American Express Company (AXP) Ownership
AXP ownership summary
as of October 18, 2026- Institutions
- 64.6% of shares outstanding
- Insiders
- 22.56% of shares outstanding
- Shares outstanding
- 675.3M
- Float
- 522.2M shares available to trade
- Short interest
- 2.07% 10.8M shares short
- Days to cover
- 3.41 short interest up 3.8% vs prior month
- Institutions 64.62%
- Insiders 22.56%
- Other investors 12.82%
AXP top institutional holders
20 largest| # | Holder | % of shares | Shares | Value | Change | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 22.45% | 151.6M | $47.54B | — | June 30, 2026 |
| 2 | BlackRock Inc | 6.22% | 42.0M | $13.17B | +96,083 (+0.2%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 3 | Vanguard Capital Management, LLC | 5.21% | 35.2M | $11.04B | +2.2M (+6.7%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 4 | State Street Corp | 4.31% | 29.1M | $9.12B | −131,918 (−0.5%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 5 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 3.03% | 20.5M | $6.42B | +51,618 (+0.3%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 6 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2.08% | 14.0M | $4.40B | −146,925 (−1.0%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 7 | Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts | 1.94% | 13.1M | $4.11B | +312,357 (+2.4%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 8 | Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 1.40% | 9.4M | $2.96B | +176,298 (+1.9%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 9 | Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC | 1.29% | 8.7M | $2.74B | +786,964 (+9.9%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 10 | NORGES BANK | 1.18% | 8.0M | $2.50B | +1.3M (+19.9%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 11 | Bank of America Corp | 1.18% | 8.0M | $2.50B | +614,981 (+8.4%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 12 | T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. | 1.04% | 7.0M | $2.20B | +13,100 (+0.2%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 13 | Northern Trust Corp | 0.92% | 6.2M | $1.94B | −94,004 (−1.5%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 14 | FMR Inc | 0.89% | 6.0M | $1.88B | −3.3M (−35.2%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 15 | Wells Fargo & Co | 0.88% | 6.0M | $1.87B | +272,927 (+4.8%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 16 | Nuveen, LLC | 0.77% | 5.2M | $1.63B | −400,979 (−7.2%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 17 | The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 0.76% | 5.1M | $1.61B | +150,276 (+3.0%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 18 | UBS Asset Mgmt Americas Inc | 0.75% | 5.1M | $1.58B | −193,996 (−3.7%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 19 | Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 0.67% | 4.5M | $1.42B | −72,839 (−1.6%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 20 | Massachusetts Financial Services Company | 0.66% | 4.5M | $1.40B | −599,751 (−11.8%) | June 30, 2026 |
Value at the latest close. Change = shares bought or sold in the latest quarterly filing (13F). In the top 20, 11 holders added 6.0M shares and 8 cut 4.9M.
AXP top mutual fund and ETF holders
20 largest| # | Holder | % of shares | Shares | Value | Change | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest | 2.57% | 17.3M | $5.44B | −31,544 (−0.2%) | August 31, 2026 |
| 2 | Vanguard 500 Index Investor | 2.05% | 13.8M | $4.34B | −306,166 (−2.2%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 3 | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.04% | 7.0M | $2.20B | −11,285 (−0.2%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 4 | Fidelity 500 Index | 1.02% | 6.9M | $2.17B | +26,533 (+0.4%) | August 31, 2026 |
| 5 | State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF | 0.96% | 6.5M | $2.03B | — | September 30, 2026 |
| 6 | State Street®SPDR®DowJonesIndstrAvgETFTr | 0.76% | 5.1M | $1.61B | −44,505 (−0.9%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 7 | Vanguard MStar Value Index Investor | 0.71% | 4.8M | $1.51B | −394,085 (−7.6%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 8 | State Street®FinSelSectSPDR®ETF | 0.53% | 3.6M | $1.12B | −22,627 (−0.6%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 9 | Vanguard Institutional Index I | 0.41% | 2.8M | $873.8M | −58,851 (−2.1%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 10 | MFS Value A | 0.34% | 2.3M | $724.1M | −178,813 (−7.2%) | August 31, 2026 |
| 11 | Fidelity Contrafund | 0.31% | 2.1M | $661.5M | −69,509 (−3.2%) | August 31, 2026 |
| 12 | JPMorgan US Equity L | 0.30% | 2.1M | $643.2M | −187,613 (−8.4%) | August 31, 2026 |
| 13 | Vanguard Dividend Growth Inv | 0.28% | 1.9M | $595.8M | −422,417 (−18.2%) | June 30, 2026 |
| 14 | Fidelity SAI US Quality Index | 0.28% | 1.9M | $584.3M | +7,945 (+0.4%) | August 31, 2026 |
| 15 | JPMorgan Equity Income I | 0.25% | 1.7M | $524.0M | −98,815 (−5.6%) | August 31, 2026 |
| 16 | First Trust Rising Dividend Achiev ETF | 0.22% | 1.5M | $459.9M | +2,530 (+0.2%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 17 | UniGlobal Vorsorge | 0.21% | 1.4M | $439.5M | +220,869 (+18.7%) | August 31, 2026 |
| 18 | State Street® SPDR® Port S&P 500® ETF | 0.21% | 1.4M | $434.3M | −936 (−0.1%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 19 | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF USD Acc | 0.19% | 1.3M | $394.0M | +288 (+0.0%) | September 30, 2026 |
| 20 | T. Rowe Price Value | 0.18% | 1.2M | $376.8M | — | September 30, 2026 |
Funds report holdings monthly or quarterly; dates differ by fund.
