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American Express — Q2 2022 Earnings Presentation

43 slides from American Express's earnings presentation, Jul 22, 2022

  1. Slide 1: American Express Earnings Conference Call Q2'22

    American Express Earnings Conference Call Q2’22 JULY 22, 2022

  2. Slide 2: Summary Financial Performance

    Summary Financial Performance ($ in millions; except per share amounts) YoY% Q2’22 Q2’21 Inc/(Dec) Total Revenues Net of Interest Expense $13,395 $10,243 31% FX-Adjusted* $10,044 33% Pretax Pre-Provision Income** $2,953 $2,334 27% Provision Expense $410 ($606) (168%) Net Income $1,964 $2,280 (14%) D

  3. Slide 3: Total Network Volumes Growth

    Total Network Volumes Growth % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior Year: Q1’21 Q2’21 Q3’21 Q4’21 Q1’22 Q2’22 Billed Business (9%) 51% 31% 33% 35% 30% Processed Volumes (1%) 26% 18% 15% 15% 19% Total Network Volumes (8%) 46% 29% 30% 32% 28% $395 $368 $350 $54 $ in Billions $331 $316 $52 $49 Total Network V

  4. Slide 4: Billed Business G&S Growth

    Billed Business G&S Growth G&S by Online vs. Offline % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior Year (FX-adjusted): 50% 30% Offline Total G&S Online 10% (10%) Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q2’22 Online Offline Total YoY 15% 23% 18% % of Total 66% 34% 100% 4 Note: G&S = Goods & Services spending. Online =

  5. Slide 5: Billed Business T&E Growth

    Billed Business T&E Growth T&E by Customer Type % Increase/(decrease) vs. 2019 (FX-adjusted): 60% Q2’22 % of Q2’19 40% US Consumer 136% 20% Intl Consumer 109% Total SME 108% 0% Total T&E 108% (20%) (40%) Large & Global 60% Corporate (60%) (80%) (100%) Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 US Intl Tota

  6. Slide 6: Global Consumer Billed Business

    Global Consumer Billed Business G&S vs. T&E Billed Business Growth by Age Cohort Millennials Baby Q2’22 G&S T&E Total Q2’22 Gen-X + Gen-Z Boomer + YoY 18% 70% 31% YoY 48% 30% 19% % of Total 30% 38% 31% $ in Billions % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior Year (FX-adjusted): Pre- 80% $187 Pandemic $174 $164

  7. Slide 7: Global Commercial Billed Business

    Global Commercial Billed Business G&S vs. T&E SME vs. Large & Global Corporate US Intl Total Q2’22 G&S T&E Total Q2’22 L&G Total SME SME SME YoY 17% 117% 30% YoY 23% 40% 25% 58% 30% Vs. ‘19 33% (15%) 19% Vs. ‘19 32% 40% 33% (22%) 19% $ in Billions % of Total 70% 14% 84% 16% 100% Pre- % Increase/(dec

  8. Slide 8: Worldwide Total Loans and Card Member Receivables

    Worldwide Total Loans and Card Member Receivables Total Ending Loans Total Ending CM Receivables ($ in billions) ($ in billions) $99.5 $91.5 $92.1 $77.8 $79.4 $53.6 $53.2 $56.0 $47.6 $48.8 YoY 4% 9% 20% 27% 28% 27% 19% 23% 27% 18% Growth Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 27

  9. Slide 9: Card Member Credit Metrics

    Card Member Credit Metrics Card Member Loans Net Write-off Rates Card Member Receivables Net Write-off Rates (excluding GCP) 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 30+ Days 30+ Days Past Due 0.6% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% Past Due* 0.5

  10. Slide 10: Total Provision

    Total Provision ($ in millions) $2,621 $1,703 $1,555 $628 $665 ($111) ($675) $410 $918 $927 ($606) ($33) Total Provision $781 ($191) $53 $58 $563 $379 Write-offs $260 $202 $221 $287 $352 ($116) ($168) ($320) ($674) ($393) Reserve ($1,054) ($866) Build/(Release)* Q1'20 Q2'20 Q3'20 Q4'20 Q1'21 Q2'21 Q

  11. Slide 11: Total Reserves

    Total Reserves Balance Sheet Credit Reserves* ($ in billions) $1.5 $5.8 ($2.4) $0.1 $0.3 ($0.2) $1.4 $4.3 Card Member ($2.2) Receivables $0.1 $3.4 ($0.3) $3.1 $0.1 $3.2 $0.1 $5.6 $0.1 $0.1 Total $4.2 Loans $3.4 $3.0 $3.0 Q1'20 Q4'20 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Beginning Ending Ending Ending Ending Reserves Re

