American Express (AXP) Interest Expense - Debt (2009 - 2026)

American Express' (AXP) quarterly Interest Expense - Debt came in at $686.0 million in Q1 2026, up 9.06% year-on-year from $629.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 4.32% quarter-over-quarter from $717.0 million in Q4 2025.

American Express (AXP) Interest Expense - Debt (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

American Express has disclosed Interest Expense - Debt across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $686.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Interest Expense - Debt for Q1 2026 came in at $686.0 million, up 9.06% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.9 billion (up 9.93% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.8 billion, up 9.86% from the prior year.
  • Interest Expense - Debt came in at $686.0 million for Q1 2026 at American Express, down from $717.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Interest Expense - Debt ranged from a high of $760.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of $199.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Expense - Debt is $579.0 million (2024), against an average of $545.4 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Interest Expense - Debt reached 125.79% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 12.72% in 2022.
  • American Express' Interest Expense - Debt stood at $429.0 million in 2022, then surged by 31.24% to $563.0 million in 2023, then advanced by 14.03% to $642.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 11.68% to $717.0 million in 2025, then declined by 4.32% to $686.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Interest Expense - Debt figures came in at $686.0 million (Q1 2026), $717.0 million (Q4 2025), and $760.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Expense - Debt (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 686.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 125.74 Bn 49.24 Bn - -
5 PayPal Holdings 38.80 Bn 29.46 Bn 7.84 Bn -
6 Synchrony Financial 25.78 Bn 5.22 Bn - 106.00 Mn
7 Affirm Holdings 24.65 Bn 22.93 Bn 261.64 Mn -
8 SoFi Technologies 22.89 Bn 19.49 Bn 929.25 Mn 10.65 Mn
9 Ally Financial 14.15 Bn 13.70 Bn 1.98 Bn 265.00 Mn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.63 Bn 6.61 Bn 562.70 Mn -

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 686.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 717.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 760.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 703.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 629.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 642.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 697.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 639.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 579.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 563.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 508.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 474.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 439.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 429.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 356.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 252.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 199.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 190.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 198.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 209.00 Mn