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

American Express declared that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $3,400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 4.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January, 24th. The payment services company reported $2.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.03. The payment services company had revenue of $11.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.36 billion. American Express had a net margin of 16.51% and a return on equity of 29.68%. American Express's quarterly revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.84 earnings per share. 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 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 earnings per share estimate of $8.99.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for American Express' stock. 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 4.0%. 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.

Media stories about AXP stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Express earned a media sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the payment services company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. 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), 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 Focused Investors LLC (0.16%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.12%), Waverton Investment Management Ltd (0.08%), Strs Ohio (0.08%) and Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.07%). 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, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Focused Investors LLC, Strs Ohio and Chemung Canal Trust Co.. 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 acquired 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, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd, Waverton Investment Management Ltd, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. and Diversified Trust Co. 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 $135.11.

American Express has a market capitalization of $110.56 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]