American Express (AXP) Debt to Equity (2010 - 2026)

American Express' (AXP) quarterly Debt to Equity came in at $0.05 in Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from $0.05 in Q1 2025, and up 21.52% quarter-over-quarter from $0.04 in Q4 2025.

American Express (AXP) Debt to Equity (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

American Express has disclosed Debt to Equity across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $0.05 for Q1 2026.

  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 came in at $0.05, changed 0.39% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $0.05 (changed 0.39% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $0.04, down 9.79% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity came in at $0.05 for Q1 2026 at American Express, up from $0.04 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt to Equity ranged from a high of $0.09 in Q1 2022 to a low of $0.04 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.05 (2022), against an average of $0.06.
  • Peak annual rise in Debt to Equity reached 46.89% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 46.06% in 2022.
  • American Express' Debt to Equity stood at $0.05 in 2022, then slipped by 15.52% to $0.05 in 2023, then slipped by 1.48% to $0.05 in 2024, then dropped by 9.79% to $0.04 in 2025, then grew by 21.52% to $0.05 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.05 (Q1 2026), $0.04 (Q4 2025), and $0.04 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 0.67
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 2.82
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 0.05
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 0.34
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 0.47
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 0.46
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn 0.64
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn -
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.26
10 Credit Acceptance 6.24 Bn 6.21 Bn 562.70 Mn 3.39

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.05
Dec 31, 2025 0.04
Sep 30, 2025 0.04
Jun 30, 2025 0.05
Mar 31, 2025 0.05
Dec 31, 2024 0.05
Sep 30, 2024 0.05
Jun 30, 2024 0.06
Mar 31, 2024 0.06
Dec 31, 2023 0.05
Sep 30, 2023 0.06
Jun 30, 2023 0.06
Mar 31, 2023 0.07
Dec 31, 2022 0.05
Sep 30, 2022 0.06
Jun 30, 2022 0.09
Mar 31, 2022 0.09
Dec 31, 2021 0.10
Sep 30, 2021 0.09
Jun 30, 2021 0.07