American Express (AXP) Interest Expenses (2009 - 2026)

American Express' (AXP) quarterly Interest Expenses came in at $2.0 billion in Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from $2.0 billion in Q1 2025, and down 4.22% quarter-over-quarter from $2.1 billion in Q4 2025.

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

American Express has disclosed Interest Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $2.0 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Interest Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $2.0 billion, changed 0.36% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $8.2 billion (changed 0.35% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $8.2 billion, changed 0.22% from the prior year.
  • Interest Expenses came in at $2.0 billion for Q1 2026 at American Express, down from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Interest Expenses ranged from a high of $2.1 billion in Q3 2024 to a low of $321.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Expenses is $2.0 billion (2025), against an average of $1.7 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Interest Expenses dropped 11.33% in 2022 and surged 346.42% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • American Express' Interest Expenses stood at $1.2 billion in 2022, then soared by 61.39% to $1.9 billion in 2023, then rose by 4.67% to $2.0 billion in 2024, then rose by 1.03% to $2.1 billion in 2025, then retreated by 4.22% to $2.0 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Interest Expenses figures came in at $2.0 billion (Q1 2026), $2.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.1 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Int Expense (Qtr)
1 Visa 548.22 Bn 535.81 Bn - 178.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 437.48 Bn 427.27 Bn - 185.00 Mn
3 American Express 231.87 Bn 177.83 Bn 17.43 Bn 1.97 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 125.74 Bn 49.24 Bn - 4.09 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 38.80 Bn 29.46 Bn 7.84 Bn -
6 Synchrony Financial 25.78 Bn 5.22 Bn - 968.00 Mn
7 Affirm Holdings 24.65 Bn 22.93 Bn 261.64 Mn 113.76 Mn
8 SoFi Technologies 22.89 Bn 19.49 Bn 929.25 Mn 308.01 Mn
9 Ally Financial 14.15 Bn 13.70 Bn 1.98 Bn 1.52 Bn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.63 Bn 6.61 Bn 562.70 Mn 113.80 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 1.97 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 1.97 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.06 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.13 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.08 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.08 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.97 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.97 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.04 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.14 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.14 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.06 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.06 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.01 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.01 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.95 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.95 Bn