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 declared 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 dividend yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 2nd. This is an increase from American Express's previous quarterly dividend of $0.39. View American Express' Dividend History.

American Express declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $3,400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 4.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January, 24th. The payment services company reported $2.03 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 15.44% and a return on equity of 30.24%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.84 earnings per share. 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 updated 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 anticipate American Express' share price to reach $137.04 in the next twelve months. 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.

Media coverage about AXP stock has trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Express earned a news impact score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the payment services company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for American Express.

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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), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Walt Disney (DIS), 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 $111.18 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.