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American Express AXP Free cash flow yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$18.9B+11.4%
Net income$3.0B+15.0%
EPS (diluted)$4.28+17.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$53.8B+2.4%
Total debt$60.4B+14.5%
Total equity$34.0B+9.0%
Total assets$308.89B+9.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$3.8B-20.2%
CapEx$1.1B+167%
Free cash flow$2.7B-38.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$232.36B+10.0%
Enterprise value$239.04B+13.3%
P/E20.7×+0.1×
P/S3.1×0.0×

Profitability

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Net margin15.1%-0.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity34.4%+0.1pp
Debt / equity1.8×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from American Express’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: American Express’s 10-Q, filed April 23, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is American Express's free cash flow yield?
American Express (AXP) reported free cash flow yield of 6.9% in Q1 2026.
What is the long-term trend for American Express's free cash flow yield?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2023), American Express's free cash flow yield has grown at a 23.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 34.8% to 53%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.