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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.31%. The ex-dividend date 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 announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $3,400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 4.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) issued its earnings results on Friday, October, 18th. The payment services company reported $2.08 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.07 by $0.01. The payment services company earned $10.99 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.94 billion. American Express had a return on equity of 29.68% and a net margin of 16.51%. American Express's quarterly revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.88 EPS. View American Express' Earnings History.

American Express is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for American Express.

American Express will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, January 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.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for American Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $100.80 to $149.00. On average, they anticipate American Express' share price to reach $129.74 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.3%. 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 8 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for American Express.

News articles about AXP stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage 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 next few days. 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), Pra Group (PRAA), Green Dot (GDOT), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Regional Management (RM), 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), Verizon Communications (VZ), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), NVIDIA (NVDA) and General Electric (GE).

American Express' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.12%), Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.07%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.07%), Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.05%), Country Trust Bank (0.05%) and Huntington National Bank (0.04%). Company insiders that own American Express stock include Denise Pickett, Douglas E Buckminster, James Peter Bush, Jeffrey C Campbell, L Kevin Cox, Laureen Seeger, Marc D Gordon, Michael John O'neill, Paul D Fabara, 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Hexavest Inc., PGGM Investments, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Chemung Canal Trust Co., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund and Cacti Asset Management LLC. 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, 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 Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Diversified Trust Co, Baxter Bros Inc. and Sciencast Management LP. 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 $131.49.

American Express has a market capitalization of $107.59 billion and generates $40.34 billion in revenue each year. The payment services company earns $6.92 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.33 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]