American Expressvs.Global Payments
AXP vs GPN · both in Payment rails & networks, part of the Banks, payments & capital markets value chain: The networks and processors that take a fee every time a card is swiped, the fee engine.
American Express is about 9.6× larger than Global Payments by market cap; year to date, Global Payments leads (+6.9% vs −17.8%).
Supply-chain link: American Express supplies Global Payments.
Side by side
| AXP | GPN | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $207B | $21.7B |
| Price | $308.17 | $82.20 |
| Today | +0.0% | −0.7% |
| Return YTD | −17.8% | +6.9% |
| Return 1Y | −7.2% | −6.5% |
| Since July 13, 2026 | −13.1% | +7.0% |
| P/E | 18.1 | — |
| P/S | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| P/B | 6.0 | 0.9 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since July 13, 2026: the change in the closing price from the first session with a close for both companies. Sectivia records these closes itself, starting June 26, 2026.
The two companies
American ExpressAXP
Network and issuer are the same company here, so American Express collects merchant fees and cardholder interest both, and keeps the customer relationship from end to end. Its cardholders skew affluent.
Full AXP profile →Global PaymentsGPN
Merchant acquiring: getting payments accepted and managed across every channel a business sells through. Fiserv and Block are the direct rivals.
Full GPN profile →More AXP & GPN comparisons
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