Capital expenditure · 2011–2025

American Express capital expenditure

$2.4B+26.9% · FY2025

American Express (AXP) reported $2.4B in capital expenditure for fiscal 2025, +26.9% year on year.

$1.2B2011$1.1B2012$1.0B2013$1.2B2014$1.3B2015$1.4B2016$1.1B2017$1.3B2018$1.6B2019$1.5B2020$1.6B2021$1.9B2022$1.6B2023$1.9B2024$2.4B2025
American Express — Capital expenditure, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearCapital expenditureChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$2.4B+26.9%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$1.9B+22.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$1.6B−15.7%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.9B+19.7%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$1.6B+4.9%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$1.5B−10.2%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$1.6B+25.6%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$1.3B+23.4%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$1.1B−22.8%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$1.4B+2.5%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$1.3B+12.2%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$1.2B+18.8%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$1.0B−4.5%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$1.1B−11.4%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$1.2B—Open →

Capital expenditure — Capital expenditure is the cash the company spent during the year on property, plant and equipment — factories, stores, servers, vehicles. It appears in the investing section of the cash-flow statement as an outflow and is shown here as a positive amount. Operating cash flow minus this figure is free cash flow.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +5.2%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{American Express capital expenditure}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/american-express/capital-expenditure}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

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

{{cite web |title=American Express capital expenditure — 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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