Which is more profitable, American Express or Visa?

Visa keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, American Express or Visa?

Visa grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, American Express or Visa?

American Express costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, American Express or Visa?

Visa would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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American Express vs Visa stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

American Express is cheaper for its profits. Visa is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	American Express	Visa
	$215 billion	$794 billion
	15.0%	51.2%
	+11.0%	+13.7%
	19.8×	33.8×
	0.4 years	0.3 years
	8.9%	31.8%
	1.1%	0.8%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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