American ExpressAXP
NYSE · USA · Segment 3 of 6 in the Banks, payments & capital markets value chain: Payment rails & networks
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.
Payment rails & networks: The networks and processors that take a fee every time a card is swiped, the fee engine.
Key metrics
Market cap
$230B
Price
$336.15
Today
+0.1%
Return YTD
−9.2%
Return 1Y
+6.4%
P/E
20.1
P/S
2.8
P/B
6.7
Data as of 2026-08-27 · updates daily after U.S. close
Theme exposure
In the value chain
Products & services
- Consumer & business cards
- Merchant network
- Lending & fees
Competitors
Risks
- Credit losses among cardholders
- Reliance on affluent spending
Supply chain
Supplies →
← Suppliers
Same segment: Payment rails & networks
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