NYSE:AXP - American Express Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

American Express announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th. Investors of record on Friday, January 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Monday, February 10th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 2nd. This is a positive change from American Express's previous quarterly dividend of $0.39. View American Express' Dividend History.

American Express announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $3,400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 4.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 18th. The payment services company reported $2.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.07 by $0.01. The payment services company earned $10.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.94 billion. American Express had a net margin of 16.51% and a return on equity of 29.68%. American Express's revenue for the quarter was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.88 earnings per share. View American Express' Earnings History.

American Express is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for American Express.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for American Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $100.80 to $149.00. On average, they expect American Express' stock price to reach $129.74 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for American Express.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Express in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for American Express.

Headlines about AXP stock have trended very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Express earned a news sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the payment services company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for American Express.

Some companies that are related to American Express include Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), FirstCash (FCFS), Nelnet (NNI), Pra Group (PRAA), Green Dot (GDOT), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Regional Management (RM), Nicholas Financial (NICK) and Asta Funding (ASFI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other American Express investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), AT&T (T), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), NVIDIA (NVDA) and General Electric (GE).

American Express' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Focused Investors LLC (0.16%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.12%), Waverton Investment Management Ltd (0.08%), Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.07%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.07%) and Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.06%). Company insiders that own American Express stock include Denise Pickett, Douglas E Buckminster, James Peter Bush, Jeffrey C Campbell, L Kevin Cox, Laureen Seeger, Marc D Gordon, Michael John O'neill, Paul D Fabara, Richard Petrino, Scott Murcray, Stephen J Squeri, Theodore Leonsis, Ventures Fund Vii LP Vivo 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Hexavest Inc., PGGM Investments, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Focused Investors LLC, Chemung Canal Trust Co. and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold American Express company stock in the last year include Denise Pickett, Jeffrey C Campbell, Laureen Seeger, Michael John O'neill, Paul D Fabara, Richard Petrino, Stephen J Squeri and Theodore Leonsis. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Express.

AXP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI, Waverton Investment Management Ltd, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Diversified Trust Co and Baxter Bros Inc.. Company insiders that have bought American Express stock in the last two years include Scott Murcray, Ventures Fund Vii LP Vivo 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $131.37.

American Express has a market capitalization of $107.50 billion and generates $40.34 billion in revenue each year. The payment services company earns $6.92 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.33 on an earnings per share basis. American Express employs 59,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About American Express.

The official website for American Express is http://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]