All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
AXP total return snapshot: AXP returned −7.84% over the past year and −15.10% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 21, 1973, AXP is up +23,408.64% in nominal total return, or +10.73%/yr, and is currently −18.39% below its total-return high on Dec. 11, 2025.
Data ending Fri Sep. 18, 2026
| Wed 1973-02-21💬 to Fri 2026-09-18 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXP × |
+23,408.64%
+10.73%/yr |
+12.17%/yr
R2=0.961 |
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| American Express Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Wed 1973-02-21💬 to Fri 2026-09-18 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| AXP × |
$10,000.00
1973-02-21 |
$2,350,863.96
2026-09-18 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| AXP × | −15.10% | −7.84% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| AXP × |
−18.39%
on 2026-09-18 from 2025-12-11 peak |
−83.91%
on 2009-03-06 from 2007-07-19 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-09-18 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXP × | −7.84% |
+21.41% +10.19%/yr |
+102.09% +26.43%/yr |
+101.98% +15.10%/yr |
+461.60% +18.83%/yr |
| Year | AXP |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −15.10% |
| 2025 | +25.99% |
| 2024 | +60.32% |
| 2023 | +28.67% |
| 2022 | −8.52% |
| 2021 | +36.88% |
| 2020 | −1.14% |
| 2019 | +32.52% |
| 2018 | −2.62% |
| 2017 | +36.22% |
| 2016 | +8.58% |
| 2015 | −24.21% |
| 2014 | +3.66% |
| 2013 | +59.84% |
| 2012 | +23.58% |
| 2011 | +11.66% |
| 2010 | +7.84% |
| 2009 | +126.15% |
| 2008 | −63.74% |
| 2007 | −13.39% |
| 2006 | +19.08% |
| 2005 | +5.26% |
| 2004 | +17.60% |
| 2003 | +37.68% |
| 2002 | +0.15% |
| 2001 | −34.48% |
| 2000 | −0.26% |
| 1999 | +63.41% |
| 1998 | +15.69% |
| 1997 | +59.89% |
| 1996 | +39.82% |
| 1995 | +42.82% |
| 1994 | +12.83% |
| 1993 | +28.44% |
| 1992 | +25.41% |
| 1991 | +3.44% |
| 1990 | −38.53% |
| 1989 | +34.37% |
| 1988 | +19.89% |
| 1987 | −16.45% |
| 1986 | +9.31% |
| 1985 | +45.03% |
| 1984 | +19.96% |
| 1983 | +5.91% |
| 1982 | +51.22% |
| 1981 | +13.34% |
| 1980 | +42.74% |
| 1979 | +8.45% |
| 1978 | −14.89% |
| 1977 | −8.29% |
| 1976 | +10.20% |
| 1975 | +41.35% |
| 1974 | −42.06% |
| 1973 | −27.62% |
