American Express (AXP) Deferred Taxes (2010 - 2026)

American Express (AXP) posted Deferred Taxes of -$74.0 million for Q2 2026, down 151.03% sequentially from $145.0 million in Q1 2026, and up 79.73% YoY from -$41.2 million in Q2 2025.

American Express (AXP) Deferred Taxes (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

American Express has reported Deferred Taxes for 15 years, with the latest figure at -$74.0 million in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Deferred Taxes rose 79.73% year-over-year to -$74.0 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was -$86.0 million (up 90.76% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$542.0 million, up 45.25% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes retreated to -$74.0 million in Q2 2026 per AXP's latest filing, from $145.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Deferred Taxes peaked at $518.0 million in Q2 2023 and troughed at -$2.6 billion in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of -$88.9 million and a median of $84.5 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Deferred Taxes.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Deferred Taxes jumped 856.82% in 2022, then plunged 680.91% in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Deferred Taxes stood at $440.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 680.91% to -$2.6 billion in 2023, then surged by 97.14% to -$73.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 236.99% to $100.0 million in 2025, then sank by 174.0% to -$74.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Deferred Taxes over the past three periods registered -$74.0 million, $145.0 million, and $100.0 million for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Visa 618.21 Bn 605.85 Bn - -656.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 506.53 Bn 493.04 Bn - -83.00 Mn
3 American Express 232.32 Bn 183.00 Bn 17.99 Bn -74.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 136.19 Bn 81.48 Bn - 67.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 52.34 Bn 41.08 Bn - 115.00 Mn
6 Eason Technology 35.89 Bn 35.89 Bn - -
7 Synchrony Financial 26.09 Bn 9.90 Bn - 6.00 Mn
8 Affirm Holdings 25.93 Bn 24.20 Bn - -
9 SoFi Technologies 23.04 Bn 22.68 Bn -41.62 Mn 28.90 Mn
10 Ally Financial 13.61 Bn 5.77 Bn 2.08 Bn -23.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -74.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 145.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 100.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -257.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -365.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -20.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -73.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -473.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -578.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 134.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -2.56 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 375.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 518.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 334.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 440.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 347.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 333.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 69.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -141.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 85.00 Mn