American Express (AXP) reported $41.3B in revenue for fiscal 2025, +6.4% year on year. That ranks #131 by revenue among 2853 SEC filers and #21 in Financials. Net income was $10.8B, a net margin of 26.2%. Revenue has grown 2.3% a year on average since 2015 ($32.8B then). The fiscal 2025 balance sheet shows $300B in total assets, $47.8B in cash and $56.4B in long-term debt.

Key figures

$32.8B2015$24.2B2016$24.8B2017$26.6B2018$28.2B2019$22.0B2020$27.7B2021$34.2B2022$37.2B2023$38.8B2024$41.3B2025
American Express — Key figures
Key figuresFY2025YoYSource
RevenueRevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$41.3B+6.4%FY20252025-12-31
Gross profitNot reported—
Operating incomeIncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest$13.8B+7.0%FY20252025-12-31
Net incomeNetIncomeLoss$10.8B+7.0%FY20252025-12-31
Operating cash flowNetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$18.4B+31.2%FY20252025-12-31
Capital expenditurePaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment$2.4B+26.9%FY20252025-12-31
Total assetsAssets$300B+10.5%FY20252025-12-31
Shareholders' equityStockholdersEquity$33.5B+10.6%FY20252025-12-31
CashCashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents$47.8B+17.6%FY20252025-12-31
Long-term debtLongTermDebt$56.4B+13.4%FY20252025-12-31

Revenue is total net sales for the fiscal year, taken from each company's own annual filing.

Reported since the last full year

Three-month figures this company has filed since FY2025. A quarter is not comparable with a full year, and these figures are used nowhere else on the site: not in any ranking, not in comparisons, not in the download.

American Express — Reported since the last full year
QuarterRevenueNet incomeSource
Q1 20262026-03-31$10.5B$3.0BOpen →
Q2 20262026-06-30$11.2B$3.1BOpen →

Only periods that end on a calendar quarter appear here. A company whose fiscal year ends in June files on a different calendar, so it has no row.

Where this sits in its sector

Each bar is the spread of the whole sector: the box covers the middle half of companies, the line inside it the median, and the triangle this company. The axis is clipped at the 5th and 95th percentile so a single outlier does not flatten it.

American Express — Where this sits in its sector
Where this sits in its sectorFY2025Position in sector
Net marginRank 39 of 191 companies compared26.2%
Operating marginRank 33 of 174 companies compared33.4%
Cash as share of revenueRank 26 of 186 companies compared115.7%

All four are ratios derived from two reported lines, not single filing items. Peer group: companies in the same sector with revenue of $1bn or more; loss-making companies are included.

Profile

Legal name
American Express Co
Ticker
AXP
Exchange
NYSE
SIC classification
Finance Services (6199)
Fiscal year end
12-31
CIK
0000004962

Filings

Similar in size, same sector

CompanyRevenueNet income
Travelers CompaniesTRV$48.8B$6.3B
Toronto Dominion BankTD$48.5B$14.7B
Royal Bank of CanadaRY$47.7B$14.6B
American ExpressAXP$41.3B$10.8B
Natwest GroupNWG$39.9B$7.7B
Westpac BankingWEBNF$37.4B$4.5B
Deutsche Bank AktiengesellschaftDB$35.5B$6.8B

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  title        = {{American Express — Key figures}},
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The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000004962-26-000080 · February 6, 2026

{{cite web |title=American Express — Key figures — 10-K (0000004962-26-000080) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000000496226000080/axp-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-06}}

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