American Express Stock Forecast, Price & News

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Express in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" American Express stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AXP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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American Express saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 8,450,000 shares, an increase of 22.5% from the January 14th total of 6,900,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,230,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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American Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 23rd 2021.
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American Express (NYSE:AXP) released its earnings results on Monday, January, 25th. The payment services company reported $1.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.50. The payment services company earned $9.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.32 billion. American Express had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.31% and a net margin of 8.84%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 17.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.03 EPS.
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American Express' stock was trading at $95.38 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AXP stock has increased by 45.4% and is now trading at $138.71.
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American Express announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 10th. Investors of record on Friday, January 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, February 10th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 7th.
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American Express pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.27%. American Express does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of American Express is 20.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, American Express will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.52% next year. This indicates that American Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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26 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for American Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $165.00. On average, they expect American Express' share price to reach $119.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.1%.
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1,437 employees have rated American Express CEO Stephen J Squeri on Glassdoor.com. Stephen J Squeri has an approval rating of 95% among American Express' employees. This puts Stephen J Squeri in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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American Express trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AXP."

American Express' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.77%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.86%), Dodge & Cox (1.78%), Morgan Stanley (1.09%), Northern Trust Corp (1.06%) and Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (1.01%). Company insiders that own American Express stock include Anna Marrs, Denise Pickett, Douglas E Buckminster, Jeffrey C Campbell, Laureen Seeger, Michael John O'neill, Paul D Fabara, Raymond Joabar, Richard Petrino, Stephen J Squeri and Theodore Leonsis.
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AXP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Viking Global Investors LP, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Dodge & Cox, Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Tybourne Capital Management HK Ltd., and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold American Express company stock in the last year include Anna Marrs, Denise Pickett, and Douglas E Buckminster.
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AXP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schroder Investment Management Group, Schroder Investment Management Group, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI, Lazard Asset Management LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Maj Invest Holding A S, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Artemis Investment Management LLP.
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Shares of AXP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $138.71.

American Express has a market capitalization of $111.74 billion and generates $43.56 billion in revenue each year. The payment services company earns $6.76 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.20 on an earnings per share basis.

American Express employs 64,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for American Express is www.americanexpress.com.

American Express is headquartered at 200 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10285.

American Express' mailing address is 200 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10285. The payment services company can be reached via phone at 212-640-2000 or via email at [email protected]