American Express Co. balance sheet
At the end of its fiscal year on Dec 31, 2025, American Express Co. reported total assets of $300.05B and shareholders' equity of $33.47B. That works out to liabilities equal to 89% of assets, long-term debt of 1.68× shareholders' equity.
Balance sheet at each fiscal year end
| Fiscal year ended | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | $159.00B | $181.00B | $189.00B | $198.00B | $191.00B | $189.00B | $228.35B | $261.11B | $271.46B | $300.05B |
| Cash & equivalents | $25.49B | $33.26B | $27.81B | $24.45B | $32.97B | $22.03B | $33.91B | $46.60B | $40.64B | $47.79B |
| Total liabilities | $138.39B | $162.94B | $166.31B | $175.25B | $168.38B | $166.37B | $203.64B | $233.05B | $241.20B | $266.58B |
| Long-term debt | $46.99B | $55.80B | $58.42B | $57.84B | $42.95B | $38.67B | $42.57B | $47.87B | $49.72B | $56.39B |
| Shareholders' equity | $20.52B | $18.26B | $22.29B | $23.07B | $22.98B | $22.18B | $24.71B | $28.06B | $30.26B | $33.47B |
| Reported in | 10-K 2019 | 10-K 2020 | 10-K 2021 | 10-K 2022 | 10-K 2023 | 10-K 2024 | 10-K 2025 | 10-K 2026 | 10-K 2026 | 10-K 2026 |
Balance-sheet figures are point-in-time values on the last day of each fiscal year. Some companies (for example banks and insurers) do not present current assets and liabilities; those cells show —.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts for CIK 4962 (raw data). Most recent filing in this dataset: 10-Q filed Oct 23, 2026. SEC data file dated Nov 3, 2026; page built Nov 5, 2026. Figures are as most recently reported, including restatements. How we select figures.