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How American Express Company stacks up
AXP · against 5 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
78/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #3 of 6 · scores higher than 60% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score3 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including AXP · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 78?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 63% of peers. Return on assets: 3.7% vs peer median 2.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 81% of peers. Return on invested capital: 20.3% vs peer median 6.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = AXP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | AXP | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 6 reported | 20.3% | 13.9% | 80% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 3 reported | Not reported | 44.4% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 6 reported | 3.7% | 3.7% | 40% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 5 reported | 35.9% | 15.8% | 100% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 6 reported | 62.0% | 66.4% | 40% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AXP| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 141.3B USD | 95 | 52 | |
| 2 | 137.4B USD | 79 | 50 | |
| 3 | 218.3B USD | 78 | 50 | |
| 4 | 109.3B USD | 77 | 53 | |
| 5 | 188.7B USD | 64 | 45 | |
| 6 | 128.0B USD | 58 | 61 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score