  12. Slide 12: Revenue Performance

    Revenue Performance ($ in millions) Q2’22 YoY% Q2’22 Q2’21 % of Total Inc/(Dec) Revenue Discount Revenue $7,873 $6,044 30% 59% Net Card Fees $1,481 $1,286 15% 11% Service Fees and Other Revenue $1,265 $705 79% 9% Processed Revenue $416 $390 7% 3% Net Interest Income $2,360 $1,818 30% 18% Revenues Ne

  13. Slide 13: Discount Revenue

    Discount Revenue Discount Revenue Growth* % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior year (FX-adjusted): 70% 57% 60% 50% 36% 38% 40% 34% 32% 30% 20% 10% 0% (10%) (10%) (20%) Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 * Discount Revenue adjusted for FX and the related growth rates are non-GAAP measures. See Annex 3 fo

  14. Slide 14: Net Card Fees and New Cards Acquired

    Net Card Fees and New Cards Acquired Net Card Fees Growth* Proprietary NCA % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior year (FX-adjusted): (in millions) 3.2 20% 19% 3.0 16% 2.7 2.6 2.4 15% 2.1 11% 10% 10% 10% 10% 5% 0% Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Note: Effective Q2’21

  15. Slide 15: Net Interest Income

    Net Interest Income Net Interest Income* $ in billions (on a reported basis) - % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior year (FX-adjusted): $2.4 $2.1 $2.2 $2.1 $2.0 $1.8 YoY 14% (5%) 6% 11% 20% 31% Change Q2'19 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 WW Net Interest Yield on CM 10.9% 10.6% 10.8% 10.3% 10.5% 10.4% Loan

  16. Slide 16: Total Revenue Net of Interest Expense

    Total Revenue Net of Interest Expense Total Revenue Growth* % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior year (FX-adjusted): 45% 33% 35% 31% 31% 31% 24% 25% 15% 5% (5%) 10% 9% 9% 1% (28%) (20%) (18%) (13%) 29% (13%) (15%) (25%) Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 * Total Revenue Net of Interest Expense adjusted

  17. Slide 17: Expense Performance

    Expense Performance ($ in millions) YoY% Q2’22 Q2’21 Inc/(Dec) Card Member Rewards $3,591 $2,712 32% Business Development $1,404 $889 58% Card Member Services $678 $432 57% Variable CM Engagement Expenses $5,673 $4,033 41% Marketing $1,502 $1,330 13% Operating Expenses* $3,267 $2,546 28% Total Expen

  18. Slide 18: Capital

    Capital Common Equity Tier 1 Capital Return ($ in billions) $3.6 14.2% $3.4 12.6% 10.5% 10.4% 10.3% $1.9 $1.3 $1.0 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 CET1 Ratio Target: 10-11% 18

  19. Slide 19: The Growth Plan

    The Growth Plan 2022 Guidance 2023 Expectations 2024+ Aspiration Revenue Growth: Revenue Growth: 23% - 25% Higher than long-term in excess of 10% aspirational levels of EPS: Revenue growth EPS Growth: $9.25 - $9.65 Mid-teens Pandemic Recovery Tailwinds (2022-2023) Steady State Macro Environment 19

  20. Slide 20: Appendix

    Appendix

  21. Slide 21: Historical Network Volumes Trend

    Historical Network Volumes Trend Network Volumes Indexed to 2000 COVID-19 Great Financial Recession YoY (18%) YoY 9/11 Flat YoY (9%) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 21 Note: 2022 network volumes are based on forecaste

  22. Slide 22: Q2'22 Network Volumes Growth by Customer Type

    Q2’22 Network Volumes Growth by Customer Type % of Total US Int’l US Int’l Large & Global Processed Network Consumer Consumer* SME SME* Corporate* Volumes* Volumes 36% 12% 27% 5% 6% 14% % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior Year (FX-adjusted): 58% 42% 40% 27% 23% 19% Consumer Commercial 22 1 Annex 2 for r

