Skip to content

American Express AXP Price / sales

Price / sales at other companies

JPMorgan Chase logo
JPMorgan ChaseJPM
4.2×+0.5×
Capital One Financial logo
Capital One FinancialCOF
1.9×+0.2×
Mastercard logo
MastercardMA
13.1×-4.1×
Corpay logo
CorpayCPAY
4.1×-1.9×
Visa logo
VisaV
13.5×-4.5×
PayPal Holdings, Inc. logo
PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL
1.2×-0.8×

Other financials

Income statement

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

Balance sheet

See full
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

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

Valuation

See full
Market cap$232.36B+10.0%
Enterprise value$239.04B+13.3%
P/E20.7×+0.1×

Profitability

See full
Net margin15.1%-0.2pp

Returns & leverage

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

Where this comes from

Calculated from American Express’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

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

Ask your AI about American Express's price / sales.

Connect your AI assistant and compare it to peers, right in your chat.

Connect your AI
Harbor at dusk
Claude

Questions, answered.

What is American Express's price / sales?
American Express (AXP) reported price / sales of 2.8× in Q1 2026.
How has American Express's price / sales changed year-over-year?
American Express's price / sales decreased by 0.5% year-over-year, from 2.8× to 2.8×.
What is the long-term trend for American Express's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), American Express's price / sales has grown at a -0.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 12.8× to 12.8×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.