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American Express (AXP) Competitors

$160.35
+1.79 (+1.13%)
(As of 10:52 AM ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$158.23
$160.41
50-Day Range
$147.93
$164.95
52-Week Range
$130.65
$182.15
Volume
654,796 shs
Average Volume
3.42 million shs
Market Capitalization
$119.18 billion
P/E Ratio
16.86
Dividend Yield
1.50%
Price Target
$174.50

AXP vs. HDB, PLD, GS, RY, TD, BLK, MS, SCHW, C, and MMC

Should you be buying American Express stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Express include HDFC Bank (HDB), Prologis (PLD), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), BlackRock (BLK), Morgan Stanley (MS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Citigroup (C), and Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

American Express vs.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) and HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

83.3% of American Express shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.5% of HDFC Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Express shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of HDFC Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Express presently has a consensus price target of $174.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.05%. Given American Express' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Express is more favorable than HDFC Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Express
4 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.12
HDFC Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

American Express received 709 more outperform votes than HDFC Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.54% of users gave HDFC Bank an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave American Express an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American ExpressOutperform Votes
1136
61.11%
Underperform Votes
723
38.89%
HDFC BankOutperform Votes
427
69.54%
Underperform Votes
187
30.46%

American Express pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. American Express pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HDFC Bank pays out 19.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

American Express has higher revenue and earnings than HDFC Bank. American Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HDFC Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Express$52.86 billion2.23$7.51 billion$9.5116.67
HDFC Bank$25.50 billion4.67$5.75 billion$3.0621.05

In the previous week, American Express had 8 more articles in the media than HDFC Bank. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for American Express and 6 mentions for HDFC Bank. HDFC Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat American Express' score of 0.11 indicating that HDFC Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Express
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
HDFC Bank
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

HDFC Bank has a net margin of 22.46% compared to American Express' net margin of 13.00%. American Express' return on equity of 29.44% beat HDFC Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Express 13.00% 29.44% 3.26%
HDFC Bank 22.46% 16.89% 1.97%

American Express has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

American Express beats HDFC Bank on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AXP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AXP vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican ExpressNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$117.44B$5.86B$5.93B$14.38B
Dividend Yield1.52%5.60%9.65%4.06%
P/E Ratio16.673.81155.9516.69
Price / Sales2.2320.756,255.349.02
Price / Cash12.9218.8932.2523.05
Price / Book4.531.452.379.07
Net Income$7.51B$514.86M$642.62M$896.31M
7 Day Performance4.95%2.45%15.00%0.03%
1 Month Performance-0.48%6.48%1.22%-2.48%
1 Year Performance-4.34%-13.84%-8.17%-9.94%

American Express Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.443 of 5 stars
$64.81
flat
N/A+11.9%$119.80B$25.50B21.18141,579
PLD
Prologis
2.351 of 5 stars
$124.28
-0.5%
$143.90
+15.8%
-2.3%$114.77B$5.97B37.552,466
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
3.1493 of 5 stars
$330.76
-0.4%
$389.17
+17.7%
-0.9%$109.96B$68.71B11.7848,500Options Volume
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
2.677 of 5 stars
$90.56
+0.2%
$138.33
+52.8%
-14.4%$125.94B$52.08B11.9091,427Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
2.6635 of 5 stars
$57.00
-0.9%
$100.57
+76.5%
-25.8%$104.85B$48.71B9.5694,945Dividend Cut
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
BLK
BlackRock
3.0843 of 5 stars
$673.58
+0.2%
$755.92
+12.2%
-1.7%$100.88B$17.87B20.8919,800
MS
Morgan Stanley
2.9344 of 5 stars
$83.42
-0.6%
$95.34
+14.3%
-5.1%$139.32B$65.94B14.3382,000
SCHW
Charles Schwab
3.362 of 5 stars
$53.85
+0.3%
$68.73
+27.6%
-24.8%$95.26B$20.76B14.7135,300Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
C
Citigroup
2.8393 of 5 stars
$44.70
+0.2%
$54.68
+22.3%
-17.0%$87.02B$101.08B6.23240,000Analyst Revision
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
2.6357 of 5 stars
$174.33
+0.6%
$182.62
+4.8%
+8.3%$86.24B$20.72B27.2885,000

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