American Express Company (AXP)
American Express Company, operates as an integrated payments company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and internationally.
Scored against other Financial Services stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
American Express reads as neutral right now, with no clear lean either way.
- What's working
- Insiders and large investors have been buying in, not heading for the exits.
- Worth watching
- Its price has been falling, trading below its recent averages.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 25 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About American Express Company
American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated payments company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services…
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Credit Services
- Employees
- 76,800
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 19.0 — lower than 39% of Financial Services peers
P/B 6.2 — lower than 18% of Financial Services peers
P/S 3.0 — lower than 68% of Financial Services peers
EV/Revenue 3.2 — lower than 53% of Financial Services peers
PEG 1.3 — lower than 55% of Financial Services peers
Profitability & quality
Operating margin 20.3% — higher than 26% of Financial Services peers
Net margin 16.1% — higher than 26% of Financial Services peers
ROE 34.4% — higher than 84% of Financial Services peers
ROA 3.8% — higher than 63% of Financial Services peers
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.7 — lower than 23% of Financial Services peers
Current ratio 1.55 — higher than 88% of Financial Services peers
Quick ratio 1.54 — higher than 92% of Financial Services peers
Cash/debt 0.77 — higher than 53% of Financial Services peers
Growth
Revenue growth 12.8% YoY — higher than 65% of Financial Services peers
Earnings growth 11.0% YoY — higher than 47% of Financial Services peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 21.5% — somewhat unusual vs Financial Services peers
Institutions net sold, -12.8% of shares held
Insiders hold 22.6% of shares outstanding
2.1% of float sold short
Momentum
Below its 50- & 200-day averages
23% of the way from its 52-week low to high