American Express (AXP) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$311.98 +0.20 (+0.06%)

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American Express - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Hold

Based on 24 Analyst Ratings

Sell
1

Hold
13

Buy
10

Based on 24 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for American Express in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold." Out of the 24 analysts, 1 has given a sell rating, 13 have given a hold rating, 9 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for AXP.

Consensus Price Target

$359.05
15.09% Upside

According to the 24 analysts' twelve-month price targets for American Express, the average price target is $359.05. The highest price target for AXP is $415.00, while the lowest price target for AXP is $285.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 15.09% from the current price of $311.98.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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AXP Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 5/25/25 to 5/25/26	1 Month Ago 4/25/25 to 4/25/26	3 Months Ago 2/24/25 to 2/24/26	1 Year Ago 5/25/24 to 5/25/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	9 Buy rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)
Hold	13 Hold rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)
Sell	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$359.05	$361.05	$352.73	$296.05
Forecasted Upside	15.09% Upside	14.95% Upside	10.17% Upside	3.76% Upside
Consensus Rating	Hold	Hold	Hold	Hold

AXP Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

AXP Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

American Express Stock vs. The Competition

Type	American Express	Finance Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.42	2.31	2.52
Consensus Rating	Hold	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	15.09% Upside	27.42% Upside	15.09% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent AXP News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
5/21/2026	Loop Capital 3 of 5 stars	Dominick Gabriele Not Rated	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$389.00	+25.51%
5/14/2026	Freedom Capital Not Rated		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
4/29/2026	Evercore 3 of 5 stars	John Pancari Not Rated	Set Target		$345.00	+8.86%
4/28/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ryan Nash Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$360.00 ➝ $400.00	+25.44%
4/24/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Terry Ma Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$323.00 ➝ $322.00	+1.09%
4/24/2026	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Vincent Caintic Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$285.00	-10.52%
4/24/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Kenneth Bruce Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$381.00 ➝ $387.00	+21.50%
4/16/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jeffrey Adelson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$395.00 ➝ $385.00	+17.89%
4/15/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
4/10/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$415.00	+32.28%
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4/9/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Richard Shane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral	$375.00 ➝ $325.00	+2.57%
4/9/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Donald Fandetti Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Overweight	$425.00 ➝ $415.00	+31.82%
3/23/2026	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brian Foran Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$400.00 ➝ $360.00	+18.85%
2/4/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Erika Najarian Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$395.00	+12.43%
1/12/2026	Credit Suisse Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$328.00	-8.70%
1/8/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Hold
12/8/2025	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Darrin Peller Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Peer Perform
10/21/2025	DZ Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Sell ➝ Hold	$340.00	-2.64%
10/20/2025	Compass Point Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Dominick Gabriele Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$324.00	-6.02%
10/10/2025	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Saul Martinez Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Hold	$295.00	-8.98%
10/1/2025	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sanjay Sakhrani Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$371.00 ➝ $394.00	+18.48%
7/21/2025	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Mark DeVries Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$371.00 ➝ $375.00	+22.88%
7/15/2025	Monness Crespi & Hardt Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral
7/2/2025	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform
7/2/2025	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Keith Horowitz Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$300.00 ➝ $327.00	+1.08%
4/23/2025	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Harry Bartlett Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral	$270.00 ➝ $255.00	+0.91%
3/14/2025	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Stephen Biggar Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
3/14/2025	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	David George Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Neutral	$265.00 ➝ $265.00	+3.39%
7/9/2024	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Hold	$225.00 ➝ $235.00	-0.92%

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Should I Buy American Express Stock? AXP Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these American Express pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

American Express
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in American Express:

The current stock price is around $315, which may present a buying opportunity for investors looking for value.
American Express has demonstrated strong financial performance with a return on equity of nearly 34%, indicating effective management and profitability.
The company recently increased its quarterly dividend to $0.95 per share, reflecting a commitment to returning value to shareholders.
Revenue growth of over 11% compared to the previous year shows resilience and potential for continued expansion in the payment services sector.
Analysts project earnings per share of approximately 17.59 for the current year, suggesting positive future earnings potential.

American Express
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in American Express for these reasons:

The company reported revenue of $14.22 billion, which fell short of analysts' expectations, indicating potential challenges in meeting market demands.
American Express has a relatively high debt-to-equity ratio of 1.73, which may raise concerns about financial leverage and risk.
Insider selling activity, with significant shares sold recently, could signal a lack of confidence in the company's short-term prospects.
The stock has experienced volatility, with a 52-week range between $281.46 and $387.49, which may deter risk-averse investors.
Market conditions and competition in the financial services sector could impact future growth and profitability.

AXP Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 24 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for American Express is $359.05, with a high forecast of $415.00 and a low forecast of $285.00.

24 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Express in the last year. There is currently 1 sell rating, 13 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" AXP shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AXP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.

According to analysts, American Express's stock has a predicted upside of 15.09% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, American Express's stock had 1 upgrade and 1 downgrade by analysts.

American Express has been rated by research analysts at Bank of America, Barclays, BTIG Research, Evercore, Freedom Capital, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Loop Capital, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank Of Canada, The Goldman Sachs Group, Truist Financial, Weiss Ratings, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

Analysts like American Express more than other "finance" companies. The consensus rating score for American Express is 2.42 while the average consensus rating score for "finance" companies is 2.31. Learn more on how AXP compares to other companies.

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American Express (AXP) Stock Forecast & Price Target