TTM
13.6%
YoY change
−0.19pp
Trough year (1990)
0.7%
Peak year (2021)
18.1%
Latest annual
13.5%
Net Profit Margin history chart for American Express (AXP) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: 13.5%
Net Profit Margin change chart for American Express (AXP) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: −0.19pp
Net Profit Margin history table for American Express (AXP) from 1989 to 2025
| 2025 | 13.5% | -0.19pp | ||
| 2024 | 13.7% | +1.22pp | ||
| 2023 | 12.4% | -1.08pp | ||
| 2022 | 13.5% | -4.63pp | ||
| 2021 | 18.1% | +9.96pp | ||
| 2020 | 8.2% | -6.17pp | ||
| 2019 | 14.4% | -1.65pp | ||
| 2018 | 16.0% | +8.95pp | ||
| 2017 | 7.0% | -6.96pp | ||
| 2016 | 14.0% | -1.01pp | ||
| 2015 | 15.0% | -1.72pp | ||
| 2014 | 16.7% | +1.35pp | ||
| 2013 | 15.4% | +2.12pp | ||
| 2012 | 13.3% | -2.02pp | ||
| 2011 | 15.3% | +1.77pp | ||
| 2010 | 13.5% | +5.43pp | ||
| 2009 | 8.1% | -0.37pp | ||
| 2008 | 8.5% | -4.26pp | ||
| 2007 | 12.7% | -0.67pp | ||
| 2006 | 13.4% | -1.66pp | ||
| 2005 | 15.0% | -0.22pp | ||
| 2004 | 15.3% | +3.71pp | ||
| 2003 | 11.5% | +0.33pp | ||
| 2002 | 11.2% | +5.41pp | ||
| 2001 | 5.8% | -6.06pp | ||
| 2000 | 11.9% | +0.24pp | ||
| 1999 | 11.6% | +0.44pp | ||
| 1998 | 11.2% | -0.02pp | ||
| 1997 | 11.2% | -0.50pp | ||
| 1996 | 11.7% | +1.83pp | ||
| 1995 | 9.9% | -0.02pp | ||
| 1994 | 9.9% | -0.53pp | ||
| 1993 | 10.4% | +8.72pp | ||
| 1992 | 1.7% | -1.35pp | ||
| 1991 | 3.1% | +2.32pp | ||
| 1990 | 0.7% | -3.88pp | ||
| 1989 | 4.6% | — |
- 202513.5%-0.19pp
- 202413.7%+1.22pp
- 202312.4%-1.08pp
- 202213.5%-4.63pp
- 202118.1%+9.96pp
- 20208.2%-6.17pp
- 201914.4%-1.65pp
- 201816.0%+8.95pp
- 20177.0%-6.96pp
- 201614.0%-1.01pp
- 201515.0%-1.72pp
- 201416.7%+1.35pp
- 201315.4%+2.12pp
- 201213.3%-2.02pp
- 201115.3%+1.77pp
- 201013.5%+5.43pp
- 20098.1%-0.37pp
- 20088.5%-4.26pp
- 200712.7%-0.67pp
- 200613.4%-1.66pp
- 200515.0%-0.22pp
- 200415.3%+3.71pp
- 200311.5%+0.33pp
- 200211.2%+5.41pp
- 20015.8%-6.06pp
- 200011.9%+0.24pp
- 199911.6%+0.44pp
- 199811.2%-0.02pp
- 199711.2%-0.50pp
- 199611.7%+1.83pp
- 19959.9%-0.02pp
- 19949.9%-0.53pp
- 199310.4%+8.72pp
- 19921.7%-1.35pp
- 19913.1%+2.32pp
- 19900.7%-3.88pp
- 19894.6%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from American Express's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at American Express (AXP)
According to American Express's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 13.6%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual net margin for American Express (AXP) came in at 13.46% – contracted 0.2 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual net margin of 18.14% was reported in 2021. The lowest in the available history was 0.74% in 1990.
American Express Net Profit Margin by Year
American Express Net Profit Margin 2025: 13.5%
2025's net margin for American Express came in at 13.46%, contracted 0.2 percentage points from 2024.
American Express Net Profit Margin 2024: 13.7%
American Express posted net margin of 13.65% in 2024, expanded 1.2 percentage points from 2023.
American Express Net Profit Margin 2023: 12.4%
In 2023, American Express reported net margin of 12.43%, contracted 1.1 percentage points from 2022.
American Express Net Profit Margin 2022: 13.5%
American Express net margin in 2022 was 13.51%, contracted 4.6 percentage points from 2021.
American Express Net Profit Margin 2021: 18.1%
American Express net margin in 2021 was 18.14%.
See more financial history for American Express (AXP).
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| 45.9% | |
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| 18.1% | |
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| 16.3% | |
| 15.1% |
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