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 1.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 5th. View American Express' Dividend History.

American Express announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $4,400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 5.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 18th. The payment services company reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 net margin of 8.79% and a return on equity of 28.41%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.34 earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for American Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $128.00. On average, they expect American Express' stock price to reach $107.2229 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for American Express.

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News coverage about AXP stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. 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 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the payment services company an impact score of 45.95 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

American Express' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.06%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.00%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (1.71%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (1.50%), Veritas Asset Management LLP (1.39%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.15%). 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 Fisher Asset Management LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Prudential Financial Inc., First Pacific Advisors LLC, Becker Capital Management Inc., State of Tennessee Treasury Department and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Veritas Asset Management LLP, American Century Companies Inc., BlackRock Inc., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, State Treasurer State of Michigan, Findlay Park Partners LLP and Great Lakes Advisors 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 $98.79.

American Express has a market capitalization of $83.65 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]