Source: American Express's 10-K / 10-Q XBRL data on SEC EDGAR · fetched Nov 02, 2026
Revenue, net income & free cash flow
Income statement
fiscal years · USD
Fiscal year
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
Revenue
$24.23B
$24.78B
$26.61B
$28.16B
$21.97B
$27.72B
$34.22B
$37.22B
$38.83B
$41.30B
Interest expense
$1.71B
$2.11B
$2.94B
$3.46B
$2.10B
$1.28B
$2.76B
$6.85B
—
—
Pre-tax income
$8.04B
$7.42B
$8.12B
$8.43B
$4.30B
$10.69B
$9.59B
$10.51B
$12.89B
$13.79B
Income tax
$2.67B
$4.68B
$1.20B
$1.67B
$1.16B
$2.63B
$2.07B
$2.14B
$2.77B
$2.96B
Net income
$5.38B
$2.75B
$6.92B
$6.76B
$3.13B
$8.06B
$7.51B
$8.37B
$10.13B
$10.83B
EPS (basic)
—
—
—
$8.00
$3.77
$10.04
$9.86
$11.23
$14.04
$15.41
EPS (diluted)
—
—
—
$7.99
$3.77
$10.02
$9.85
$11.21
$14.01
$15.38
Diluted shares
935.00M
886.00M
859.00M
830.00M
806.00M
790.00M
752.00M
736.00M
713.00M
696.00M
Net margin
22.2%
11.1%
26.0%
24.0%
14.3%
29.1%
22.0%
22.5%
26.1%
26.2%
Balance sheet
fiscal years · USD
Fiscal year
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
Cash & equivalents
$25.49B
$33.26B
$27.81B
$24.45B
$32.97B
$21.50B
$33.37B
$46.60B
$40.64B
$47.79B
Short-term investments
—
$70.00M
$166.00M
$223.00M
$157.00M
$188.00M
$307.00M
$166.00M
$221.00M
$742.00M
Goodwill
$2.93B
$3.01B
$3.07B
$3.31B
$3.85B
$3.80B
$3.79B
$3.85B
$4.19B
$4.87B
Total assets
$159.00B
$181.00B
$189.00B
$198.00B
$191.00B
$189.00B
$228.35B
$261.11B
$271.46B
$300.05B
Short-term debt
$5.58B
$3.28B
$3.10B
$6.44B
$1.88B
$2.24B
$1.35B
$1.29B
$1.37B
$1.37B
Long-term debt
$46.99B
$55.80B
$58.42B
$57.84B
$42.95B
$38.67B
$42.57B
$47.87B
$49.72B
$56.39B
Total debt
$52.57B
$59.08B
$61.52B
$64.28B
$44.83B
$40.92B
$43.92B
$49.16B
$51.09B
$57.76B
Total liabilities
$138.39B
$162.94B
$166.31B
$175.25B
$168.38B
$166.37B
$203.64B
$233.05B
$241.20B
$266.58B
Shareholders' equity
$20.52B
$18.26B
$22.29B
$23.07B
$22.98B
$22.18B
$24.71B
$28.06B
$30.26B
$33.47B
Cash flow
fiscal years · USD
Fiscal year
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
Operating cash flow
$8.29B
$13.54B
$8.93B
$13.63B
$5.59B
$14.64B
$21.08B
$18.56B
$14.05B
$18.43B
Capital expenditures
$1.38B
$1.06B
$1.31B
$1.65B
$1.48B
$1.55B
$1.85B
$1.56B
$1.91B
$2.42B
Free cash flow
$6.92B
$12.48B
$7.62B
$11.99B
$4.11B
$13.10B
$19.22B
$17.00B
$12.14B
$16.00B
Investing cash flow
$1.72B
-$18.24B
-$19.61B
-$16.71B
$11.63B
-$10.53B
-$33.69B
-$24.43B
-$24.40B
-$22.89B
Financing cash flow
-$7.60B
$12.24B
$5.10B
-$519.00M
-$9.07B
-$14.93B
$24.51B
$18.38B
$4.44B
$11.21B
Dividends paid
$1.21B
$1.25B
$1.32B
$1.42B
$1.47B
$1.45B
$1.56B
$1.78B
$2.00B
$2.27B
Share buybacks
$4.40B
$4.30B
$1.60B
—
$1.03B
$7.65B
$3.50B
$3.65B
$6.02B
$5.81B
Stock-based compensation
$254.00M
$282.00M
$283.00M
$283.00M
$249.00M
$330.00M
$375.00M
$450.00M
$504.00M
$551.00M
Depreciation & amortization
$1.09B
$1.32B
$1.29B
$1.19B
$1.54B
$1.70B
$1.63B
$1.65B
$1.68B
$1.78B
Income statement
quarters · USD
Quarter ended
Dec 2023
Mar 2024
Jun 2024
Sep 2024
Dec 2024
Mar 2025
Jun 2025
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Sep 2026
Revenue
$9.56B
$9.34B
$9.82B
$9.72B
$9.95B
$9.63B
$10.32B
$10.41B
$10.94B
$10.52B
$11.21B
$11.23B
Interest expense
$1.95B
$2.01B
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Pre-tax income
$2.51B
$3.15B
$3.79B
$3.20B
$2.76B
