American Express forward PE AXP

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1995.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 16.8×
10-year median: 17.2×
Against its 10-year history: 47th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 11.5× to 33.9×
Peer median: 10.3×

American Express' forward PE is 16.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 17.2×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 11.5× in Dec 2018 to 33.9× in Feb 2020.

The median for 7 credit services stocks of a similar size is 10.3×.

Forward PE over time

median 17.2×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	16.8×	16.3×	22.7×
2025	23.0×	15.7×	23.1×
2024	20.9×	15.0×	21.2×
2023	15.4×	11.6×	16.2×
2022	13.9×	13.4×	20.5×
2021	17.9×	16.8×	22.4×
2020	19.0×	14.3×	33.9×
2019	26.7×	12.3×	26.8×
2018	11.9×	11.5×	15.5×
2017	15.2×	13.0×	15.2×
2016	14.3×	10.3×	14.5×
2015	13.8×	13.5×	17.5×
2014	17.5×	15.3×	17.5×
2013	17.0×	12.6×	17.0×
2012	12.5×	12.0×	14.0×
2011	11.8×	11.3×	14.4×
2010	11.6×	10.5×	16.2×
2009	15.5×	7.8×	19.5×
2008	18.1×	15.0×	33.7×
2007	17.5×	17.5×	20.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Financial - Credit Services nearest American Express' size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
AXPAmerican Express	16.8×
COFCapital One Financial	8.8×
MAMastercard	29.3×
VVisa	28.2×
PYPLPayPal	10.3×
SYFSynchrony Financial	7.7×
AFRMAffirm	35.8×
GPNGlobal Payments	5.6×
Peer median	10.3×

Where American Express ranks

#46of 69Financial stocks with the lowest forward PE

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.