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American Express AXP Retained Earnings

Retained Earnings at other companies

JPMorgan ChaseJPM

$445.02B+12.0%

DeluxeDLX

$537.7M+9.8%

Capital One FinancialCOF

$69.25B+13.7%

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$91.77B+16.9%

CorpayCPAY

$10.61B+12.4%

VisaV

$12.75B-20.1%

Other financials

Income statement

Revenue$19.6B+10.0%

Net income$3.1B+7.8%

EPS (diluted)$4.53+11.0%

Balance sheet

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

Operating cash flow$5.4B+23.1%

CapEx$898.0M+45.1%

Free cash flow$4.5B+19.4%

Valuation

Market cap$227.33B+5.9%

Enterprise value$241.14B+11.4%

P/E19.9×-1.3×

P/S3×-0.1×

Profitability

Net margin15.1%+0.3pp

FCF margin19.8%—

Returns & leverage

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:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit.

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 retained earnings?: American Express (AXP) reported retained earnings of $26.38B in Q2 2026.
How has American Express's retained earnings changed year-over-year?: American Express's retained earnings increased by 8.3% year-over-year, from $24.37B to $26.38B.
What is the long-term trend for American Express's retained earnings?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), American Express's retained earnings has grown at a 13.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $13.84B to $25.49B.
What does retained earnings mean?: Cumulative net income earned since inception minus all dividends paid — the total profits reinvested in the business over its lifetime.