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-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • VALUE-HEAVY #121/775
  • HOLDERS-NARROW 19 filers
  • CONC-DOM 97% top-5
  • PHOTO-FINISH VERTEX PHARMACEUTICA…
  • ACTIVITY-LIGHT 1 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 PHARMACEUTICALS I · n…$110MAMERICAN EXPRESS · this stock$109MISHARES ESG AWARE US AGGREGA…$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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    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

New positions (1)

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 2026-09-26.