American Express (AXP) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

American Express has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.22 for Q1 2026.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.22, up 86.97% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.16 (down 9.89% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.14, down 13.82% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.22 for Q1 2026 at American Express, down from 0.25 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.25 in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.55 in Q1 2023.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.1 (2022), against an average of 0.06.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 646.82% in 2023 and soared 157.53% in 2025, its largest moves.
• American Express' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.05 in 2022, then soared by 39.95% to 0.07 in 2023, then soared by 34.87% to 0.1 in 2024, then jumped by 157.53% to 0.25 in 2025, then retreated by 11.68% to 0.22 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.22 (Q1 2026), 0.25 (Q4 2025), and 0.11 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.