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American Express (AXP) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

American Express' Return on Assets history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Assets changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.04%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.05%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Assets for Q3 2025 was 0.04% at American Express, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Assets topped out at 0.04% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 0.03% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Assets is 0.04% (2024), against an average of 0.04%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Assets rose 3bps in 2021 before it dropped -1bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Assets shows it stood at 0.04% in 2021, then decreased by -22bps to 0.03% in 2022, then decreased by -3bps to 0.03% in 2023, then rose by 21bps to 0.04% in 2024, then dropped by -5bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AXP's Return on Assets are 0.04% (Q3 2025), 0.04% (Q4 2024), and 0.04% (Q3 2024).