American Express Stock Forecast, Price & News

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 shares have increased by 28.1% and is now trading at $122.15.
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26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Express in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 11 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 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 26th 2021.
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American Express will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 26th 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 23rd. The payment services company reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' 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 return on equity of 21.31% and a net margin of 8.84%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 20.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.08 EPS.
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American Express announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 10th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 1.41%. 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 1.41%. 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 25.56% next year. This indicates that American Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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26 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for American Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $175.00. On average, they anticipate American Express' stock price to reach $115.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.5%.
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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 Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.08%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.06%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.05%), Huntington National Bank (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%) and Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.01%). 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 Huntington National Bank, Central Bank & Trust Co., Chemung Canal Trust Co., XR Securities LLC, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Diversified Trust Co, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Arden Trust Co. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Salvus Wealth Management LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, First Hawaiian Bank, NuWave Investment Management LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp, and James Hambro & Partners.
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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.

One share of AXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $122.15.

American Express has a market capitalization of $98.36 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]