American Express (AXP) Gross Margin (2021 - 2026)

American Express' (AXP) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 92.17% in Q1 2026, up 93.0% year-on-year from 47.76% in Q1 2025, and up 0.73% quarter-over-quarter from 91.51% in Q4 2025.

American Express (AXP) Gross Margin (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

American Express has disclosed Gross Margin across 6 years of filings, most recently posting 92.17% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 92.17%, up 93.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 91.58% (up 59.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 91.34%, up 50.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 92.17% for Q1 2026 at American Express, up from 91.51% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 92.23% in Q4 2023 to a low of 88.79% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 91.01% (2022), against an average of 90.88%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin soared 406 bps in 2022 and slumped 162 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • American Express' Gross Margin stood at 91.01% in 2022, then rose by 1 bps to 92.23% in 2023, then decreased by 2 bps to 90.6% in 2024, then rose by 1 bps to 91.51% in 2025, then increased by 1 bps to 92.17% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 92.17% (Q1 2026), 91.51% (Q4 2025), and 91.32% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 548.22 Bn 535.81 Bn - -
2 Mastercard 437.48 Bn 427.27 Bn - -
3 American Express 231.87 Bn 177.83 Bn 17.43 Bn 92.17%
4 Capital One Financial 125.74 Bn 49.24 Bn - -
5 PayPal Holdings 38.80 Bn 29.46 Bn 7.84 Bn 93.80%
6 Synchrony Financial 25.78 Bn 5.22 Bn - -
7 Affirm Holdings 24.65 Bn 22.93 Bn 261.64 Mn 78.22%
8 SoFi Technologies 22.89 Bn 19.49 Bn 929.25 Mn 84.45%
9 Ally Financial 14.15 Bn 13.70 Bn 1.98 Bn 94.24%
10 Credit Acceptance 6.63 Bn 6.61 Bn 562.70 Mn 97.03%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 92.17%
Dec 31, 2025 91.51%
Sep 30, 2025 91.32%
Jun 30, 2025 91.29%
Mar 31, 2025 91.24%
Dec 31, 2024 90.60%
Sep 30, 2024 91.16%
Jun 30, 2024 90.94%
Mar 31, 2024 90.66%
Dec 31, 2023 92.23%
Sep 30, 2023 91.96%
Jun 30, 2023 90.65%
Mar 31, 2023 90.61%
Dec 31, 2022 91.01%
Sep 30, 2022 89.24%
Jun 30, 2022 88.79%
Mar 31, 2022 89.57%
Dec 31, 2021 86.95%
Sep 30, 2021 87.08%
Jun 30, 2021 87.02%