  23. Slide 23: Travel & Entertainment Billed Business

    Travel & Entertainment Billed Business T&E by Industry % Increase/(decrease) vs. 2019 (FX-adjusted): 60% 40% Restaurants 20% Other Total T&E 0% Lodging (20%) Airlines (40%) (60%) (80%) (100%) (120%) Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q2’22 Restaurants Lodging Airlines Other Total vs. ‘19 35% (5%) (

  24. Slide 24: Global Corporate Payments Card Member Credit Metrics

    Global Corporate Payments Card Member Credit Metrics GCP Card Member Receivables Client Bankruptcy Recovery Impact to Net Write-Offs Adjusted Net Write-off rates* Increase/(Decrease) Q2’21 Net Write-Off ($37M) Amount/(Recovery) Credit Insurance Claim (Proceeds)/Repayment within Other, net $33M 0.5%

  25. Slide 25: Credit Reserve Build Macroeconomic Assumptions

    Credit Reserve Build Macroeconomic Assumptions US Unemployment Rate % US GDP Growth* % 18% 8% 16% 6% 14% 4% 12% 2% 10% 0% 8% (2%) 6% 4% (4%) 2% (6%) 0% (8%) Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q3'22 Q4'20 Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'22 Q1'23 Q2'23 Q3'23 Q4'23 Q4'20 Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q3'22 Q4'22 Q1'23 Q2'23

  26. Slide 26: Funding Mix

    Funding Mix Funding Mix ($ in billions) $140 $134 Short-term $124 1% 2% Funding 1% 54% 69% Deposits 68% 14% 10% 9% Card ABS* 30% Unsecured 21% 21% Term** Q2'19 Q2'21 Q2'22 Note: % of total may not foot due to rounding. * Reflects face amount of Card ABS, net of securities retained by the Company. In

  27. Slide 27: FX Impact on Network Volumes and Revenue Growth

    FX Impact on Network Volumes and Revenue Growth Network Volumes Revenue Net of Interest Expense % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior year: % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior year: 50% 50% (15%) (15%) Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q1'21 Q2'21 Q3'21 Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Reported FX Adj. Reported FX Adj. Eu

  28. Slide 28: Additional Commentary – Variance Analysis

    Additional Commentary – Variance Analysis The following summary provides selected variance information for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to the same period in the prior year. It should be read in conjunction with the statistical tables for Q2’22, available at ir.americanexpress.com.

  29. Slide 29: Additional Commentary – Variance Analysis

    Additional Commentary – Variance Analysis • Card Member Rew ards Expense: Increased 32% versus Q2’21, pr imarily driven by increases in Membership Rew ards, cash back rew ards and cobrand rew ards expenses, all of w hich w ere primar ily dr iven by higher billed business. The increase in Membership

  30. Slide 30: Annex 1: Pretax Pre-Provision Income

    Annex 1  Pretax Pre-Provision Income ($ in millions) YoY% Q2’22 Q2’21 Inc/(Dec) Pretax income $2,543 $2,940 (14%) Provisions for credit losses $410 ($606) (168%) Pretax pre-provision income $2,953 $2,334 27% 30

  31. Slide 31: Annex 2 (1 of 2): Network Volumes – Reported & FX-Adjusted

    Annex 2 (1 of 2)  Network Volumes – Reported & FX-Adjusted* % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior year Q1’21 Q2’21 Q3’21 Q4’21 Q1’22 Q2’22 Int’l Consumer Reported (10%) 59% 27% 28% 36% 28% FX-Adjusted (17%) 46% 24% 32% 43% 42% Global Consumer Reported (4%) 62% 34% 34% 37% 27% FX-Adjusted (6%) 58% 34% 35%

  32. Slide 32: Annex 2 (2 of 2): Network Volumes – Reported & FX-Adjusted

    Annex 2 (2 of 2)  Network Volumes – Reported & FX-Adjusted* % Increase/(decrease) vs. Prior year Q2’22 Q1’21 Q2’21 Q3’21 Q4’21 Q1’22 Q2’22 vs Q2’19 Large & Global Corporate Reported (43%) 37% 26% 34% 41% 55% (23%) FX-Adjusted (44%) 34% 25% 34% 42% 58% (22%) Int’l SME Reported (1%) 50% 28% 27% 27% 2

  33. Slide 33: Annex 3: Discount Revenue – Reported & FX-Adjusted

    Annex 3  Discount Revenue – Reported & FX-Adjusted* ($ in billions) Q1’20 Q2’20 Q3’20 Q4’20 Q1’21 Q2’21 Q3’21 Q4’21 Q1’22 Q2’22 GAAP Discount Revenue $5.6 $3.8 $4.8 $5.3 $5.0 $6.0 $6.4 $7.1 $6.8 $7.9 FX-Adjusted Discount Revenue* $5.6 $3.8 $4.8 $5.3 $5.0 $6.0 YoY% Inc/(Dec) in GAAP Discount (10%) 5

