What is American Express's investment purchases?

American Express (AXP) reported investment purchases of $1.98B in Q1 2026.

How has American Express's investment purchases changed year-over-year?

American Express's investment purchases increased by 727.6% year-over-year, from $239M to $1.98B.

What is the long-term trend for American Express's investment purchases?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), American Express's investment purchases has grown at a 3.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.52B to $1.76B.

What does investment purchases mean?

Cash spent purchasing investment securities across all categories.

American Express AXP Investment Purchases

Investment Purchases at other companies

JPMorgan ChaseJPM

$101.04B+88.1%

Capital One FinancialCOF

$5.68B+100%

MastercardMA

$68M-42.9%

VisaV

$0—

Synchrony FinancialSYF

$1.19B+148%

PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL

$5.92B-0.8%

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:PaymentsToAcquireInvestments.

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 investment purchases?: American Express (AXP) reported investment purchases of $1.98B in Q1 2026.
How has American Express's investment purchases changed year-over-year?: American Express's investment purchases increased by 727.6% year-over-year, from $239M to $1.98B.
What is the long-term trend for American Express's investment purchases?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), American Express's investment purchases has grown at a 3.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.52B to $1.76B.
What does investment purchases mean?: Cash spent purchasing investment securities across all categories.