American Express Pre-Tax Income decreased by 19.2% to $3.09B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 12.1%, from $2.76B to $3.09B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Pre-Tax Income shows an upward trend with a 6.6% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
This represents the total pool of earnings available to be split between the government and shareholders.
A company's total earnings including both operating and non-operating items, before the provision for income taxes is ap...
Used to calculate the effective tax rate when compared to the final tax expense.
is_income_before_tax| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | $2.94B | $2.45B | $2.31B | $2.71B | $2.54B | $2.46B | $1.87B | $2.17B | $2.73B | $3.10B | $2.51B | $3.15B | $3.79B | $3.20B | $2.76B | $3.33B | $3.55B | $3.83B | $3.09B |
| QoQ Change | — | -16.7% | -5.9% | +17.6% | -6.2% | -3.3% | -23.9% | +15.8% | +26.2% | +13.4% | -19.0% | +25.2% | +20.5% | -15.5% | -14.0% | +20.8% | +6.6% | +7.7% | -19.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -13.5% | +0.4% | -18.9% | -20.1% | +7.5% | +26.1% | +34.3% | +45.1% | +38.6% | +3.4% | +9.7% | +5.9% | -6.3% | +19.4% | +12.1% |
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