Stock ownership · SEC 13F · Q4 2025

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO

Institutional ownership of AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (CUSIP 025816109) - who holds it, how concentrated it is, and what moved last quarter.

$109.2M
Reported value
19
Institutions
97%
Top-5 share

The verdict

According to SEC Form 13F-HR filings in this corpus, AMERICAN EXPRESS CO ranks #121 of 775 tracked securities by reported institutional value (largest first), matching the /stocks listing among names with ≥5 reporting holders. 19 institutions report $109.2M as of Q4 2025, with ownership heavily concentrated in a handful of holders.

19
institutions hold it
$109.2M
reported 13F value
97%
held by top 5
#121
of 775 by value

Based on long positions reported to the SEC as of Q4 2025; 13F omits shorts, options and non-US holdings.

According to SEC Form 13F-HR filings in this corpus, AMERICAN EXPRESS CO ranks #121 of 775 tracked securities by reported institutional value (largest first), matching the /stocks listing among names with ≥5 reporting holders.

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SEC Form 13F-HR ownership desk

CUSIP 025816109 · Q4 2025 $109M reported

VALUE-HEAVY · HOLDERS-NARROW · CONC-DOM · PHOTO-FINISH · ACTIVITY-HOT · BOOK-FULL

  • VALUE-HEAVY #121/775
  • HOLDERS-NARROW 19 filers
  • CONC-DOM 97% top-5
  • PHOTO-FINISH VERTEX PHARMACEUTICA…
  • ACTIVITY-HOT 17 new
  • BOOK-FULL 8Q history

Photo-finish peer on reported value: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS I

Read with: Ownership concentration guide - AMERICAN EXPRESS CO's top-five holders account for 97% of reported value — read concentration before treating any single filer as a signal.

Reported-value neighbourhood · AMERICAN EXPRESS CO

Nearest tracked securities by aggregate 13F reported value, not a full corpus reprint.

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICA… · near$110MAMERICAN EXPRESS · this stock$109MISHARES ESG AWARE US… · near$108MHERSHEY · near$108MOMNICOM GROUP · near$108M
Aggregate reported institutional value ($)

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO vs. the broadly-held institutional universe

Where this security's reporting-institution count sits among tracked 13F securities

19 Top 21% higher than 79% of 216 securities

Broadly-held tracked securities, banded by reporting-institution count

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Source SEC Form 13F-HR filings · Q4 2025

Largest institutional holders of AMERICAN EXPRESS CO
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  5. 5
    ARWA LLC $1.5M
  6. 6

Top 6 reported holders by value · Q4 2025

Institutional ownership over time

The number of institutions reporting a AMERICAN EXPRESS CO position has risen from 16 to 19 over the last 8 quarters of 13F filings.

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Distinct 13F filers holding AMERICAN EXPRESS CO, by quarter

Top Institutional Holders

# Institution Shares Value Share of reported
1 GFI Investment Counsel Ltd. 203,789 $75.4M 69.0%
2 Pacer Advisors, Inc. 42,809 $15.8M 14.5%
3 Banque Transatlantique SA 26,652 $9.8M 9.0%
4 Anchor Investment Management, LLC 8,765 $3.2M 3.0%
5 ARWA LLC 3,984 $1.5M 1.3%
6 THRYVE WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC 1,812 $670K 0.6%
7 Tempo Wealth, LLC 1,649 $610K 0.6%
8 GROUPAMA ASSET MANAGMENT 1,104 $408K 0.4%
9 Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. 1,251 $402K 0.4%
10 OakTrust Wealth Advisors, LLC 899 $333K 0.3%
11 Nolet Wealth Management, LLC 768 $284K 0.3%
12 KW WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC 608 $225K 0.2%
13 DGS Capital Management, LLC 578 $214K 0.2%
14 Bell Investment Advisors, Inc 423 $156K 0.1%
15 CHELSEA COUNSEL CO 200 $74K 0.1%
16 Strategic Investment Solutions, Inc. /IL 136 $50K 0.0%
17 MidFirst Bank 301 $6K 0.0%
18 TD Capital Management LLC 10 $4K 0.0%
19 SG Trading Solutions, LLC 2,457 $909 0.0%

Investment Discretion

SEC Form 13F requires each institutional filer to report whether it exercises sole or shared discretion over a position. Among AMERICAN EXPRESS CO's reported holders for Q4 2025, by reported value:

Sole discretion (SOLE)
90.7%
Shared-defined discretion (DFND)
9.3%

Latest Quarter Activity · Q4 2025

Frequently Asked Questions

How many institutions hold AMERICAN EXPRESS CO?
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO is held by 19 institutional investors per the latest SEC Form 13F filings as of Q4 2025.
Where does AMERICAN EXPRESS CO sit among tracked securities?
According to SEC Form 13F-HR filings in this corpus, AMERICAN EXPRESS CO ranks #121 of 775 tracked securities by reported institutional value (largest first), matching the /stocks listing among names with ≥5 reporting holders. The ordinal is recomputed live among securities with ≥5 reporting holders. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.
What is the total institutional value of AMERICAN EXPRESS CO?
Institutions report $109.2M of AMERICAN EXPRESS CO as of Q4 2025.
How concentrated is ownership of AMERICAN EXPRESS CO?
The top five institutional holders account for 97% of the reported institutional value in AMERICAN EXPRESS CO, making ownership heavily concentrated in a handful of holders.
Who is the largest institutional holder of AMERICAN EXPRESS CO?
GFI Investment Counsel Ltd. is the largest reported holder of AMERICAN EXPRESS CO with $75.4M across 203,789 shares as of Q4 2025.

Nationwide stocks with similar institutional value or holder count

Two 13F-derived peer sets for AMERICAN EXPRESS CO: nearest aggregate reported value and nearest institutional holder count, not catalog browse links.

Similar reported value

Nearest stocks by aggregate 13F reported value ($109.2M here).

Similar holder count

Nearest stocks by number of disclosing 13F holders (19 here).

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - EDGAR Form 13F-HR institutional holdings filings · Q4 2025 13F-HR discloses long US-listed equity positions of managers with $100M+ qualifying assets, filed within 45 days of period end. Short positions and most derivatives are not disclosed.

PlainFundData is rendered directly from SEC EDGAR Form 13F-HR institutional holdings filings, no number is typed in by an editor. Holder lists, concentration, and reported value on this page are aggregated live from those 13F-HR extracts. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-16.