# American Express operating income

entity: /record/american-express.md  
predicate: operating_income  
page: /record/american-express/operating_income  
as_of: 2026-11-09  
cite: AsOf. "American Express quarterly operating income: 1,640,000,000 United States dollar", as of 2010-09-30. Claim clm_9AE4743F14BD, https://asof.is/claim/clm_9AE4743F14BD, accessed 2026-11-09. Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000095012310100214/0000950123-10-100214-index.htm.  

As of November 9, 2026, the latest operating income figure on the AsOf record for American Express is $1.64 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, from a primary source (sec.gov). American Express's latest full-year operating income is $2.84 billion, dated December 31, 2009, from a primary source (sec.gov); the two periods are kept apart, never compared.

3 claims on American Express's operating income, 1 open and 2 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Latest operating income

The newest figure for a shorter period, the quarter ended September 30, 2010: a quarterly_operating_income claim, kept apart from the full-year series.

- [American Express](/record/american-express.md) | quarterly_operating_income | 1,640,000,000 United States dollar | valid 2010-09-30 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_9AE4743F14BD](/claim/clm_9AE4743F14BD.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000095012310100214/0000950123-10-100214-index.htm

## Latest full-year operating income

What the record asserts on 2026-11-09.

- [American Express](/record/american-express.md) | operating_income | 2,841,000,000 United States dollar | valid 2009-12-31 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_D9B2B11CB1C4](/claim/clm_D9B2B11CB1C4.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000119312510041232/0001193125-10-041232-index.htm

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [American Express](/record/american-express.md) | operating_income | 5,694,000,000 United States dollar | valid 2007-12-31 to 2008-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_E460AA9232D3](/claim/clm_E460AA9232D3.md) | [clm_9BBD8F779CFE](/claim/clm_9BBD8F779CFE.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000119312510041232/0001193125-10-041232-index.htm
- [American Express](/record/american-express.md) | operating_income | 3,581,000,000 United States dollar | valid 2008-12-31 to 2009-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_D9B2B11CB1C4](/claim/clm_D9B2B11CB1C4.md) | [clm_E460AA9232D3](/claim/clm_E460AA9232D3.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000119312510041232/0001193125-10-041232-index.htm
- [American Express](/record/american-express.md) | operating_income | 2,841,000,000 United States dollar | valid 2009-12-31 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_D9B2B11CB1C4](/claim/clm_D9B2B11CB1C4.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000119312510041232/0001193125-10-041232-index.htm

## What replaced what

- $5.69 billion (2007-12-31 to 2008-12-31, [clm_9BBD8F779CFE](/claim/clm_9BBD8F779CFE.md)) was replaced by $3.58 billion from 2008-12-31 ([clm_E460AA9232D3](/claim/clm_E460AA9232D3.md))
- $3.58 billion (2008-12-31 to 2009-12-31, [clm_E460AA9232D3](/claim/clm_E460AA9232D3.md)) was replaced by $2.84 billion from 2009-12-31 ([clm_D9B2B11CB1C4](/claim/clm_D9B2B11CB1C4.md))

## Questions this record answers

### What is American Express's current operating income?

The latest figure on the record is $1.64 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, from a primary source (sec.gov). The latest full-year figure is $2.84 billion, dated December 31, 2009, from a primary source (sec.gov). The record asserts both as of November 9, 2026.

### What was American Express's operating income for the quarter ended September 30, 2010?

$1.64 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, dated September 30, 2010, from a primary source (sec.gov) (status valid, confidence 0.95).

### When did American Express's operating income last change?

The latest value on the record is $2.84 billion, dated December 31, 2009; before it the record holds $3.58 billion, dated December 31, 2008 and closed on December 31, 2009.

### What was American Express's operating income before $2.84 billion?

$3.58 billion, valid from December 31, 2008 to December 31, 2009 (status superseded), from a primary source (sec.gov).


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