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. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 3rd will be given 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 is Thursday, January 2nd. This is a boost from American Express's previous quarterly dividend of $0.39. View American Express' Dividend History.

American Express declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $3,400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 4.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 18th. The payment services company reported $2.08 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.07 by $0.01. The payment services company earned $10.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.94 billion. American Express had a return on equity of 29.68% and a net margin of 16.51%. American Express's revenue was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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.

American Express will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, January 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for American Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $100.80 to $149.00. On average, they expect American Express' share price to reach $129.74 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.4%. 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.

Media coverage about AXP stock has trended negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. American Express earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the payment services company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate 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), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Walt Disney (DIS), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), NVIDIA (NVDA) and General Electric (GE).

American Express' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.07%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.07%), Country Trust Bank (0.05%), Huntington National Bank (0.04%), Hexavest Inc. (0.04%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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, Chemung Canal Trust Co., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Cacti Asset Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI, Diversified Trust Co, Baxter Bros Inc., Sciencast Management LP, Huntington National Bank, DNB Asset Management AS and Advisors Capital Management LLC. 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 $131.52.

American Express has a market capitalization of $107.62 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]