American Express (AXP) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

American Express has disclosed EBT Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 19.98% for Q1 2026.

• EBT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 19.98%, up 36.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.2% (down 29.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 19.1%, down 45.0% from the prior year.
• EBT Margin came in at 19.98% for Q1 2026 at American Express, up from 16.28% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 23.2% in Q2 2024 to a low of 13.2% in Q4 2022.
• The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 19.26% (2024), against an average of 18.69%.
• Across the five-year window, EBT Margin sank 991 bps in 2022 and surged 504 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• American Express' EBT Margin stood at 13.2% in 2022, then rose by 20 bps to 15.9% in 2023, then gained by 1 bps to 16.04% in 2024, then grew by 1 bps to 16.28% in 2025, then advanced by 23 bps to 19.98% in 2026.
• The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 19.98% (Q1 2026), 16.28% (Q4 2025), and 20.76% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.