American Express
American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) provides card-issuing, merchant-acquiring and payment-network services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies and large corporations worldwide. Its products include credit, charge and debit cards; banking, lending and expense-management solutions; travel, dining and… From the company’s description.
In fiscal 2025, American Express reported revenue of $72.23B, up 9.5% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $10.83B. Its pre-tax margin was 19.1%. Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, revenue was $77.59B.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What American Express does
In the company’s own words
American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) provides card-issuing, merchant-acquiring and payment-network services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies and large corporations worldwide. Its products include credit, charge and debit cards; banking, lending and expense-management solutions; travel, dining and lifestyle services; merchant processing and fraud-prevention tools; and network services. The company operates through four reportable segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services; corporate functions and certain other businesses are included in Corporate & Other. Its Membership Rewards and Amex Offers programs, Resy and Tock dining platforms, and OptBlue merchant-acquiring program are among its brands and offerings, alongside cobranded cards with partners such as Delta, Marriott, British Airways and Hilton. Founded in 1850, American Express had $1.67 trillion in worldwide billed business in 2025 and approximately 76,800 employees at year-end. Its website is www.americanexpress.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry (SIC)
- Finance Services
- Headquarters
- NEW YORK, NY
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 4962
- SIC
- 6199
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns American Express — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Superinvestors in American Express · what they did last quarter
Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.
Largest fund holders · American Express’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
American Express’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 42 issues of American Express’s debt, $7.60B at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.95%, maturing 2026 to 2042.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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