What is American Express's professional fees?

American Express (AXP) reported professional fees of $545M in Q1 2026.

How has American Express's professional fees changed year-over-year?

American Express's professional fees increased by 0.7% year-over-year, from $541M to $545M.

What does professional fees mean?

Fees paid to external professionals including lawyers, auditors, management consultants, tax advisors, and other specialized service providers.

American Express AXP Professional fees

Professional fees at other companies

JPMorgan ChaseJPM

$3.48B+22.7%

VisaV

$238M+37.6%

Synchrony FinancialSYF

$209M-3.7%

U.S. BancorpUSB

$92M-6.1%

CitigroupC

$441M-7.4%

Delta Air LinesDAL

$1.19B+6.2%

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$230.8B+10.1%

Enterprise value$237.48B+12.2%

P/E20.6×-0.1×

P/S3.1×+0.1×

Profitability

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Net margin15.1%-0.2pp

FCF margin19.3%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity34.4%+0.1pp

Debt / equity1.8×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by American Express in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:ProfessionalFees.

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 professional fees?: American Express (AXP) reported professional fees of $545M in Q1 2026.
How has American Express's professional fees changed year-over-year?: American Express's professional fees increased by 0.7% year-over-year, from $541M to $545M.
What does professional fees mean?: Fees paid to external professionals including lawyers, auditors, management consultants, tax advisors, and other specialized service providers.