American Express (AXP) Loans - Loss Allowance (2009 - 2026)

American Express (AXP) posted Loans - Loss Allowance of $6.1 billion for Q1 2026, up 5.17% sequentially from $5.8 billion in Q2 2025, and up 5.66% YoY from $5.7 billion in Q1 2025.

American Express (AXP) Loans - Loss Allowance (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

American Express has reported Loans - Loss Allowance for 18 years, with the latest figure at $6.1 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Loans - Loss Allowance rose 5.66% year-over-year to $6.1 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $6.1 billion (up 5.66% YoY) and the FY2018 annual result came in at $2.1 billion, up 25.09% from the prior year.
  • Loans - Loss Allowance rose to $6.1 billion in Q1 2026 per AXP's latest filing, from $5.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Loans - Loss Allowance peaked at $6.1 billion in Q1 2026 and troughed at $3.0 billion in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $4.7 billion and a median of $5.3 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Loans - Loss Allowance.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Loans - Loss Allowance tumbled 33.27% in 2022, then surged 46.48% in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Loans - Loss Allowance stood at $3.0 billion in 2022, then jumped by 46.48% to $4.4 billion in 2023, then gained by 21.21% to $5.3 billion in 2024, then climbed by 8.38% to $5.8 billion in 2025, then grew by 5.17% to $6.1 billion in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Loans - Loss Allowance over the past three periods registered $6.1 billion, $5.8 billion, and $5.7 billion for Q1 2026, Q2 2025, and Q1 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Loans - Loss Allowance (Qtr)
1 Visa 618.21 Bn 605.85 Bn - -
2 Mastercard 506.53 Bn 493.04 Bn - -
3 American Express 232.32 Bn 183.00 Bn 17.99 Bn -
4 Capital One Financial 136.19 Bn 81.48 Bn - 22.97 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 52.34 Bn 41.08 Bn - -
6 Eason Technology 35.89 Bn 35.89 Bn - -
7 Synchrony Financial 26.09 Bn 9.90 Bn - 10.31 Bn
8 Affirm Holdings 25.93 Bn 24.20 Bn - 512.31 Mn
9 SoFi Technologies 23.04 Bn 22.68 Bn -41.62 Mn -
10 Ally Financial 13.61 Bn 5.77 Bn 2.08 Bn 3.58 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 6.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 5.77 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 5.74 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 5.32 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 5.27 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 4.39 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 4.05 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 3.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 2.98 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 3.84 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 4.47 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 5.63 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 5.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 2.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 2.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 2.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 1.94 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 1.84 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 1.79 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 1.71 Bn