All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
AXP real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, AXP returned +5.95% over the past year and −10.81% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 21, 1973, AXP is up +3,163.59% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.75%/yr, and is currently −14.26% below its real total-return high on Dec. 11, 2025.
Data ending Fri Jun. 26, 2026
| Wed 1973-02-21💬 to Fri 2026-06-26 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXP × |
−10.81%
2026-06-26 |
+5.95%
2026-06-26 |
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| Wed 1973-02-21💬 to Fri 2026-06-26 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXP × |
+3,163.59%
+6.75%/yr |
+8.61%/yr
(R2=0.925) |
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| Wed 1973-02-21💬 to Fri 2026-06-26 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXP × |
$10,000.00
1973-02-21 |
$326,358.58
2026-06-26 |
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| Year | AXP |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −10.81% |
| 2025 | +22.71% |
| 2024 | +55.83% |
| 2023 | +24.50% |
| 2022 | −14.07% |
| 2021 | +27.89% |
| 2020 | −2.47% |
| 2019 | +29.56% |
| 2018 | −4.44% |
| 2017 | +33.40% |
| 2016 | +6.38% |
| 2015 | −24.76% |
| 2014 | +2.89% |
| 2013 | +57.47% |
| 2012 | +21.48% |
| 2011 | +8.44% |
| 2010 | +6.25% |
| 2009 | +120.16% |
| 2008 | −63.77% |
| 2007 | −16.79% |
| 2006 | +16.16% |
| 2005 | +1.77% |
| 2004 | +13.89% |
| 2003 | +35.14% |
| 2002 | −2.17% |
| 2001 | −35.48% |
| 2000 | −3.53% |
| 1999 | +59.14% |
| 1998 | +13.86% |
| 1997 | +57.21% |
| 1996 | +35.33% |
| 1995 | +39.27% |
| 1994 | +9.89% |
| 1993 | +25.01% |
| 1992 | +21.88% |
| 1991 | +0.37% |
| 1990 | −42.07% |
| 1989 | +28.41% |
| 1988 | +14.82% |
| 1987 | −20.00% |
| 1986 | +8.12% |
| 1985 | +39.73% |
| 1984 | +15.40% |
| 1983 | +2.04% |
| 1982 | +45.65% |
| 1981 | +4.04% |
| 1980 | +26.87% |
| 1979 | −4.31% |
| 1978 | −21.91% |
| 1977 | −14.04% |
| 1976 | +5.09% |
| 1975 | +32.17% |
| 1974 | −48.43% |
| 1973 | −32.90% |
| Wed 1973-02-21💬 to Fri 2026-06-26 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXP × |
−14.26%
from 2025-12-11 peak |
−84.21%
2009-03-06 from 2007-07-19 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-06-26 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXP × | +5.95% |
+40.95% +18.72%/yr |
+91.51% +24.18%/yr |
+72.27% +11.49%/yr |
+367.11% +16.67%/yr |
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