American Express (AXP) Loans - Loss Allowance (2009 - 2025)

American Express recorded quarterly Loans - Loss Allowance of $5.8 billion in Q2 2025, up 2263.52% quarter-over-quarter from $244.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 8.38% year-over-year from $5.3 billion in Q2 2024.

American Express (AXP) Loans - Loss Allowance (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

American Express' Loans - Loss Allowance history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $5.8 billion for Q2 2025.

  • In Q2 2025, Loans - Loss Allowance rose 8.38% year-over-year to $5.8 billion; the TTM figure through Jun 2025 stood at $5.8 billion (up 8.38% YoY), while the FY2018 annual figure was $2.1 billion, up 25.09% from the prior year.
  • Loans - Loss Allowance came in at $5.8 billion for Q2 2025 at American Express, up from $244.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Loans - Loss Allowance ranged from a high of $5.8 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of $76.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $2.3 billion and a median of $1.6 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Loans - Loss Allowance.
  • Across the five-year window, Loans - Loss Allowance surged 5232.89% in 2023 and tumbled 96.64% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • American Express' Loans - Loss Allowance stood at $3.8 billion in 2021, then declined by 21.85% to $3.0 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 92.99% to $210.0 million in 2023, then soared by 2433.81% to $5.3 billion in 2024, then advanced by 8.38% to $5.8 billion in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Loans - Loss Allowance over the past three periods registered $5.8 billion, $244.0 million, and $5.3 billion for Q2 2025, Q1 2025, and Q2 2024 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Loans - Loss Allowance (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - -
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - -
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn -
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 23.63 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn -
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 512.31 Mn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 10.40 Bn
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn -
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 3.54 Bn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn -

Historic Data

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Jun 30, 2025 5.77 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 244.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 5.32 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 136.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 210.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 4.05 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 3.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 76.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 3.84 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 202.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 519.00 Mn
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
Sep 30, 2017 1.50 Bn