American Express PE ratio AXP

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 17.6×
10-year median: 18.7×
Against its 10-year history: 41st; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 9.2× to 39.8×
Peer median: 12.3×

American Express' PE ratio is 17.6× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $313.22 against $17.76 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 18.7×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.2× in Apr 2020 to 39.8× in Apr 2021.

The median for 7 credit services stocks of a similar size is 12.3×.

PE ratio over time

median 18.7×

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	17.6×	17.6×	25.2×
2025	25.6×	16.7×	25.7×
2024	22.2×	17.1×	22.4×
2023	17.6×	13.3×	18.3×
2022	14.8×	13.8×	19.5×
2021	17.1×	16.3×	39.8×
2020	29.9×	9.2×	30.9×
2019	15.1×	13.6×	24.9×
2018	22.5×	17.6×	33.3×
2017	19.0×	13.1×	19.0×
2016	13.1×	9.5×	13.2×
2015	12.6×	12.3×	17.3×
2014	17.5×	15.8×	21.5×
2013	21.1×	13.8×	21.1×
2012	13.1×	12.1×	14.6×
2011	11.8×	11.3×	15.2×
2010	14.0×	13.8×	23.0×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
AXPAmerican Express	17.6×
COFCapital One Financial	11.9×
MAMastercard	34.3×
VVisa	34.7×
PYPLPayPal	10.8×
SYFSynchrony Financial	7.5×
AFRMAffirm	12.7×
GPNGlobal Payments	n/m
Peer median	12.3×

Where American Express ranks

#33of 73Credit services stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

More on American Express

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