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American ExpressAXP

Payment rails & networks · NYSE · USA

$308.17
0.0% todayClose

Down 17.8% this year and −13.1% since July 13, behind the finance sector at −1.5%. American Express supplies 5 mapped companies and buys from 1.

Market cap
$207B
This year
−17.8%
1 year
−7.2%
P/E
18.1
P/S
2.5
P/B
6.0

Price vs the finance sector

since Jul 13AXPFinance sector, equal weight
American Express (AXP) vs the Finance sector indexDaily closes from Jul 13, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026, each line rebased to its own first value. AXP: −13.1% from Jul 13, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026. Finance sector index: −1.5% from Jul 13, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026.−15%−10%−5%0%+5%Jul 13AugSepOct 9AXP −13.1%Sector −1.5% American Express (AXP) vs the Finance sector indexDaily closes from Jul 13, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026, each line rebased to its own first value. AXP: −13.1% from Jul 13, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026. Finance sector index: −1.5% from Jul 13, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026.−10%0%Jul 13SepOct 9AXP−13.1%Sector−1.5%

Supply chain

1 supplier · 5 customers
SUPPLIERS →→ CUSTOMERSS&P Global (SPGI)SPGIS&P Global+1.3%Fiserv (FI)FIFiservCoinbase (COIN)COINCoinbase+4.3%Charles Schwab (SCHW)SCHWCharles Schwab−0.2%Global Payments (GPN)GPNGlobal Payments−0.7%Morgan Stanley (MS)MSMorgan Stanley+1.4%AXPAmerican Express

Suppliers 1

Customers 5

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About American Express

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.

Theme exposure

Closed-loop networkPremium cardsLenderPremium spendingCard feesConsumer credit

Products

  • Consumer & business cards
  • Merchant network
  • Lending & fees

Competitors

Risks

  • Credit losses among cardholders
  • Reliance on affluent spending

Same segment: Payment rails & networks

The networks and processors that take a fee every time a card is swiped, the fee engine. Segment 3 of 6 in the Banks, payments & capital markets value chain.

VisaV+2.8%MastercardMA+2.5%PayPalPYPL+0.9%FiservFIGlobal PaymentsGPN−0.7%

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