  34. Slide 34: Annex 4: Net Card Fees – Reported & FX-Adjusted

    Annex 4  Net Card Fees – Reported & FX-Adjusted* ($ in billions) Q1’20 Q2’20 Q3’20 Q4’20 Q1’21 Q2’21 Q3’21 Q4’21 Q1’22 Q2’22 GAAP Net Card Fees $1.1 $1.1 $1.2 $1.2 $1.3 $1.3 $1.3 $1.3 $1.4 $1.5 FX-Adjusted Net Card Fees* $1.1 $1.2 $1.2 $1.2 $1.2 $1.2 YoY% Inc/(Dec) in GAAP Net Card 13% 13% 10% 10%

  35. Slide 35: Annex 5: Net Interest Income – Reported & FX-Adjusted

    Annex 5  Net Interest Income – Reported & FX-Adjusted* ($ in billions) Q2’18 Q2’19 Q2’20 Q3’20 Q4’20 Q2’21 Q3’21 Q4’21 Q1’22 Q2’22 GAAP Net Interest Income $1.8 $2.1 $1.9 $1.9 $1.9 $1.8 $2.0 $2.1 $2.2 $2.4 FX-Adjusted Net Interest Income* $1.8 $2.1 $1.9 $1.9 $1.9 $1.8 YoY% Inc/(Dec) in GAAP Net Int

  36. Slide 36: Annex 6: Consolidated Net Interest Yield on Average Card Member Loans

    Annex 6  Consolidated Net Interest Yield on Average Card Member Loans ($ in millions, except percentages and where indicated) Q2’19 Q2’21 Q3’21 Q4’21 Q1’22 Q2’22 Net interest incom e $2,074 $1,818 $1,994 $2,108 $2,199 $2,360 Exclude: Interest expense not attributable to our Card Member loan portfol

  37. Slide 37: Annex 7: Revenues Net of Interest Expense – Reported & FX-Adjusted

    Annex 7  Revenues Net of Interest Expense – Reported & FX-Adjusted* ($ in billions) Q1’20 Q2’20 Q3’20 Q4’20 Q1’21 Q2’21 Q3’21 Q4’21 Q1’22 Q2’22 GAAP Rev enues Net of Interest Expense $10.3 $7.7 $8.8 $9.4 $9.1 $10.2 $10.9 $12.1 $11.7 $13.4 FX-Adjusted Revenues Net of Interest* $10.5 $7.8 $8.8 $9.3 $

  38. Slide 38: Annex 8: GCP Card Member Receivables Net Write-Off rates

    Annex 8  GCP Card Member Receivables Net Write-Off rates ($ in millions) Q2’21 GCP Net Write-Offs - Principal and Fees* ($24) Client Bankruptcy Recovery Impact $37 Adjusted Net Write-Offs $13 GCP Average Card Mem ber Receivables $11,087 Reported Net Write -Off rates (0.9%) Adjusted Net Write-Off ra

  39. Slide 39: Forward Looking Statements

    Forward Looking Statements This presentation includes forw ard-looking statements w ithin the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, w hich are subject to risks and uncertainties. The forw ard-looking statements, w hich address American Express Company’s current expectation

  40. Slide 40: Forward Looking Statements

    Forward Looking Statements • the company’s ability to achieve its 2022 revenue grow th outlook, its revenue grow th expectations for 2023 and its revenue gr ow th aspirations for 2024 and beyond, w hich could be impacted by, among other things, the factors identified above and in the subsequent para

  41. Slide 41: Forward Looking Statements

    Forward Looking Statements • the actual amount the company spends on marketing in 2022 and beyond, w hich w ill be based in part on continued changes in the macroeconomic and competitive environment and business performance; the effectiveness of management’s investment optimization process, manageme

  42. Slide 42: Forward Looking Statements

    Forward Looking Statements • changes affecting the company’s plans regarding the return of capital to shareholders, w hich w ill depend on factors such as c apital levels and regulatory capital ratios; changes in the stress testing and capital planning process and new guidance from the Federal Reser

  43. Slide 43: American Express

    AMERICAN EXPRESS

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