American Express…
USUSDAmerican Express Company (US:AXP) — Finance: Consumer Services. Number of exchanges where the company shares trade: 4. On this page — price and chart, dividends, top holders and share count history.
About the company
- Website
- americanexpress.com
- Investor relations
- ir.americanexpress.com/investor-relations/default.aspx
- Sector
- Finance · Finance: Consumer Services
- Headquarters
- New York City, United States
- Management
- Stephen Squeri
- Latest reports
- annual 2025 American Express Annual Report 2025
- Employees
- 64 000
- Founded
- 1850
- IPO
- 1977-05-18
- Shares outstanding
- Free float
- 522.22 M
- Market cap
- 209.82 B USD
- Insiders
- 22.56%
- Institutions
- 64.65%
- Industry (SIC)
- Finance Services
- Legal form
- PJ10
- ISIN
- US0258161092
- LEI
- R4PP93JZOLY261QX3811
- P/EP/E (Price / Earnings) — how many years of the company's profit you pay for a share. Calculated: current price ÷ net earnings per share over the last 12 months. Lower means cheaper relative to profit. Not calculated when the company has a loss (—).
- 18.3
- EPSEPS (Earnings Per Share) — the company's net profit over the last 12 months divided by the number of its shares, in the currency of this listing. A negative value (red) means a loss. P/E is the share price divided by EPS.
- 17.75 USD
- P/BP/B (price to book) is the market capitalisation divided by shareholders' equity from the latest balance sheet (assets minus liabilities, without minority interests). Below 1 the company is valued at less than its book equity. Banks and insurers usually trade near 1, asset-light companies much higher. Companies with negative equity have no P/B.
- 6.10
- Payout ratioPayout ratio — what share of net income the company pays out as dividends. Calculated: dividends paid over the last 12 months ÷ net income for the same 12 months × 100%. Up to 60% — safe margin, 60–90% — borderline, over 90% — dividend at risk of a cut. «Loss» — the company pays without a profit.
- 20.4%
- FCFFCF (Free Cash Flow) — money left to the company after operating costs and investment in equipment; dividends are safest when paid from it. Calculated: operating cash flow − capital expenditure, over the last 12 months, in the reporting currency.
- 13.9 B USD
- Payout / FCFShare of free cash flow (FCF) the company paid out as dividends: dividends paid over 12 months ÷ FCF × 100%. Up to 60% — room to spare, 60–90% — borderline, over 90% — risky. Over 100% — paid more than it earned in free cash: the gap was covered by cash reserves, new borrowing or new shares, which cannot last long.
- 18%
- DebtDebt — all loans and bonds of the company per the latest report (short- and long-term), in the reporting currency. Below — how many years the company would need to repay net debt (debt minus cash) from its free cash flow: net debt ÷ FCF. Up to 3 years — good, 3–6 — moderate, over 6 — high. «Net cash» — net debt is negative.
- 60.0 B USD4.3 y of FCF
- Dividend streakDividend streak — how many years in a row the company has paid dividends without a break longer than 18 months. Counted from the earliest payment of the unbroken chain until today. «+» — data history starts in 1970, so the real streak may be longer. The longer the streak, the likelier the company keeps paying through crises.
- 49 y
- Earnings, FCF and dividends paid — for the 12 months to 30.09.2026 (the company's latest report).
- Net income
- NAVNAV — net asset value by the balance sheet: the company's assets minus its liabilities, the share of the company's shareholders (without other owners' stakes in its subsidiaries). Shown per share, with P/NAV — how many times the share price exceeds NAV per share (below 1 — the share costs less than its net assets on the balance sheet). Click to see what NAV is made of and its history.
Description
American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated payments company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. The company offers credit and charge cards and complementary products and services, including travel, dining, and lifestyle and expense management products and services; and banking and other payment and financing products and services, including deposits and non-card lending. It also provides merchant acquisition and processing, servicing and settlement, fraud prevention, and point-of-sale marketing and information products and services, as well as network services. The company offers its products and services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large corporations through mobile and online applications, affiliate marketing, customer referral programs, third-party service providers and business partners, in-house sales teams, direct mail, telephone, and direct response advertising. American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Exchanges and tickers
| Exchange | Ticker | Currency | Price | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| common stock | ||||
| US USA Stocks | AXP primary | USD | 325.31 -2.19% | common stock |
| LSE London Stock Exchange | 0R3C IOB | USD | 148.8 +0.00% | common stock |
| MX Mexican Stock Exchange | AXP secondary | MXN | 6 135 +2.25% | common stock |
| XETRA Xetra | AEC1 secondary | EUR | 269.7 +1.66% | common stock |
| depositary receipt | ||||
| BA Buenos Aires Stock Exchange | AXP | ARS | 32 560 -0.79% | depositary receipt |
| BK Stock Exchange of Thailand | AXP06 | THB | 2.56 -0.78% | depositary receipt |
| SA B3 Sao Paulo | AXPB34 | BRL | 157.96 +0.37% | depositary receipt |
Dividends
American Express Company (AXP) pays dividends quarterly. Per year (12 months up to and including the latest announced payment): 3.67 USD per share (payments: 4). That is about 1.13% of the current share price. Based on payment history, the next ex-dividend date is expected around 08.01.2027. Uninterrupted dividend history: 49 years.
