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 12× larger than Global Payments by market cap; year to date, Global Payments leads (−1.8% vs −5.2%).
Side by side
| AXP | GPN | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $239B | $20.8B |
| Price | $356.24 | $77.66 |
| Today | +1.6% | +2.1% |
| Return YTD | −5.2% | −1.8% |
| Return 1Y | +7.8% | −6.4% |
| P/E | 21.3 | — |
| P/S | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| P/B | 7.0 | 0.9 |
Data as of 2026-07-13 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
American ExpressAXP
A closed-loop network and card issuer in one — it earns fees from merchants and interest from its affluent cardholders, and owns the customer relationship end to end.
Full AXP profile →Global PaymentsGPN
A merchant-acquiring and payment-technology company that helps businesses accept and manage payments across channels. Competes directly with Fiserv and Block.
Full GPN profile →More comparisons in Payment rails & networks
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