What is the long-term trend for American Express's payments for repurchase of common stock?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), American Express's payments for repurchase of common stock has grown at a -6.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $7.65B to $5.81B.

American Express AXP Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock

Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock at other companies

PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL

$1.55B+0.1%

JPMorgan ChaseJPM

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Capital One FinancialCOF

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U.S. BancorpUSB

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Atlanticus Holdings CorporationATLC

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CitigroupC

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$19.6B+10.0%

Net income$3.1B+7.8%

EPS (diluted)$4.53+11.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$45.2B-21.9%

Total debt$59.0B-1.1%

Total equity$34.3B+6.1%

Total assets$308.20B+4.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$5.4B+23.1%

CapEx$898.0M+45.1%

Free cash flow$4.5B+19.4%

Valuation

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Market cap$227.33B+5.9%

Enterprise value$241.14B+11.4%

P/E19.9×-1.3×

P/S3×-0.1×

Profitability

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Net margin15.1%+0.3pp

FCF margin19.8%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity34.4%+1.6pp

Debt / equity1.7×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by American Express in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock.

The official record: American Express’s 10-Q, filed July 24, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is American Express's payments for repurchase of common stock?: American Express (AXP) reported payments for repurchase of common stock of $2.3B in Q2 2026.
How has American Express's payments for repurchase of common stock changed year-over-year?: American Express's payments for repurchase of common stock increased by 69.9% year-over-year, from $1.36B to $2.3B.
What is the long-term trend for American Express's payments for repurchase of common stock?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), American Express's payments for repurchase of common stock has grown at a -6.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $7.65B to $5.81B.