American Express price to book ratio AXP

Market value divided by the book value of the company's net assets, since 2009.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 5.9×
10-year median: 4.7×
Against its 10-year history: 75th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 2.6× to 8.1×
Peer median: 2.5×

American Express' price to book ratio is 5.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 4.7×, higher than on 75% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 2.6× in Apr 2020 to 8.1× in Dec 2025.

The median for 7 credit services stocks of a similar size is 2.5×.

Price to book ratio over time

median 4.7×

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	5.9×	5.9×	8.0×
2025	8.1×	5.4×	8.1×
2024	7.1×	4.9×	7.2×
2023	5.0×	3.8×	5.6×
2022	4.6×	4.4×	6.7×
2021	5.2×	4.3×	5.9×
2020	4.5×	2.6×	4.8×
2019	4.4×	3.9×	4.8×
2018	3.8×	3.6×	4.8×
2017	4.1×	3.3×	4.1×
2016	3.2×	2.4×	3.3×
2015	3.2×	3.1×	4.8×
2014	4.8×	4.3×	5.1×
2013	5.0×	3.4×	5.0×
2012	3.3×	3.1×	3.8×
2011	3.0×	2.8×	3.6×
2010	3.2×	3.1×	4.0×
2009	3.5×	2.9×	3.6×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to book ratio
AXPAmerican Express	5.9×
COFCapital One Financial	1.1×
MAMastercard	97.4×
VVisa	21.7×
PYPLPayPal	2.5×
SYFSynchrony Financial	1.4×
AFRMAffirm	4.3×
GPNGlobal Payments	0.9×
Peer median	2.5×

What the price to book ratio tells you

Market value divided by the accounting value of the company's net assets. Below 1 means the market values the business at less than what it owns on paper.

Book value misses brands, software and people, so asset-light companies always look expensive on it. Most useful for banks and industrials.

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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.