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$AXP
$315.16 +$1.94 (0.62%) Live

Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 670.6M shares outstanding

Who owns AXP?

By type of holder
Institutions 86.0% Insiders 0.1% Everyone else 13.9%
Concentration Top 10 holders own 49.2%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 22.6% · BlackRock, Inc. 6.3%
Institutional ownership
86.0%
-0.3 pts vs last qtr
Institutional holders
3,010
+94 vs last qtr
Net shares bought
−1.7M
by institutions in Q2 2026
New / sold out
260 / 166
positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026
  • Norges Bank NEW +8.0M
  • Jupiter Topco LLC NEW +2.4M

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Biggest sellers in Q2 2026
  • FMR LLC −3.3M
  • Capital Research Global Investors −2.4M

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Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months
$42.3M
10 notices from 9 people
Shares covered
121.0K
0.02% of the company
Arranged in advance
0%
of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan
Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan
$0$17.7M$35.5MNovDec 2025: $538.9K without a planDecJanFeb 2026: $35.5M without a planFebMar 2026: $909.7K without a planMarAprMayJun 2026: $2.4M without a planJunJulAug 2026: $3.0M without a planAugSepOct
Largest proposed sellers
  • Anna Marrs Officer $9.6M
  • Denise Pickett Officer $8.35M

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Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025
−25.6%
−3.23% a year
Each share's claim on the business
+34.3%
grew without buying or selling a share
Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock
$38B vs $3.56B
over 10 fiscal years
Diluted shares, split-adjusted
675.1M809.7M944.4M2016: 935.0M shares'162017: 886.0M shares'172018: 859.0M shares'182019: 830.0M shares'192020: 806.0M shares'202021: 790.0M shares'212022: 752.0M shares'222023: 736.0M shares'232024: 713.0M shares'242025: 696.0M shares'25
Buybacks Stock-based comp
$0$3.83B$7.65B2016 buybacks: $4.4B2016 stock comp: $254.0M'162017 buybacks: $4.3B2017 stock comp: $282.0M'172018 buybacks: $1.6B2018 stock comp: $283.0M'182019 buybacks: $02019 stock comp: $283.0M'192020 buybacks: $1.03B2020 stock comp: $249.0M'202021 buybacks: $7.65B2021 stock comp: $330.0M'212022 buybacks: $3.5B2022 stock comp: $375.0M'222023 buybacks: $3.65B2023 stock comp: $450.0M'232024 buybacks: $6.02B2024 stock comp: $504.0M'242025 buybacks: $5.81B2025 stock comp: $551.0M'25

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held
5+ years89% 3–5 years2% 1–3 years5% Under 1 year4%
Quarterly turnover
4.5%
of institutional shares changed hands
Top 10 managers, median time held
5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting AXP on Form 13F
BH
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
Shares
151.6M
% of company
22.61%
Change vs last qtr
Unchanged
Held since
≤2021
B
BlackRock, Inc.
Shares
42.0M
% of company
6.26%
Change vs last qtr
+96.1K (+0.2%)
Held since
≤2021

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting AXP on Form N-PORT; together they hold 22.4% of the company
VT
Position value
$5.86B
% of company
2.58%
% of the fund
0.26%
As of
June 30, 2026
V5
Vanguard Index Funds
Position value
$4.66B
% of company
2.06%
% of the fund
0.28%
As of
June 30, 2026

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Insiders and 5%+ holders

From Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G
SS
Squeri Stephen J
Insider
Shares
224.0K
% of company
0.03%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—
BD
Buckminster Douglas E.
Insider
Shares
182.4K
% of company
0.03%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—

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