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Q1 is officially on the books
American Express says its first-quarter 2026 results are out, and the company is hosting an investor call this morning at 8:30 a.m. ET to walk through the numbers. In other words: the card giant has taken the curtain down, and now Wall Street gets to start nitpicking the details.
Why you should care
With AmEx, investors usually zoom in on the same handful of questions: Are cardmember spending trends still healthy? Is loan performance holding up? And did management say anything that changes the vibe for the rest of 2026?
If the quarter shows strong top-line growth and resilient credit metrics, that can keep the bull case humming. If not, AmEx can go from “premium consumer spending machine” to “hmm, maybe the party’s slowing down” real quick.
Big picture
This is a classic earnings catalyst: fresh data, a live management Q&A, and enough moving parts to nudge the stock either way. Big picture: when AmEx speaks, investors listen — because even a fancy black card still lives and dies by the same old question, “Are people still swiping?”