NYSE:AXP - American Express Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

American Express declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, August 10th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 5th. View American Express' Dividend History.

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

American Express (NYSE:AXP) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 18th. The payment services company reported $1.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.15. The payment services company earned $9.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.49 billion. American Express had a return on equity of 28.41% and a net margin of 8.79%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.34 EPS. View American Express' Earnings History.

American Express is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for American Express.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for American Express' stock. Their predictions range from $86.00 to $128.00. On average, they anticipate American Express' share price to reach $107.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for American Express.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Express in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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Media coverage about AXP stock has been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. American Express earned a coverage optimism score of 0.06 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the payment services company an impact score of 45.47 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

American Express' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.18%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.33%), Swedbank (0.12%), Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC (0.10%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%) and Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.09%). Company insiders that own American Express stock include Anre D Williams, Ashwini Gupta, Douglas E Buckminster, James Peter Bush, Jeffrey C Campbell, John Joseph Brennan, Kenneth I Chenault, L Kevin Cox, Linda Zukauckas, Marc D Gordon, Michael John O'neill, Paul D Fabara, Richard Petrino, Stephen J Squeri, Susan Sobbott 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 Tikehau Investment Management, Calamos Advisors LLC, Baillie Gifford & Co., Hexavest Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC, Confluence Investment Management LLC and Pastel & Associes SA. Company insiders that have sold American Express company stock in the last year include Anre D Williams, Ashwini Gupta, Douglas E Buckminster, James Peter Bush, Jeffrey C Campbell, Kenneth I Chenault, L Kevin Cox, Linda Zukauckas, Michael John O'neill, Paul D Fabara, Richard Petrino, Stephen J Squeri and Susan Sobbott. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Express.

AXP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, James Hambro & Partners, Pennsylvania Trust Co and FormulaFolio Investments LLC. Company insiders that have bought American Express stock in the last two years include John Joseph Brennan 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $101.15.

American Express has a market capitalization of $86.47 billion and generates $33.47 billion in revenue each year. The payment services company earns $2.74 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.87 on an earnings per share basis. American Express employs 55,000 workers across the globe.

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]