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. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 5th. View American Express' Dividend History.

American Express announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $4,400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 5.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 18th. The payment services company reported $1.86 earnings per share (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 return on equity of 28.41% and a net margin of 8.79%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $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.

American Express issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.90-7.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.12.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for American Express' stock. Their predictions range from $86.00 to $128.00. On average, they expect American Express' share price to reach $107.2229 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for American Express.

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Media stories about AXP stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. American Express earned a media sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the payment services company an impact score of 46.39 out of 100, indicating that recent media 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 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, 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, Marc D Gordon, Michael John O'neill, Paul D Fabara, 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., State Treasurer State of Michigan, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Great Lakes Advisors LLC and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership. 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 $100.99.

American Express has a market capitalization of $86.89 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]