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American Express (AXP) Shares Repurchased (2016 - 2025)

American Express (AXP) has disclosed Shares Repurchased for 14 consecutive years, with $899.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Shares Repurchased fell 12.8% to $899.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $5.8 billion through Dec 2025, down 3.42% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $5.8 billion for FY2025, 3.42% down from the prior year.
  • Shares Repurchased hit $899.0 million in Q4 2025 for American Express, down from $2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Shares Repurchased ranged from a high of $3.3 billion in Q3 2021 to a low of $316.0 million in Q1 2023.
  • Historically, Shares Repurchased has averaged $1.3 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.1 billion in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Shares Repurchased: plummeted 81.7% in 2022 and later skyrocketed 308.86% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Shares Repurchased stood at $3.0 billion in 2021, then tumbled by 78.46% to $640.0 million in 2022, then surged by 40.78% to $901.0 million in 2023, then increased by 14.43% to $1.0 billion in 2024, then fell by 12.8% to $899.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Shares Repurchased for AXP at $899.0 million in Q4 2025, $2.4 billion in Q3 2025, and $1.4 billion in Q2 2025.