American Express (AXP) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026)

American Express' (AXP) quarterly Profit After Tax came in at $3.0 billion in Q1 2026, up 14.98% year-on-year from $2.6 billion in Q1 2025, and up 20.67% quarter-over-quarter from $2.5 billion in Q4 2025.

American Express (AXP) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

American Express has disclosed Profit After Tax across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $3.0 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Profit After Tax for Q1 2026 came in at $3.0 billion, up 14.98% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $11.2 billion (up 9.19% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $10.8 billion, up 6.95% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax came in at $3.0 billion for Q1 2026 at American Express, up from $2.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Profit After Tax ranged from a high of $3.0 billion in Q2 2024 to a low of $1.6 billion in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Profit After Tax is $2.4 billion (2024), against an average of $2.3 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Profit After Tax slipped 13.86% in 2022 and soared 38.68% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • American Express' Profit After Tax stood at $1.6 billion in 2022, then climbed by 22.96% to $1.9 billion in 2023, then increased by 12.26% to $2.2 billion in 2024, then rose by 13.46% to $2.5 billion in 2025, then advanced by 20.67% to $3.0 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Profit After Tax figures came in at $3.0 billion (Q1 2026), $2.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.9 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) PAT (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 6.02 Bn
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 3.88 Bn
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 2.97 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 2.17 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 1.11 Bn
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 805.00 Mn
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn 102.90 Mn
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn 166.73 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 319.00 Mn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.24 Bn 6.21 Bn 562.70 Mn 122.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.97 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.46 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.90 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.89 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 2.58 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.17 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.51 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 3.02 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.93 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 2.45 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 2.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.82 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.88 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.96 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 2.10 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.72 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.83 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 2.28 Bn