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American Express (AXP) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Invested Capital for American Express (AXP) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.11%.

  • American Express' Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% to 0.11% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 0.11%, marking a year-over-year change of 0.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.12% for FY2025, which is 0.0% changed from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that American Express reported Return on Invested Capital of 0.11% as of Q4 2025, which was down 0.0% from 0.11% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, American Express' Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.12% in Q2 2024 and a low of 0.05% during Q4 2021
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Invested Capital is 0.09%, with a median of 0.1% in 2023.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, American Express' Return on Invested Capital crashed by -300bps in 2021 and then surged by 400bps in 2023.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows American Express' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.05% in 2021, then soared by 48bps to 0.07% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 47bps to 0.11% in 2023, then increased by 7bps to 0.12% in 2024, then dropped by -4bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital was 0.11% in Q4 2025, compared to 0.11% in Q3 2025 and 0.11% in Q2 2025.