NYSE:AXP - American Express Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Express' stock was trading at $95.38 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AXP shares have decreased by 7.0% and is now trading at $88.73. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Express in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for American Express.

American Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for American Express.

American Express will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, April 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) released its earnings results on Friday, January, 24th. The payment services company reported $2.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.03. The payment services company had revenue of $11.37 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.36 billion. American Express had a net margin of 15.44% and a return on equity of 30.21%. The business's revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.84 EPS. View American Express' earnings history.

American Express declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Friday, May 8th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 2nd. View American Express' dividend history.

American Express announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $3,400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 4.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

American Express updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 17th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.90-2.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.15. The company issued revenue guidance of +2-4% (implying $10.57-10.78 billion), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.19 billion.

18 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for American Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $93.00 to $159.00. On average, they anticipate American Express' share price to reach $121.73 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for American Express.

Press coverage about AXP stock has trended very positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Express earned a daily sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the payment services company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutAmerican Express.

American Express saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 11,844,700 shares, an increase of 35.2% from the February 27th total of 8,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,070,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View American Express' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other American Express investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Visa (V), Walt Disney (DIS), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Netflix (NFLX).

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

American Express' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.26%), FMR LLC (3.44%), Wealth Quarterback LLC (3.19%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.19%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.13%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.99%). Company insiders that own American Express stock include Denise Pickett, Douglas E Buckminster, Jeffrey C Campbell, L Kevin Cox, Laureen Seeger, Marc D Gordon, Michael John O'neill, Paul D Fabara, Raymond Joabar, Richard Petrino, Scott Murcray, Stephen J Squeri, Theodore Leonsis, Ventures Fund Vii LP Vivo and Zita Peach. View institutional ownership trends for American Express.

AXP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Renaissance Technologies LLC, FMR LLC, State Street Corp, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. Company insiders that have sold American Express company stock in the last year include Denise Pickett, Jeffrey C Campbell, Laureen Seeger, Michael John O'neill, Paul D Fabara, Raymond Joabar, Richard Petrino, Stephen J Squeri, and Theodore Leonsis. View insider buying and selling activity for American Express.

AXP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, Norges Bank, Janus Henderson Group PLC, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Investec Asset Management LTD, Samlyn Capital LLC, and Valueworks LLC. Company insiders that have bought American Express stock in the last two years include Scott Murcray, Ventures Fund Vii LP Vivo, and Zita Peach. View insider buying and selling activity for American Express.

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One share of AXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.73.

American Express has a market capitalization of $71.70 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. View additional information about American Express.

The official website for American Express is http://www.americanexpress.com/.

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]