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American Express Company

AXP#30 of 134 by buybacks

NYSE · Financial Services · Credit Services · USA

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Buybacks · TTM to Jun 2026$7.46Blatest four quarters
Buyback yield3.6%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jun 2026$2.42Bdividend yield 1.2%
Shareholder yield4.7%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−11.8%678M shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow50%payout incl. dividends 66%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 11.8% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025$5.81B$2.27B$16.0B
FY2024Dec 2024$6.02B$2.00B$12.1B
FY2023Dec 2023$3.65B$1.78B$17.0B
FY2022Dec 2022$3.50B$1.56B$19.2B
FY2021Dec 2021$9.25B$1.45B$13.1B
FY2020Dec 2020$1.03B$1.47B$4.11B
FY2019Dec 2019$4.68B$1.42B$12.0B

Repurchases in FY2025 were −3.4% versus the prior year.

About American Express Company

American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated payments company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. The company offers credit and charge cards and complementary products and services, including travel, dining,…

Market cap
$208B
P/E (trailing)
18.7×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
US0258161092
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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