AXP insider transactions
latest 20| Date | Name | Transaction | Price | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | Rick Larsen | Sell | $306.35 | — | — |
| 2026-03-30 | Ro Khanna | Buy | $297.47 | — | — |
| 2026-03-11 | Shelley Moore Capito | Buy | $305.98 | — | — |
| 2026-03-10 | Ro Khanna | Sell | $303.13 | — | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Ro Khanna | Sell | $320.17 | — | — |
| 2026-02-12 | Howard Grosfield | Sell | $346.73 | 8,134 | $2.8M |
| 2026-02-09 | Ravikumar Radhakrishnan | Sell | $356.58 | 15,000 | $5.3M |
| 2026-02-05 | Anna Marrs | Sell | $350.01 | 27,425 | $9.6M |
| 2026-02-05 | Denise Pickett | Sell | $356.91 | 23,385 | $8.3M |
| 2026-02-05 | Ro Khanna | Sell | $354.50 | — | — |
| 2026-01-29 | Ro Khanna | Buy | $358.09 | — | — |
| 2026-01-23 | Ro Khanna | Buy | $361.76 | — | — |
| 2025-12-29 | Markwayne Mullin | Buy | $375.21 | — | — |
| 2025-12-18 | Julie Johnson | Sell | $375.82 | — | — |
| 2025-11-13 | Julie Johnson | Sell | $364.26 | — | — |
| 2025-10-31 | Elizabeth Rutledge | Sell | $360.21 | 50,000 | $18.0M |
| 2025-10-31 | Lisa C. McClain | Sell | $360.70 | — | — |
| 2025-10-30 | Lisa C. McClain | Sell | $358.73 | — | — |
| 2025-10-30 | Lisa C. McClain | Buy | $358.73 | — | — |
| 2025-10-23 | Douglas Tabish | Sell | $355.61 | 2,515 | $894,359 |
Reported trades by company officers, directors and other filers (including disclosures by members of Congress where EODHD lists them). "—" where the filing gives no share count.
AXP shares outstanding
Year-end shares outstanding, adjusted for splits.
Who owns AXP
Institutional investors own 64.6% of American Express's shares and insiders 22.56%. The largest holder is Berkshire Hathaway Inc with 22.45% of the shares (151.6M), as of June 30, 2026. Among the top 20 institutions, 11 added shares and 8 reduced their stake in the latest filings. Short interest is 2.07% of the float, or 3.41 days of average trading volume. The share count fell 33.4% since 2014.
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AXP ownership FAQ
Who owns the most American Express stock?
The largest shareholders of American Express are Berkshire Hathaway Inc (22.45%), BlackRock Inc (6.22%), Vanguard Capital Management, LLC (5.21%), State Street Corp (4.31%), JPMorgan Chase & Co (3.03%).
What percentage of American Express is owned by institutions?
Institutions hold 64.6% of American Express's shares outstanding; insiders hold 22.56%.
Which funds own American Express?
The largest fund holders of American Express are Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest (2.57%), Vanguard 500 Index Investor (2.05%), iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (1.04%), Fidelity 500 Index (1.02%), State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF (0.96%).
What is American Express's short interest?
10.8M shares of American Express were sold short, 2.07% of the float; at the average daily volume it would take 3.41 days to cover.
Are insiders buying or selling American Express?
Of the latest 20 reported insider transactions in American Express (since October 23, 2025), 6 were purchases and 14 were sales.
How many shares of American Express are outstanding?
American Express has 675.3M shares outstanding, of which 522.2M are in the public float.