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American Express (AXP) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

American Express' FCF Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 16.16% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin fell 1459.0% year-over-year to 16.16%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 23.16%, up 475.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 25.51%, 711.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 16.16% at American Express, down from 30.28% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 55.86% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 13.63% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 28.84% (2022), against an average of 27.06%.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Margin surged 4641bps in 2021 before it crashed -6462bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 37.36% in 2021, then surged by 50bps to 55.86% in 2022, then fell by -28bps to 40.15% in 2023, then fell by -23bps to 30.75% in 2024, then crashed by -47bps to 16.16% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AXP's FCF Margin are 16.16% (Q4 2025), 30.28% (Q3 2025), and 20.97% (Q2 2025).