Filing excerpt
Marketing expense increased 4 percent year-over-year as we continued to invest to acquire high-spending, high credit-quality customers.
The company spent $6.25 billion on marketing in 2025, a 4% increase, with the explicit goal of acquiring high-spending, high credit-quality customers.
Filing excerpt
Marketing expense increased 4 percent year-over-year as we continued to invest to acquire high-spending, high credit-quality customers.
What this signalsFilings often name leadership changes, deals and spending plans.
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Company
linkedin_urlValue in the APIindustriesValue in the APIemployee_count_lowValue in the APIemployee_count_highValue in the APIrevenueValue in the APIdescriptionValue in the APISignal
signal_nameValue in the APIassociationValue in the APIGET /v1/signals/4f6b7c05-326e-4197-98c0-46c4f842108c returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for americanexpress.com.
{
"signal_id": "4f6b7c05-326e-4197-98c0-46c4f842108c",
"signal_type": "sec-10k",
"signal_subtype": "marketExpansion",
"detected_at": "2026-02-10T07:48:41.517+00:00",
"company": {
"name": "American Express",
"domain": "americanexpress.com"
},
"data": {
"detail": "The company spent $6.25 billion on marketing in 2025, a 4% increase, with the explicit goal of acquiring high-spending, high credit-quality customers. This budget allocation indicates a strong focus on customer acquisition and presents opportunities for marketing tech, data analytics, and advertising partners.",
"metrics": {
"pct": 0.04,
"timeframe": "current_year",
"pct_context": "Year-over-year increase in marketing expense",
"dollar_context": "Marketing expense",
"dollar_millions": 6252
},
"summary": "AXP increased marketing spend by 4% to $6.25B to acquire high-value customers.",
"excerpts": "Marketing expense increased 4 percent year-over-year as we continued to invest to acquire high-spending, high credit-quality customers.",
"relevance": 0.7,
"sentiment": "positive",
"confidence": "high",
"source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000000496226000080/axp-20251231.htm",
"filing_date": "2026-02-06",
"filing_year": 2026,
"fiscal_year_end": "12/31",
"sales_relevance": "Scaling infrastructure needed",
"signal_category": "market"
}
}
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-H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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