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

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

American Express announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Monday, February 10th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 2nd. This is a boost from American Express's previous quarterly dividend of $0.39. View American Express' Dividend History.

American Express declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $3,400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 4.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January, 24th. The payment services company reported $2.03 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.03. The payment services company earned $11.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.36 billion. American Express had a return on equity of 30.21% and a net margin of 15.44%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.84 EPS. View American Express' Earnings History.

American Express is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for American Express.

American Express issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $8.85-9.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $8.99.

17 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for American Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $117.60 to $159.00. On average, they expect American Express' stock price to reach $137.04 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Express.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Express in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for American Express.

News coverage about AXP stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Express earned a coverage optimism score of 1.6 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 news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for American Express.

Some companies that are related to American Express include Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), FirstCash (FCFS), Nelnet (NNI), Green Dot (GDOT), Pra Group (PRAA), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), Regional Management (RM), EZCORP (EZPW), Nicholas Financial (NICK) and Asta Funding (ASFI).

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

American Express' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.26%), FMR LLC (3.44%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.19%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.79%), Parnassus Investments CA (0.78%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.76%). 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 for American Express.

AXP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including M&G Investment Management Ltd., Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Investec Asset Management LTD, Samlyn Capital LLC, Valueworks LLC, Meadow Creek Wealth Advisors LLC, Tesco Pension Investment Ltd and Parnassus Investments CA. 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 for American Express.

Shares of AXP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $135.87.

American Express has a market capitalization of $109.79 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 59,000 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]