American Express Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Express in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,680,000 shares, a drop of 23.0% from the March 15th total of 8,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,650,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's shares are short sold.
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American Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 23rd 2021.
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American Express (NYSE:AXP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 22nd. The payment services company reported $2.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.61 by $1.13. The payment services company earned $9.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.19 billion. American Express had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.31% and a net margin of 8.84%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 12.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.41 earnings per share.
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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. Since then, AXP stock has increased by 59.7% and is now trading at $152.30.
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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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.13%. 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 1.11%. American Express does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of American Express is 20.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, American Express will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.52% next year. This indicates that American Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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21 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for American Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $171.00. On average, they anticipate American Express' share price to reach $125.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.4%.
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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.77%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.89%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.18%), Northern Trust Corp (1.04%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (0.73%) and Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd (0.60%). Company insiders that own American Express stock include Anna Marrs, Anre D Williams, Denise Pickett, Douglas E Buckminster, Jeffrey C Campbell, Laureen Seeger, Paul D Fabara, Raymond Joabar, Richard Petrino, 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 Ruffer LLP, Bank of Nova Scotia, Northern Trust Corp, Manning & Napier Group LLC, M&G Investment Management Ltd., The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Ninety One UK Ltd, and Handelsbanken Fonder AB. Company insiders that have sold American Express company stock in the last year include Anna Marrs, Anre D Williams, Denise Pickett, and Douglas E Buckminster.
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AXP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Sustainable Growth Advisers LP, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Timucuan Asset Management Inc. FL, and Clarus Group Inc..
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One share of AXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $152.30.

American Express has a market capitalization of $122.34 billion and generates $43.56 billion in revenue each year. The payment services company earns $6.76 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.20 on an earnings per share basis.

American Express employs 63,700 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of American Express: 56th Street AXP Campus LLC, AE Exposure Management Limited, AE Hungary Holdings Limited Liability Company, AEOCC Funding Australia Limited, AEOCC Management Company Limited, 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 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 Credit Corporation, American Express Canada Finance ULC, 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 European Holdings B.V., American Express Funding (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l., American Express Insurance Services Agente de Seguros S.A. de C.V., American Express International (NZ) Inc., American Express International Inc., American Express Limited, American Express Luxembourg S.a r.l., American Express Netherlands B.V., American Express Overseas Credit Corporation Limited, American Express Overseas Credit Corporation N.V., American Express Servicios Profesionales S. de R.L. de C.V., American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc., Cake Technologies, Centurion Finance Limited, Credco Receivables Corp., Fideicomiso Empresarial Amex, InAuth, Kabbage, LoungeBuddy, Loyalty Partner, Mezi, Pocket Concierge, Resy, Revolution Money, and Sometrics.

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]