$3.33B
$3.55B
$3.83B
$3.09B
$3.78B
$4.07B
$4.53B
Income tax
$579.00M
$708.00M
$775.00M
$697.00M
$586.00M
$746.00M
$665.00M
$923.00M
$628.00M
$807.00M
$961.00M
$819.00M
Net income
$1.93B
$2.44B
$3.02B
$2.51B
$2.17B
$2.58B
$2.88B
$2.90B
$2.46B
$2.97B
$3.11B
$3.71B
EPS (basic)
$2.63
$3.34
$4.16
$3.50
$3.05
$3.64
$4.08
$4.14
$3.54
$4.29
$4.54
$5.43
EPS (diluted)
$2.62
$3.33
$4.15
$3.49
$3.04
$3.64
$4.08
$4.14
$3.53
$4.28
$4.53
$5.42
Diluted shares
-3.00M
722.00M
717.00M
709.00M
-3.00M
702.00M
699.00M
693.00M
-2.00M
686.00M
679.00M
674.00M
Net margin
20.2%
26.1%
30.7%
25.8%
21.8%
26.8%
28.0%
27.9%
22.5%
28.2%
27.7%
33.0%
Balance sheet
quarters · USD
Quarter ended
Dec 2023
Mar 2024
Jun 2024
Sep 2024
Dec 2024
Mar 2025
Jun 2025
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Sep 2026
Cash & equivalents
$46.60B
$54.21B
$52.90B
$47.92B
$40.64B
$52.51B
$57.94B
$54.71B
$47.79B
$53.76B
$45.24B
$43.20B
Short-term investments
$166.00M
$69.00M
$188.00M
$120.00M
$221.00M
$261.00M
$197.00M
$1.27B
$742.00M
$290.00M
$321.00M
$240.00M
Goodwill
$3.85B
—
—
—
$4.19B
—
—
—
$4.87B
—
—
—
Total assets
$261.11B
$269.26B
$272.22B
$270.98B
$271.46B
$282.24B
$295.56B
$297.55B
$300.05B
$308.89B
$308.20B
$310.27B
Short-term debt
$1.29B
$1.74B
$1.64B
$1.46B
$1.37B
$1.56B
$1.49B
$1.45B
$1.37B
$1.69B
$2.03B
$1.42B
Long-term debt
$47.87B
$48.83B
$51.52B
$53.55B
$49.72B
$51.24B
$58.20B
$57.79B
$56.39B
$58.75B
$57.02B
$58.54B
Total debt
$49.16B
$50.57B
$53.16B
$55.00B
$51.09B
$52.80B
$59.70B
$59.23B
$57.76B
$60.44B
$59.05B
$59.95B
Total liabilities
$233.05B
$240.50B
$242.68B
$241.27B
$241.20B
$251.04B
$263.25B
$265.13B
$266.58B
$274.90B
$273.92B
$274.48B
Shareholders' equity
$28.06B
$28.76B
$29.54B
$29.71B
$30.26B
$31.20B
$32.31B
$32.42B
$33.47B
$33.99B
$34.28B
$35.80B
Cash flow
quarters · USD
Quarter ended
Dec 2023
Mar 2024
Jun 2024
Sep 2024
Dec 2024
Mar 2025
Jun 2025
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Sep 2026
Operating cash flow
$6.77B
$5.55B
$4.53B
-$1.81B
$5.78B
$4.76B
$4.36B
$6.23B
$3.07B
$3.80B
$5.37B
$5.38B
Capital expenditures
$426.00M
$396.00M
$565.00M
$455.00M
$495.00M
$430.00M
$619.00M
$654.00M
$722.00M
$1.15B
$898.00M
$947.00M
Free cash flow
$6.34B
$5.16B
$3.97B
-$2.27B
$5.28B
$4.33B
$3.75B
$5.58B
$2.35B
$2.65B
$4.47B
$4.44B
Investing cash flow
-$8.17B
-$3.14B
-$5.49B
-$3.52B
-$12.24B
$451.00M
-$6.80B
-$6.60B
-$9.95B
-$2.87B
-$8.98B
-$5.04B
Financing cash flow
$4.07B
$5.18B
-$325.00M
$350.00M
-$770.00M
$6.64B
$7.68B
-$2.96B
-$154.00M
$4.98B
-$4.90B
-$2.42B
Dividends paid
$454.00M
$452.00M
$521.00M
$516.00M
$510.00M
$509.00M
$593.00M
$586.00M
$583.00M
$583.00M
$665.00M
$668.00M
Share buybacks
$901.00M
$1.29B
$1.76B
$1.94B
$1.03B
$1.21B
$1.36B
$2.35B
$899.00M
$1.91B
$2.30B
$1.59B
Stock-based compensation
$109.00M
$176.00M
$104.00M
$113.00M
$111.00M
$158.00M
$127.00M
$125.00M
$141.00M
$203.00M
$155.00M
$137.00M
Depreciation & amortization
$422.00M
$390.00M
$421.00M
$437.00M
$428.00M
$433.00M
$427.00M
$455.00M
$462.00M
$468.00M
$488.00M
$494.00M
Quarterly figures are rebuilt from the year-to-date totals companies report — Q4 is the full year minus the first nine months, since no 10-Q is filed for it. Values are as filed; later restatements replace earlier ones. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end.