American Express Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street equities research 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 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" American Express stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AXP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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American Express saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 9,550,000 shares, a drop of 35.8% from the July 29th total of 14,870,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,580,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's shares are sold short.
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American Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 22nd 2021.
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American Express (NYSE:AXP) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 22nd. The payment services company reported $2.80 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.64 by $1.16. The payment services company had revenue of $10.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.59 billion. American Express had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.15% and a net margin of 18.72%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 33.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.29 EPS.
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American Express' stock was trading at $95.38 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AXP stock has increased by 71.2% and is now trading at $163.27.
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American Express declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Tuesday, August 10th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 1st.
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American Express pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.07%. American Express does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of American Express is 32.21%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, American Express will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.22% next year. This indicates that American Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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21 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for American Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $225.00. On average, they expect American Express' share price to reach $167.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.7% from the stock's current price.
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1,437 employees have rated American Express CEO Stephen J Squeri on Glassdoor.com. Stephen J Squeri has an approval rating of 95% among American Express' employees. This puts Stephen J Squeri in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

American Express' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.13%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.03%), State Street Corp (4.35%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.93%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.61%) and Dodge & Cox (1.59%). Company insiders that own American Express stock include Anna Marrs, Anre D Williams, Denise Pickett, Douglas E Buckminster, Jeffrey C Campbell, Laureen Seeger, Marc D Gordon, Raymond Joabar, Richard Petrino, Scott Kessler, Stephen J Squeri and Theodore Leonsis.
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AXP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dodge & Cox, Invesco Ltd., Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Ruffer LLP, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and American Century Companies Inc.. Company insiders that have sold American Express company stock in the last year include Anna Marrs, Anre D Williams, Douglas E Buckminster, Jeffrey C Campbell, Laureen Seeger, Marc D Gordon, Raymond Joabar, and Scott Kessler.
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AXP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Jefferies Group LLC, Amundi, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd, Macquarie Group Ltd., and 1832 Asset Management L.P..
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One share of AXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $163.27.

American Express has a market capitalization of $129.71 billion and generates $36.09 billion in revenue each year. The payment services company earns $3.14 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.34 on an earnings per share basis.

American Express employs 64,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of American Express: 56th Street AXP Campus LLC, AAC Statutory Trust, AE Exposure Management Limited, AE Hungary Holdings Limited Liability Company, AEOCC Funding Australia Limited, AEOCC Management Company Limited, AMEX (Middle East) QFC LLC, AMEX Assurance Company, AXP Insurance Master Trust, Accertify, Accertify Inc., Acompay, Alpha Card Merchant Services S.C.R.L./C.V.B.A., Alpha Card S.C.R.L./C.V.B.A., American Express (India) Private Limited, American Express (Malaysia) SDN. BHD., American Express (Thai) Company Limited, American Express Advanced Services Europe Limited, American Express Argentina S.A., American Express Asia Network Consulting (Beijing) Limited Company, American Express Australia Limited, American Express Bank (Mexico) S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple, American Express Bank LLC, American Express Bank Services S.A. de C.V., American Express Banking Corp., American Express Brasil Assessoria Empresarial Ltda., American Express Business Solutions (India) Private Limited, American Express Canada Holdings B.V., American Express Carte France SA, American Express Company (Mexico) S.A. de C.V., American Express Continental LLC, American Express Credit Corporation, American Express Credit Mexico LLC, American Express Dutch Capital LLC, American Express Europe LLC, American Express Europe S.A., American Express European Holdings B.V., American Express France SAS, American Express Group Services Limited, American Express Holding AB, American Express Holdings (France) SAS, American Express Holdings 2 Limited, American Express Holdings G.K., American Express Holdings Limited, American Express Holdings Netherlands CV, American Express Insurance Services Agente de Seguros S.A. de C.V., American Express International (NZ) Inc., American Express International (Taiwan) Inc., American Express International Holdings LLC, American Express International Inc., American Express Italia S.r.l., American Express Japan Co. Ltd., American Express Kabbage Inc., American Express Limited, American Express Marketing & Development Corp., American Express National Bank, American Express Netherlands B.V., American Express Netherlands Holdings B.V., American Express Overseas Credit Corporation Limited, American Express Overseas Credit Corporation N.V., American Express Payment Services Limited, American Express Payments Europe S.L.U., American Express Prepaid Card Management Corporation, American Express Receivables Financing Corporation II, American Express Receivables Financing Corporation III LLC, American Express Receivables Financing Corporation VIII LLC, American Express Saudi Arabia (C) JSC, American Express Services Europe Limited, American Express Services India Private Limited, American Express Servicios Profesionales S. de R.L. de C.V., American Express Swiss Holdings GmbH, American Express TLS HK Limited, American Express Travel Holdings Netherlands B.V., American Express Travel Holdings Netherlands Cooperatief U.A., American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc., American Express Ventures SBIC GP LLC, American Express Ventures SBIC L.P., American Express Viajes S.A., American Express de Espana S.A., American Express spol. s r.o., Amex (Middle East) B.S.C., Amex Agenzia Assicurativa S.r.l., Amex Al Omania LLC, Amex Asesores de Seguros S.A., Amex Bank of Canada, Amex Canada Inc., Amex Egypt Company Limited Liability Company, Amex Funding Management (Europe) Limited, Amex Funding Management Holdings Limited, Amex General Insurance Agency Inc., Amex Global Holdings C.V., Amex NL Holdings 99 LLC, Amex Services Inc., Amex Taiwan Trust, Amexco Insurance Company, Angel Acquisition LLC, Asesorias e Inversiones American Express Chile Limitada, Cake Technologies, Cavendish Holdings Inc., Centurion Finance Limited, Credco Receivables Corp., Express (Hangzhou) Technology Services Company Limited, Fideicomiso Empresarial Amex, GBT JerseyCo Limited, InAuth, InAuth UK Ltd., Kabbage, Kabbage Payments LLC, Kviar Ventures SL, LoungeBuddy, LoungeBuddy Inc., Loyalty Partner, Loyalty Partner GmbH, Loyalty Partner Holdings B.V., Loyalty Partner Polska Sp. z o.o., Loyalty Partner Services Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Loyalty Partner Singapore Pte Ltd., Loyalty Partner Solutions GmbH, Loyalty Solutions & Research Pte Ltd., Mez Mobile Inc., Mezi, PAYBACK Austria GmbH, PAYBACK Italia S.r.l., PT American Express Indonesia, Payback GmbH, Payback Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Pocket Concierge, Pocket Concierge Inc., RM Merger Sub II LLC, Resy, Resy Network Inc., Resy Network Limited, Resy Network Pty Ltd, Revolution Money, Rexport Inc., Sometrics, Swisscard AECS GmbH, and Travellers Cheque Associates Limited.

American Express was founded in 1850.

The official website for American Express is www.americanexpress.com.

American Express is headquartered at 200 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10285.

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].