American Express price to free cash flow AXP

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: n/m; a quarter missing
10-year median: 10.4×
10-year range: 5.0× to 150×
Peer median: 29.7×

American Express' price to free cash flow can't be checked today: its free cash flow for Q3 FY26, the quarter to Sep 30, 2026, is missing from our data, so the twelve months it rests on can't be added up.

On the days it had one over the last ten years, its median was 10.4×, from 5.0× in Apr 2020 to 150× in Oct 2020.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 10.4×

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	14.1×	12.5×	16.9×
2025	13.9×	12.6×	21.4×
2024	16.1×	7.1×	16.3×
2023	7.4×	5.5×	8.6×
2022	7.0×	6.5×	12.4×
2021	10.9×	10.4×	29.4×
2020	25.5×	5.0×	150×
2019	13.6×	5.9×	13.7×
2018	5.8×	5.6×	8.2×
2017	8.1×	7.6×	13.7×
2016	10.7×	5.5×	10.8×
2015	7.4×	7.2×	12.5×
2014	12.7×	11.9×	44.2×
2013	25.5×	5.1×	25.5×
2012	4.9×	4.7×	7.8×
2011	7.0×	6.3×	8.0×
2010	7.2×	6.6×	9.6×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
AXPAmerican Express	n/m
COFCapital One Financial	n/m
MAMastercard	32.7×
VVisa	36.2×
PYPLPayPal	7.4×
SYFSynchrony Financial	n/m
AFRMAffirm	n/m
GPNGlobal Payments	26.6×
Peer median	29.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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.