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American Express Co.

AXP · US · USD
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Market value216.82 bn USD
Industry per SECFinance Services
Price as of12 Oct 2026
Last financial year2025
Latest filing10-Q, 24 Jul 2026
Method version2.7.0
Years in the base11
Company quality, four grades from 0 to 5
Balance sheet4
Profitability5
Cash flow—
Growth4
Total points— of 20
Share valuation, scored separately
Position in the rangeabove

The key figures

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All values from audited annual reports filed with the US regulator SEC. No value is estimated, none smoothed.

GradePointsBasis
Balance sheet4/5Equity ratio 11.2%
How this grade is built
Equity ratio11.2%4/51: ≥ 4.0%2: ≥ 6.0%3: ≥ 8.0%4: ≥ 11.0%5: ≥ 15.0%Next step: at least 15.0% for grade 5
Mean 4 / 1 = 4.00, rounded 4
Profitability5/5Operating margin 33.4% · Return on equity 32.4%
How this grade is built
Operating margin33.4%5/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 5.0%3: ≥ 12.0%4: ≥ 20.0%5: ≥ 30.0%
Return on equity32.4%5/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 5.0%3: ≥ 10.0%4: ≥ 18.0%5: ≥ 25.0%
Mean 5 + 5 / 2 = 5.00, rounded 5
Cash flow—Not given for banks and insurers: their cash flow follows lending and deposits, not earning power.
Growth4/5Revenue growth per year 13.5% · Operating income per year 26.3%
How this grade is built
Revenue growth per year13.5%3/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 3.0%3: ≥ 8.0%4: ≥ 15.0%5: ≥ 25.0%Next step: at least 15.0% for grade 4
Operating income per year26.3%5/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 3.0%3: ≥ 8.0%4: ≥ 15.0%5: ≥ 25.0%
Mean 3 + 5 / 2 = 4.00, rounded 4

Each grade is the rounded mean of two or three key figures, each placed on a five-step scale. Open the derivation under a grade to see, for every figure, the measured value, the step it reached and what the next step would have required.

The valuation range

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The range comes from this company's own history, not from a comparison with others. Price today 311.53 EUR, range 226.08 to 308.59 EUR. The price sits above the upper edge of its own valuation range. The middle of the range sits 14.2% below today's price. Reliability: limited, from 2 methods.

MethodTodaySeriesYears
Price to earnings20,32019–20257
Price to book value6,52016–202510

Open each method to see the arithmetic year by year.

Price to earnings
YearPriceBasisMultiple
2019124,497,9915,6
2020120,913,7732,1
2021163,6010,0216,3
2022147,759,8515,0
2023187,3411,2116,7
2024296,7914,0121,2
2025369,9515,3824,1
heute311,5315,3820,3
Price to book value
YearPriceBasisMultiple
201674,0821,953,4
201799,3120,614,8
201895,3225,953,7
2019124,4927,804,5
2020120,9128,524,2
2021163,6028,075,8
2022147,7532,864,5
2023187,3438,124,9
2024296,7942,457,0
2025369,9548,097,7
heute311,5348,096,5

Price divided by basis gives the multiple. Every row can be recomputed; if a row does not add up, this page is not built at all.

Within the sector

Too few graded companies in this industry at present to place this one.

The series of figures

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Every figure comes from the annual report of that year and has not been revised afterwards. Amounts in USD.

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YearRevenueOperating profitFree cash flowEarnings per shareSharesNet debt
201532.82 bn—9.37 bn—1.00 bn29.63 bn
201624.23 bn—6.92 bn—935.00 m27.08 bn
201724.78 bn—12.48 bn—886.00 m25.75 bn
201826.61 bn—7.62 bn—859.00 m33.55 bn
201928.16 bn8.43 bn11.99 bn7.99830.00 m39.61 bn
202021.97 bn4.30 bn4.11 bn3.77806.00 m11.71 bn
202127.72 bn10.69 bn13.10 bn10.02790.00 m18.70 bn
202234.22 bn9.59 bn19.22 bn9.85752.00 m9.70 bn
202337.22 bn10.51 bn17.00 bn11.21736.00 m2.40 bn
202438.83 bn12.89 bn12.14 bn14.01713.00 m10.23 bn
202541.30 bn13.79 bn16.00 bn15.38696.00 m9.22 bn

Next figures

Expected on 16 Oct 2026 (estimated from the rhythm of earlier filings, ± 7 days). Grades can change after a report; the page is then rebuilt.

Required disclosures for this analysis

Produced byFlorian Maier
Completed on14.10.2026 03:58
Price as of12 Oct 2026
Latest filing10-Q, 24 Jul 2026
Method version2.7.0
Time horizonThe grades describe a state that can change with every annual report, so roughly quarterly. The historical analysis is computed over 36 months.
Own positionNot disclosed individually, see the risk notice.
Earlier analysesThe list of all analyses of this company from the past twelve months will appear once twelve months of analyses exist. This run is the start of the series.

This is not investment advice. Limits of the method, assumptions and conflicts of interest: risk notice.