American Express Co

AXP

Not Compliant
Exchange
Sector
Headquarters
Group
NYSE
Financials
United States of America
Large cap

American Express Co is not Shariah Compliant because of its involvement in Consumer Credit Cards Services and related activities.

3.07%

Impure Income*

-

Purification*

-

Zakat*

Financials

Market cap Group
Analysts' Rating
Price Target (Mean)
Price Target (Low)
Price Target (High)
Total Analysts
Large cap
HOLD
$311.52
$231.57
$371.00
30
Revenue Growth
Operating Margin
Net Profit Margin
Quick Ratio
Current Ratio
EPS Growth
5.33%
23.60%
13.95%
0.00
0.00
-12.89%

Shariah Compliance

  • Updated on April 14, 2025
Debt
26.79%
✓
Non-Compliant Assets
70.66%
✗
Impure Income
3.07%
✓

AAOIFI Rulebook:

  • Non-compliant Liabilities (like Interest-based Debt) < 30% of Market cap
  • Non-compliant Assets (like Interest-based Investments) < 30% of Market cap
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: AAOIFI SS21

Debt
35.21%
✗
Impure Income
3.07%
✓

S&P Sharia Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33% of 36-mo avg. Market cap
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: S&P Shariah Methodology

Debt
32.38%
✓
Impure Income
3.07%
✓

Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33% of 24-mo avg. Market cap
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: DJIM Methodology

Debt
18.82%
✓
Cash
64.37%
✗
Cash & AR
86.26%
✗
Impure Income
3.07%
✓

FTSE Shariah Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Cash and interest-bearing items < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Accounts receivable and cash < 50% of Total Assets
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: FTSE RUSSELL

Debt
18.82%
✓
Cash
64.37%
✗
Cash & AR
86.26%
✗
Impure Income
3.07%
✓

MSCI Islamic Rulebook:

  • Interest-based Debt < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Cash and interest-bearing items < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Accounts receivable and cash < 33.33% of Total Assets
  • Impure Revenues (incl. Interest Income) < 5% of Total Revenues

Source: MSCI Islamic Indexes

Impure Income Breakdown

-
-
Interest Income
3.07%

Note on Purification and Zakat:

  • Purification and Zakat (for long-term investing) calculations are in USD per share and based on AAOIFI methodology. AAOIFI requires purification every financial period (e.g. quarterly). 
  • If you follow S&P Shariah’s Dividend-only purification, then remove the impure income % from the dividends you receive. No purification required for non-dividend paying stocks, according to S&P Shariah.
  • For Zakat, if you did not invest in a company from a long term perspective, then consider the shares as trading goods and give 2.5% of the total value if a year has passed on them. 

Company Profile

American Express Company is a globally integrated payments company with card-issuing, merchant-acquiring and card network businesses. It offers products and services to a range of customers, including consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies and large corporations around the world. Its segments include U.S. Consumer Services (USCS), Commercial Services (CS), International Card Services (ICS) and Global Merchant and Network Services (GMNS). USCS offers travel and lifestyle services as well as banking and non-card financing products. CS offers payment and expense management, banking and non-card financing products. ICS provides services to international customers, including travel and lifestyle services, and manages certain international joint ventures and its loyalty coalition business. GMNS operates a payments network that processes and settles card transactions, acquires merchants and provides multichannel marketing programs and capabilities, services and data analytics.

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