Who owns American Express Company?What is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
Institutions own 84.7% of American Express Company's shares, through 3,118 funds, banks and other managers that report their holdings to the SEC; individual investors and others hold the rest. The largest on 30 June 2026 were Berkshire Hathaway Inc (22.4%), BlackRock, Inc. (6.2%), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (5.2%).
- Institutions ownWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 84.7%
- Institutional holders
- 3,118
- The 10 largest hold
- 48.9%
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 99.9%
- Holdings as of
- 30 Jun 2026
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
The largest shareholders
| # | Holder | Shares | Of the company | Value | Change last quarter (shares) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 151,610,700 | 22.36% | 51.28B USD | 0 |
| 2 | BlackRock, Inc. | 42,006,392 | 6.20% | 14.21B USD | +96,083 |
| 3 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 35,215,521 | 5.19% | 11.91B USD | +2,205,306 |
| 4 | State Street Corp | 29,095,803 | 4.24% | 9.84B USD | -131,918 |
| 5 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 20,459,941 | 3.02% | 6.97B USD | +51,618 |
| 6 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 14,019,549 | 2.07% | 4.73B USD | -146,925 |
| 7 | Morgan Stanley | 13,121,109 | 1.94% | 4.44B USD | +312,357 |
| 8 | Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 9,426,671 | 1.39% | 3.19B USD | +176,298 |
| 9 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 8,739,519 | 1.29% | 2.96B USD | +786,964 |
| 10 | Norges Bank | 7,985,867 | 1.18% | 2.70B USD | New position |
| 11 | Bank Of America Corp | 7,969,555 | 1.18% | 2.70B USD | +614,981 |
| 12 | Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 7,005,840 | 1.03% | 2.37B USD | +13,100 |
| 13 | Northern Trust Corp | 6,198,664 | 0.91% | 2.10B USD | -94,004 |
| 14 | FMR LLC | 6,007,554 | 0.89% | 2.03B USD | -3,257,444 |
| 15 | Wells Fargo & Company | 5,963,599 | 0.88% | 2.02B USD | +272,927 |
| 16 | Nuveen, LLC | 5,189,802 | 0.77% | 1.76B USD | -400,979 |
| 17 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 5,120,864 | 0.76% | 1.73B USD | +150,276 |
| 18 | UBS AM | 5,053,409 | 0.75% | 1.71B USD | -193,996 |
| 19 | Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 4,521,044 | 0.67% | 1.53B USD | -72,839 |
| 20 | Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 4,467,904 | 0.66% | 1.54B USD | -599,751 |
| 21 | Dz Bank AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt AM Main | 4,373,205 | 0.65% | 1.48B USD | -29,634 |
| 22 | UBS Group AG | 4,082,851 | 0.60% | 1.38B USD | -483,398 |
| 23 | Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | 3,888,106 | 0.57% | 1.32B USD | New position |
| 24 | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 3,888,106 | 0.57% | 1.32B USD | +16,958 |
| 25 | Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 3,736,251 | 0.55% | 1.26B USD | -116,966 |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 1,742 · 262 new
- Sold or cut
- 1,228 · 151 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +2.76M · 933.95M USD
- Institutional ownership
- 84.3% → 84.7%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- Norges BankNew position
- Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.New position
- Jupiter Topco LLCNew position
- Vanguard Capital Management LLC+2,205,306
- Marshall Wace, LLP+1,303,120
Biggest sellers last quarter
- FMR LLC-3,257,444
- Capital Research Global Investors-2,428,907
- Sg Americas Securities, LLC-1,002,749
- Wellington Management Group LLP-965,037
- Ameriprise Financial Inc-819,663
From the holders' 13F filings with the SEC for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026, filed up to 45 days after it; the buyers and sellers are among the 100 largest holders.
Common questions about American Express Company's shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling Prep