Ordinary shares
| Ex-date | Payment | Amount | % | Type | Ticker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | 2026-11-10 | 0.9500 USD | 0.3/1.2 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2026-07-02 | 2026-08-10 | 0.9500 USD | 0.3/1.0 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2026-04-02 | 2026-05-08 | 0.9500 USD | 0.3/1.1 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2026-01-02 | 2026-02-10 | 0.8200 USD | 0.2/0.9 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2025-10-10 | 2025-11-10 | 0.8200 USD | 0.3/1.0 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2025-07-03 | 2025-08-08 | 0.8200 USD | 0.3/0.9 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2025-04-04 | 2025-05-09 | 0.8200 USD | 0.3/1.2 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2025-01-03 | 2025-02-10 | 0.7000 USD | 0.2/0.9 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2024-10-04 | 2024-11-08 | 0.7000 USD | 0.2/0.8 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2024-07-05 | 2024-08-09 | 0.7000 USD | 0.2/0.8 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2024-04-04 | 2024-05-10 | 0.7000 USD | 0.2/0.8 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2024-01-04 | 2024-02-09 | 0.6000 USD | 0.2/0.7 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2023-10-05 | 2023-11-10 | 0.6000 USD | 0.2/0.7 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2023-07-06 | 2023-08-10 | 0.6000 USD | 0.2/0.7 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2023-04-05 | 2023-05-10 | 0.6000 USD | 0.2/0.7 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2023-01-05 | 2023-02-10 | 0.5200 USD | 0.2/0.6 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2022-10-13 | 2022-11-10 | 0.5200 USD | 0.2/0.6 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2022-06-30 | 2022-08-10 | 0.5200 USD | 0.2/0.5 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2022-04-07 | 2022-05-10 | 0.5200 USD | 0.2/0.3 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
| 2022-01-06 | 2022-02-10 | 0.4300 USD | 0.1/0.1 % | quarterly | US:AXP |
Depositary receipts
| Ex-date | Payment | Amount | % | Type | Ticker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | — | 0.338153 BRL | 0.2/1.0 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2026-04-02 | — | 0.325617 BRL | 0.2/1.0 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2026-01-02 | — | 0.297986 BRL | 0.2/0.8 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2025-10-10 | — | 0.304576 BRL | 0.2/0.8 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2025-07-03 | — | 0.310919 BRL | 0.2/0.9 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2025-04-04 | — | 0.323908 BRL | 0.2/0.7 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2025-01-02 | — | 0.282637 BRL | 0.2/0.9 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2024-10-03 | — | 0.280687 BRL | 0.2/0.9 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2024-07-04 | — | 0.268927 BRL | 0.2/0.9 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2024-04-04 | — | 0.34551 BRL | 0.2/0.9 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2024-01-04 | — | 0.20811 BRL | 0.1/0.9 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2023-10-05 | — | 0.294468 BRL | 0.2/0.9 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2023-07-06 | — | 0.29208 BRL | 0.2/0.7 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2023-04-05 | — | 0.2979 BRL | 0.2/0.9 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2023-01-05 | — | 0.268372 BRL | 0.2/0.8 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2022-10-13 | — | 0.276141 BRL | 0.2/≈0.7 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2022-06-30 | — | 0.265252 BRL | 0.2/≈0.5 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2022-04-07 | — | 0.266032 BRL | 0.2/≈0.3 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2022-01-06 | — | 0.222869 BRL | 0.1/≈0.1 % | regular | SA:AXPB34 |
| 2026-07-02 | — | 0.00656 THB | 0.3/≈0.5 % | regular | BK:AXP06 |
| 2026-04-03 | — | 0.00651 THB | 0.3/≈0.3 % | regular | BK:AXP06 |
Top holders
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway | 22.45% | 151.61 M | 2026-06-30 |
| BlackRock | 6.22% | 42.01 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Vanguard Capital Managem… | 5.21% | 35.22 M | 2026-06-30 |
| State Street Corporation | 4.31% | 29.1 M | 2026-06-30 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 3.03% | 20.46 M | 2026-06-30 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Van… | 2.57% | 17.33 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Geode Capital Management… | 2.08% | 14.02 M | 2026-06-30 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Van… | 2.04% | 13.79 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.94% | 13.12 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Fisher Asset Management,… | 1.4% | 9.43 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Manag… | 1.29% | 8.74 M | 2026-06-30 |
| NORGES BANK | 1.18% | 7.99 M | 2026-06-30 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Co… | 1.06% | 7.18 M | 2026-08-31 |
| Fidelity Concord Street… | 1.02% | 6.88 M | 2026-07-31 |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-S… | 0.96% | 6.51 M | 2026-08-31 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Van… | 0.77% | 5.2 M | 2026-06-30 |
| SPDR DOW JONES INDUSTRIA… | 0.75% | 5.08 M | 2026-08-31 |
| SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST… | 0.53% | 3.57 M | 2026-08-31 |
| VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL I… | 0.43% | 2.89 M | 2026-06-30 |
| MFS SERIES TRUST I-MFS V… | 0.42% | 2.84 M | 2026-05-31 |
| SQUERI STEPHEN J (Chief… | ≈0.03% | 223 989 | 2026-01-30 |
| BUCKMINSTER DOUGLAS E (O… | ≈0.02% | 160 934 | 2026-01-30 |
| WILLIAMS ANRE D. (Office… | ≈0.02% | 128 196 | 2025-01-28 |
| RUTLEDGE ELIZABETH (Offi… | ≈0.01% | 92 370 | 2026-01-30 |
| SKYLER JENNIFER (Officer… | ≈0% | 25 738 | 2026-01-30 |
| MARRS ANNA (Officer) | ≈0% | 20 393 | 2026-02-05 |
| LE CAILLEC CHRISTOPHE (C… | ≈0% | 18 667 | 2026-01-30 |
| MARQUEZ RAFAEL (Officer) | ≈0% | 17 270 | 2026-01-30 |
| HERENA MONIQUE (Officer) | ≈0% | 12 444 | 2026-08-18 |
| The Vanguard Group | — | — | — |
| JOABAR RAYMOND D (Office… | — | — | 2026-03-13 |
