American Express Company (AXP) is a Financials stock trading at $358.49 (as of 2026-07-15), with a market capitalization of $244.61B and a trailing P/E of 21.8. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.
American Express Company, through subsidiaries, offers charge and credit payment cards and related travel services worldwide. It operates in segments including Global Consumer Services Group, Global Commercial Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services, providing payment, network, merchant processing and marketing, expense management, loyalty program services, and fraud prevention for consumers, small businesses, and large organizations.
American Express provides charge and credit payment cards, travel and lifestyle services, and merchant network and processing services, and it makes money through merchant discount revenue and service fees (reported as revenues net of interest expense).
American Express reports revenues net of interest expense, where discount revenue and service fees and other revenue are key components of the profit engine.
| Global Consumer | $6.7B |
| Global Commercial | $2.5B |
| Global Merchant | $1.3B |
Business quality (Strong): Segment mapping uses the provided component revenues that belong to the three official segment groups, but those components sum to a different total than the reported 10.5B revenue, so the segment values shown are scaled to reconcile to 10.5B.
Valuation: At 21× earnings, AXP trades 68% above the Banking average (13×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.
| Price | $358.49 |
| Market Cap | $244.61B |
| P/E Ratio | 21.8 |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.7 |
| Price / Book | 7.20 |
| Price / Sales | 5.80 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.0% |
| FCF Yield | 5.9% |
| DCF Value (model) | $209.07 |
| DCF Upside vs Price | -41.7% |
| Revenue (TTM) | $41.30B |
| Net Margin | 26.2% |
| Return on Equity | 33.0% |
| Debt / Equity | 1.78 |
| Revenue Growth (YoY) | 9.3% |
| EPS Growth (YoY) | 17.9% |
| FCF Growth (YoY) | -38.7% |
| Stock P/E | 21.8 |
| Sector P/E (Financials) | 15.3 |
| Industry P/E (Banking) | 13.3 |
| vs Sector | 42.9% |
| vs Industry | 63.3% |
| Insider Sells (12mo) | 15 |
| Top Institutional Holder | Berkshire Hathaway Inc ($45.86B) |
| Institutional Holders Tracked | 10 |
| Congressional Trades (recent) | 10 |
| Sector | Financials |
| Industry | Banking |
| CEO | Stephen Joseph Squeri |
| Employees | 75,100 |
| Country | US |
| IPO Date | 1972-06-01 |
Data as of 2026-07-15.
Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.