American Express Stock Forecast, Price & News

American Express' stock was trading at $95.38 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AXP shares have increased by 31.4% and is now trading at $125.30.
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24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Express in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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American Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 22nd 2021.
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American Express (NYSE:AXP) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 23rd. The payment services company reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.39 by $0.09. The payment services company had revenue of $8.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.71 billion. American Express had a net margin of 8.84% and a return on equity of 21.31%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 20.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.08 earnings per share.
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American Express announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Tuesday, November 10th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.37%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 8th.
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24 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for American Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $175.00. On average, they expect American Express' stock price to reach $108.87 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.1%.
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American Express saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,870,000 shares, an increase of 12.9% from the October 15th total of 6,970,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to American Express include Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), Green Dot (GDOT), FirstCash (FCFS), Nelnet (NNI), PRA Group (PRAA), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), Regional Management (RM), EZCORP (EZPW) and Nicholas Financial (NICK).
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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), The Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Visa (V), AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Bank of America (BAC), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

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

American Express' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.76%), State Street Corp (4.11%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.81%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.39%), Morgan Stanley (1.08%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.92%). 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 State Street Corp, CI Investments Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Ninety One UK Ltd, AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, Focused Investors LLC, and Ziegler Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold American Express company stock in the last year include Anna Marrs, Denise Pickett, Douglas E Buckminster, Laureen Seeger, Raymond Joabar, Richard Petrino, and Theodore Leonsis.
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AXP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., SPF Beheer BV, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, WestEnd Advisors LLC, M&G Investment Management Ltd., and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec.
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $125.30.

American Express has a market capitalization of $100.89 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' 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]