American Express Co. (AXP)

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$ 55.81
   
  • Change Today:
    $-0.53
  • 52 Week High: $61.05
  • 52 Week Low: $42.80
  • Currency: US Dollars
  • Shares Issued: 1,150.91m
  • Volume: 3,264,262
  • Market Cap: $64,232m
  • RiskGrade: 96
  • Beta: 1.12

American Express Overview

American Express is a diversified global financial, network and travel services company, providing charge and credit cards, travellers cheques, financial planning, travel, investment products, insurance and international banking. The company also ranks as the world’s leading issuer of commercial cards for business-related expenses. Through American Express Bank, the company provides private, financial institution and corporate banking, as well as personal financial services and global trading.

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American Express Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.3%
Div Cover 5.7
Op Mrgn 23.2%
ROCE 8.5%
Latest F'cast
P/E 13.6
PEG 0.6
Pr/Revenue 2.1
Pr/Book 3.4
Latest F'cast
Revenue 8.6%
PBT 16.6%
EPS 22.0%
DPS n/a

American Express Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 27,559.00 5,694.00 342.00¢ 15.2 1.3 +12% 63.00¢ 1.2%
31-Dec-08 28,365.00 3,581.00 247.00¢ 7.5 n/a -28% 72.00¢ 3.9%
31-Dec-09 24,523.00 2,841.00 155.00¢ 26.1 n/a -37% 72.00¢ 1.8%
31-Dec-10 27,582.00 5,964.00 337.00¢ 12.7 0.1 +117% 72.00¢ 1.7%
31-Dec-11 29,962.00 6,956.00 411.00¢ 11.5 0.5 +22% 72.00¢ 1.5%

American Express Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 32,375.01 7,407.58 431.37¢ 12.9 2.6 +5% 79.20¢ 1.4%
31-Dec-13 34,670.82 7,860.94 476.65¢ 11.7 1.1 +10% 86.20¢ 1.6%

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American Express ShareCast News

US broker round-up 12-Apr-2012 ShareCast
US midday: Jobless claim data turns markets south 29-Mar-2012 ShareCast
US broker round-up 29-Mar-2012 ShareCast

American Express Top Newspaper Links

Buffett's Berkshire defends valuation of 5 stocks 30-Mar-2011 USA Today
Justice Department proposes settling with two cr... 05-Oct-2010 LA Times
Visa, MasterCard settle antitrust case; Amex doe... 05-Oct-2010 USA Today

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

American Express Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $ 55.81
Change Today $ -0.53
% Change -0.94 %
52 Week High $61.05
52 Week Low $42.80
Volume 3,264,262
Shares Issued 1,150.91m
Market Cap $64,232m
Beta 1.12
RiskGrade 96

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 14
Buy 1
Neutral 12
Sell 1
Strong Sell 2
Total 30
buy
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Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:15 190,475 @ $55.81
16:15 100 @ $55.79
16:15 1,700 @ $55.78
16:15 500 @ $55.78
16:14 166 @ $55.78

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