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American Express (AXP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$320.61 -2.50 (-0.77%)
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About American Express Stock (NYSE:AXP)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$320.70
▼
$325.66
50-Day Range
$301.56
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$332.78
52-Week Range
$290.97
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$387.49
Volume
969,407 shs
Average Volume
3.21 million shs
Market Capitalization
$214.98 billion
P/E Ratio
18.08
Dividend Yield
1.19%
Price Target
$365.22
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

American Express Company is a global payments and financial services company that operates a card-issuing business and a payments network. Its products and services include consumer, small-business and corporate cards, payment processing, lending, travel services and expense-management solutions.

Founded in 1850 as an express mail business, the company expanded into financial services and became known for its charge cards and travel-related services. Today, it serves cardholders and businesses in the United States and markets around the world, connecting customers, merchants and financial institutions through its network.

Stephen J. Squeri is American Express’s chairman and chief executive officer. The company’s business combines cardmember services and benefits with merchant acceptance and payment solutions.

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American Express Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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91st Percentile Overall Score

AXP MarketRank™: 
4.538239538235 of 5 stars

American Express scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 170th out of 852 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    American Express has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.56, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 17 buy ratings, 13 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Upside Potential

    American Express has a consensus price target of $365.22, representing about 13.2% upside from its current price of $322.74.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    American Express has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about American Express' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for American Express are expected to grow by 12.29% in the coming year, from $17.98 to $20.19 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of American Express is 18.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.60.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of American Express is 18.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.00.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    American Express has a PEG Ratio of 1.36. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    American Express has a P/B Ratio of 6.05. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about American Express' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.64% of the float of American Express has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    American Express has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.57, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in American Express has recently increased by 0.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    American Express pays a meaningful dividend of 1.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    American Express has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of American Express is 21.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, American Express will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.82% next year. This indicates that American Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about American Express' dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    American Express has a news sentiment score of 1.01. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 47 news articles for American Express this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 55 people have searched for AXP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -15% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    28 people have added American Express to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, American Express insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $137,069,544.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.14% of the stock of American Express is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    84.33% of the stock of American Express is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about American Express' insider trading history.
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AXP Stock News Headlines

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Amex Stock Slides on Job Cuts, But the Real Story Is Macro
American Express posted record Q3 2026 revenue, raised EPS guidance, and improved credit metrics, yet AXP stock fell as investors weighed job cuts and macro concerns.
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AXP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

American Express' stock was trading at $370.04 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, AXP stock has decreased by 12.8% and is now trading at $322.7370.

American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) issued its earnings results on Friday, October, 23rd. The payment services company reported $4.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.50 by $0.18. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.9% on a year-over-year basis.
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The following companies are subsidiaries of American Express: Kabbage, Acompay, Resy, LoungeBuddy, Pocket Concierge, Cake Technologies, Mezi, and more.

Top institutional shareholders of American Express include State Street Corp (4.31%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.43%), Boston Partners (0.35%) and First Eagle Investment Management LLC (0.25%). Insiders that own company stock include Jeffrey C Campbell, Douglas E Buckminster, Anre D Williams, Elizabeth Rutledge, Elizabeth Rutledge, Stephen J Squeri, Raymond Joabar, Anna Marrs, Jennifer Skyler, Monique Herena, Glenda G Mcneal, Howard Grosfield, Laureen Seeger, Ravikumar Radhakrishnan, Denise Pickett, Caillec Christophe Le, Michael J Angelakis, Douglas Tabish and Quinn Jessica Lieberman.
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Shares of AXP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that American Express investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Visa (V), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Tesla (TSLA), Walt Disney (DIS), Walmart (WMT) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Company Calendar

Record date for 11/10 Dividend
10/09/2026
Ex-Dividend for 11/10 Dividend
10/09/2026
Last Earnings
10/23/2026
Dividend Payable
11/10/2026
Today
11/12/2026
Goldman Sachs 2026 U.S. Financial Services Conference
12/08/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
1/29/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Consumer Finance
Sub-Industry
Consumer Finance
Current Symbol
NYSE:AXP
CIK
4962
Employees
76,800
Year Founded
1850

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$450.00
Low Price Target
$230.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+13.7%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.56
Research Coverage
32 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$17.76
Trailing P/E Ratio
18.09
Forward P/E Ratio
15.91
P/E Growth
1.36
Net Income
$10.83 billion
Net Margins
15.80%
Pretax Margin
19.94%
Return on Equity
34.19%
Return on Assets
3.83%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
1.64
Current Ratio
1.58
Quick Ratio
1.58

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$77.59 billion
Price / Sales
2.78
Cash Flow
$18.24 per share
Price / Cash Flow
17.61
Book Value
$53.38 per share
Price / Book
6.02

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
670,552,000
Free Float
669,613,000
Market Cap
$215.42 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.09

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This page (NYSE:AXP) was last updated on 11/12/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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