22.06% (above 0%: growing) | −25.01% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 60.22% | Compare |
| AXP American Express Company | $212.0B | 19.0× | 17.6× | +8.34% (above 0%: growing) | +11.27% (above 0%: growing) | +19.44% (above 0%: growing) | 90.93% | 0.00% | |
| COF Capital One Financial Corporation | $122.0B | 12.5× | 11.6× | +21.66% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +42.53% (above 0%: growing) | 79.80% | 0.00% | Compare |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. | $48.9B | 10.6× | 8.1× | +4.75% (above 0%: growing) | −3.08% (below 0%: shrinking) | +157.72% (above 0%: growing) | 39.60% | 16.44% | Compare |
| AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. | $25.6B | 13.0× | 35.7× | +33.04% (above 0%: growing) | +2,171.43% (above 0%: growing) | +875.00% (above 0%: growing) | 58.84% | 12.63% | Compare |
| SYF Synchrony Financial | $24.1B | 7.5× | 7.6× | +0.28% (above 0%: growing) | +3.98% (above 0%: growing) | −5.47% (below 0%: shrinking) | 82.95% | 0.00% | Compare |
| SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. | $19.5B | 28.5× | 26.8× | +39.09% (above 0%: growing) | +33.33% (above 0%: growing) | −160.17% (below 0%: shrinking) | 77.57% | 0.00% | Compare |
| ALLY Ally Financial Inc. | $11.5B | 8.8× | 8.4× | +4.52% (above 0%: growing) | +13.33% (above 0%: growing) | +42.87% (above 0%: growing) | 62.82% | 0.00% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $37.3B | 12.7× | 18.5× | +14.22% | +13.33% | +19.90% | 78.69% | 6.32% |
AXP metrics, ten years each
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
American Express Company (AXP) key facts
- Strength: American Express Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $80.5 billion, up 8.44% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $10.8 billion, or $15.41 per share (basic), a net margin of 13.3%.
- American Express Company (AXP) is a Credit Services company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 16, 2026, AXP traded at $313.59, a market capitalization of $212.0 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 19.0× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.5× sales; its P/E is higher than 59% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- American Express Company pays an annual dividend of $3.67 per share, a yield of 1.17%, with a payout ratio of 22.3%.
- Return on equity was 33.6% and debt-to-equity 1.66.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.
Financial Analysis (summary)
Updated
American Express reported revenue of $80.5 billion, net income of $10.8 billion and diluted EPS of $15.38 in FY2025. In Q2 FY2026, revenue was $21.6 billion, operating income was $4.1 billion and net income was $3.1 billion. Trailing-twelve-month revenue to Q2 FY2026 was $84.1 billion.
The Q2 FY2026 balance-sheet measures included a current ratio of 1.5×, debt to equity of 1.7× and net debt of $11.8 billion. Free cash flow was $4.5 billion in Q2 FY2026, while the company returned $8.0 billion to shareholders in FY2025.