American Express (AXP): FY26 Q1 earnings call, Apr 23, 2026

On its Apr 23, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q1), American Express said 4 of the 12 words Kalshi listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 12 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.

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12 words · 4 settled yes · our count agreed on 12 of 12

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityClipMarket
Millennial Yes1212✓91%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 2:26, Millennial–
NII / Net Interest Income Yes77✓87%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 14:15, NII / Net Interest Income–
Lounge Yes11✓81%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 5:13, Lounge–
Regulation / Regulatory Yes11✓60%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 17:38, Regulation / Regulatory–
Currency No00✓47%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Stablecoin No00✓38%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Dunkin No00✓32%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Coinbase No00✓25%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Spending Trend No00✓22%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Rate Cap / 10% Cap No00✓11%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Trump No00✓11%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Blockchain No00✓10%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

13 matches for “Expense”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Stephen Squericompanyprepared · 6:04Hear it 5:58, Stephen Squeri

…enhanced products, benefits and capabilities including a corporate cash back card and expense management software, making this the most significant 1-year commercial product expansion in…

Christophe Le Cailleccompanyprepared · 13:52Hear it 13:50, Christophe Le Caillec

…with our expectations for generally stable credit metrics throughout 2026. Overall provision expense of $1.3 billion included a reserve release of $24 million. The reserve…

Christophe Le Cailleccompanyprepared · 15:51Hear it 15:50, Christophe Le Caillec

…to continue to outpace growth in balances for the year. Turning to expenses. The VC to revenue ratio was 44.7% this quarter, in line with…

Christophe Le Cailleccompanyprepared · 16:40Hear it 16:38, Christophe Le Caillec

…increase our marketing investments to support long-term growth. We now expect marketing expenses to grow in the mid-single digits for the full year. Moving on…

Christophe Le Cailleccompanyqa · 24:55Hear it 24:49, Christophe Le Caillec

…the P&L, there were also a few unexpected items either on operating expenses. I'll mention 2 that went in our favor. One is a core…

Where the listed words were said

Stephen Squericompany“Millennial” · prepared · 2:28Hear it 2:28, Stephen Squeri

…while maintaining high retention rates after the fee increase went into effect. Millennial and Gen Z spending growth continues to be robust and globally over…

Christophe Le Cailleccompany“NII / Net Interest Income” · prepared · 14:17Hear it 14:13, Christophe Le Caillec

…up 11%. We saw momentum across revenue lines with net card fees, NII and service fees and other revenue, all growing at double-digit rates again…

Stephen Squericompany“Lounge” · prepared · 5:15Hear it 5:09, Stephen Squeri

…Amex's membership with recent openings and plans for new or expanded airport lounges in Las Vegas, Boston, Charlotte, Dallas Fort Worth and New Delhi. And…

Christophe Le Cailleccompany“Regulation / Regulatory” · prepared · 17:40Hear it 17:37, Christophe Le Caillec

…modestly positive. As we evaluate the proposal in the CapEx or other regulatory considerations, we are encouraged by the first discussion of modernizing the tailoring…

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