American Express (AXP): return calculator
American Express (AXP) shares, a card network and bank focused on higher-income customers, listed in New York.
Updated
- Type
- Stocks
- Market
- NYSE
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Data range
- 2016-07 – 2026-06 · 10 years
- Source
- Yahoo Finance
US$1,000 invested 9 years ago would be worth today
US$4,528
+352.8% total return
Try your own values in the calculators below.
Return calculator
Pick an amount and a period to see what an investment in American Express (AXP) would be worth today. By default we include reinvested dividends (total return).
Lump sum
What a one-off investment would be worth today.
Monthly investing (DCA)
What investing the same amount every month would be worth.
Estimate before taxes, fees and currency-conversion costs. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.
Investment growth
Performance
Data for the last 10 years · 2016-07 → 2026-06
Comparison with the market
US$1,000 invested vs S&P 500 ETF (SPY):
- American Express (AXP)
- US$5,997
- S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
- US$3,849
American Express (AXP) beat S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by US$2,148 (+56%) over this period.
Risk & drawdowns
The largest peak-to-trough drop in the window was -33.9%. An investor who bought near the prior peak would have seen the investment fall significantly before recovering.
Scenarios
Illustrative results based on the available data.
US$1,000 5 years ago
US$2,172
lump sum, +117.2126136829498% return
US$100/mo for 5 years
US$10,334
invested US$6,100
If it repeats +19.8%/yr for 10 years
US$6,089
projection from US$1,000 (hypothetical)
About American Express (AXP)
American Express is both a payments network and a bank. Unlike Visa and Mastercard, which only process payments and leave the lending to banks, Amex issues its own cards and lends directly to customers — a "closed-loop" model. It makes money in three ways: the fees it charges merchants on each purchase, interest on credit, and the annual fees on premium cards.
It trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker AXP and is part of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices. It is a long-standing holding of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. It is heavily geared toward higher-income customers and businesses, who spend more and default less, but that also makes it sensitive to consumer confidence and spending.
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Frequently asked questions
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Sources & methodology
Prices: Yahoo Finance. Monthly series, total return (dividends reinvested). Data through 2026-06-23.
Total return assumes dividends are reinvested; you can turn that off to see price-only appreciation. Values are estimates before taxes, fees and currency-conversion costs.
Page generated and reviewed by the Calculadora Capital editorial team. Last updated 2026-06-23.