Sentiment · FY2026 Q2
| Analyst | Firm | Questions (Challenge)Percentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|
| Craig Maurer | FT Partners | 8 (25%) |
| Mihir Bhatia | Bank of America | 7 (14%) |
| Sanjay Sakhrani | KBW | 7 (0%) |
| Jeff Adelson | Morgan Stanley | 7 (0%) |
| Don Fandetti | Wells Fargo | 7 (0%) |
| Rick Shane | JPMorgan | 7 (14%) |
| Mark DeVries | Deutsche Bank | 7 (0%) |
| Erika Najarian | UBS | 6 (50%) |
| Ryan Nash | Goldman Sachs | 6 (17%) |
| Terry Ma | Barclays | 5 (0%) |
| Firm | Analysts | Questions (Challenge)Percentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|
| FT Partners | 1 | 8 (25%) |
| Morgan Stanley | 1 | 7 (0%) |
| Bank of America | 1 | 7 (14%) |
| KBW | 1 |
| 7 (0%) |
| Wells Fargo | 1 | 7 (0%) |
| JPMorgan | 1 | 7 (14%) |
| Deutsche Bank | 1 | 7 (0%) |
| UBS | 1 | 6 (50%) |
| Quarter | Revenue | Rev YoY | EPS | EPS YoY | Op margin | Net margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Q4 | $19.22B | +8.3% | $3.04 | +16.0% | 14.3% | 11.3% |
| FY2025 Q1 | $18.93B | +6.3% | $3.64 | +9.3% | 17.6% | 13.6% |
| FY2025 Q2 | $19.93B | +8.3% | $4.08 | -1.7% | 17.8% | 14.5% |
| FY2025 Q3 | $20.56B | +9.5% | $4.14 | +18.6% | 18.6% | 14.1% |
| FY2025 Q4 | $21.04B | +9.5% | $3.53 | +16.1% | 14.7% | 11.7% |
| FY2026 Q1 | $20.88B | +10.3% | $4.28 | +17.6% | 31.6% | 14.2% |
| FY2026 Q2 | $21.59B | +8.3% | $4.53 | +11.0% | 18.9% | 14.4% |
Management’s own words, often on a non-GAAP, constant-currency, or adjusted basis — so these can differ from the GAAP figures above (e.g. constant-currency revenue growth excludes currency swings).
American Express started FY2026 with Q1 EPS of $4.28 up 18%, outpacing 10.3% revenue growth on margin expansion. Record card member spending growth was driven by the U.S. Platinum refresh, premium customer acquisition momentum, and net card fee/NII strength. Management reaffirmed FY2026 guidance at 9-10% revenue growth and $17.30-$17.90 EPS, investing the Q1 upside back into marketing and technology. The most significant commercial product expansion ever was announced alongside advancing agentic commerce and AI capabilities.
Demand | Competitive Dynamics | Product Launch | Pricing | Subscriber Growth | Guidance Reliability | Innovation & R&D | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024Q4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025Q1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025Q2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2025Q3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025Q4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026Q1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| '24Q4 | '25Q1 | '25Q2 | '25Q3 | '25Q4 | '26Q1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Competitive Dynamics | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Product Launch | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Pricing | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Subscriber Growth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Guidance Reliability | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Innovation & R&D | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Credit | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
What AXP and other companies said about each other on FY2026 Q1 earnings calls — extracted verbatim from public transcripts. Mentions from the newest quarter are a Pro feature.
“We've seen American Express step out there and take on the risk of a fraudulent agent transaction”
An analyst notes American Express has moved to assume fraud risk on agentic transactions, framing a competitive dynamic in agentic commerce versus Visa.
“using our Data Cloud, American Express is enabling agentic e-commerce at scale by moving an enterprise data platform along with hundreds of production applications to BigQuery.”
American Express is migrating its data platform and hundreds of apps to Google's BigQuery, a cloud-adoption read-through.
“Remuneration from American Express grew 10% to over $2 billion, led by 12% spend growth on strong acquisitions.”
Delta's co-brand card remuneration from American Express grew 10% to over $2 billion on 12% spend growth, a positive read-through for Amex co-brand economics.
“Our discussions with Visa, Chase and American Express are going well, and we still expect to have new deals in place later this year.”
Marriott is renegotiating co-branded credit card deals with American Express, a read-through to Amex's card partnership with Marriott's loyalty program.
“we just acquired a company called HyperCard, we brought in a group of people who we've been working with for a number of years who are really in expense management space”
American Express acquired HyperCard to add expense-management expertise and talent, bolstering its commercial/SME product roadmap.
“as the year goes on, the Amazon and the Lowe's book will roll off. That will have a slight drag on revenue, zero impact on PTI.”
American Express's Lowe's co-brand card portfolio will roll off over the year, a modest revenue drag with no pretax income impact, signaling the wind-down of the Amex-Lowe's co-brand relationship.
“as the year goes on, the Amazon and the Lowe's book will roll off. That will have a slight drag on revenue, zero impact on PTI.”
American Express's Amazon co-brand card portfolio will roll off over the year, a modest revenue drag with no pretax income impact, signaling the wind-down of the Amex-Amazon co-brand relationship.
| Company | Score | Trend | Rev YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
AXP American Express Company | 8 | +10.3% | |
| AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. | 10 | +32.6% | |
| COF Capital One | 6 | +44.2% | |
| KLAR Klarna Group plc | 8 | +51.3% | |
| MA Mastercard | 8 | +15.8% | |
| PYPL PayPal | 5 | +7.2% | |
| SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. | 9 | +35.8% | |
| SYF Synchrony Financial | 8 | +16.6% | |
| V Visa Inc. | 9 | +17.1% |