NYSE:AXPAmerican Express Stock Price, Forecast & News

American Express' stock was trading at $95.38 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AXP shares have decreased by 0.3% and is now trading at $95.07. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Express in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for American Express.

American Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 17th 2020. View our earnings forecast for American Express.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) issued its earnings results on Friday, April, 24th. The payment services company reported $1.98 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.29. The payment services company had revenue of $10.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.67 billion. American Express had a return on equity of 30.21% and a net margin of 12.74%. The business's revenue was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.01 EPS. View American Express' earnings history.

American Express announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Monday, August 10th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 1st. View American Express' dividend history.

American Express announced that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $3,400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 4.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

American Express issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 17th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.90-2.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.15. The company issued revenue guidance of +2-4% (implying $10.57-10.78 billion), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.19 billion.

17 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for American Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect American Express' share price to reach $108.24 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for American Express.

News articles about AXP stock have been trending very positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Express earned a coverage optimism score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the payment services company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutAmerican Express.

American Express saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,910,000 shares, an increase of 6.4% from the April 30th total of 11,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,490,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View American Express' Current Options Chain.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.33%), Wellington Management Group LLP (4.50%), State Street Corp (4.24%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.74%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.33%) and Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (1.18%). Company insiders that own American Express stock include Denise Pickett, Douglas E Buckminster, Jeffrey C Campbell, Laureen Seeger, Marc D Gordon, Michael John O'neill, Paul D Fabara, Raymond Joabar, Richard Petrino, Scott Murcray, Stephen J Squeri, Theodore Leonsis and Ventures Fund Vii LP Vivo. View institutional ownership trends for American Express.

AXP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Parnassus Investments CA, State Street Corp, Tesco Pension Investment Ltd, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Capital Wealth Planning LLC, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, First Eagle Investment Management LLC, and Federated Hermes Inc.. Company insiders that have sold American Express company stock in the last year include Denise Pickett, Jeffrey C Campbell, Laureen Seeger, Paul D Fabara, Raymond Joabar, Richard Petrino, Stephen J Squeri, and Theodore Leonsis. View insider buying and selling activity for American Express.

AXP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Wellington Management Group LLP, Viking Global Investors LP, APG Asset Management N.V., Morgan Stanley, Maj Invest Holding A S, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Capital Research Global Investors. Company insiders that have bought American Express stock in the last two years include Scott Murcray, and Ventures Fund Vii LP Vivo. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $95.07.

American Express has a market capitalization of $76.53 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 64,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for American Express is 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]