American Express (AXP) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026)

American Express' (AXP) quarterly Shares Outstanding came in at $682.0 million in Q1 2026, down 2.71% year-on-year from $701.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 0.58% quarter-over-quarter from $686.0 million in Q4 2025.

American Express (AXP) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

American Express has disclosed Shares Outstanding across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $682.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Shares Outstanding for Q1 2026 came in at $682.0 million, down 2.71% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $682.0 million (down 2.71% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $686.0 million, down 2.28% from the prior year.
  • Shares Outstanding came in at $682.0 million for Q1 2026 at American Express, down from $686.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Shares Outstanding ranged from a high of $755.0 million in Q1 2022 to a low of $682.0 million in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Shares Outstanding is $719.0 million (2024), against an average of $718.7 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Shares Outstanding fell 5.98% in 2022 and fell 1.59% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • American Express' Shares Outstanding stood at $743.0 million in 2022, then decreased by 2.69% to $723.0 million in 2023, then declined by 2.9% to $702.0 million in 2024, then decreased by 2.28% to $686.0 million in 2025, then fell by 0.58% to $682.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Shares Outstanding figures came in at $682.0 million (Q1 2026), $686.0 million (Q4 2025), and $689.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Shares (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 1.79 Bn
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 880.30 Mn
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 682.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 712.70 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 892.00 Mn
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 834.00 Mn
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn 294.23 Mn
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn 1.28 Bn
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 307.41 Mn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.24 Bn 6.21 Bn 562.70 Mn 10.68 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 682.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 682.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 682.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 682.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 682.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 682.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 682.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 682.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 686.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 686.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 686.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 686.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 686.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 686.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 686.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 686.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 689.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 689.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 689.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 689.00 Mn