American Express Company (AXP) Stock

About American Express Company

Operating globally, American Express Company and its affiliated entities deliver a comprehensive suite of charge and credit payment card solutions, alongside a variety of travel-related offerings. Its business structure is organized into three primary divisions: the Global Consumer Services Group, Global Commercial Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. Among its core offerings are diverse payment and financing instruments, robust network infrastructure services, tools for managing accounts payable expenses, and comprehensive travel and lifestyle support. Furthermore, it facilitates merchant services such as acquisition, transaction processing, settlement, and point-of-sale marketing, providing vital information and assistance to businesses. The company also specializes in fraud mitigation and developing and managing customer loyalty initiatives. These products and services are made available to a broad clientele, encompassing individual consumers, small and mid-sized enterprises, and large corporate entities. Distribution channels include digital platforms (mobile and online applications), collaborations with third-party vendors and partners, direct communication methods like mail and telephone, dedicated internal sales forces, and direct response advertising campaigns. Established in 1850, American Express Company maintains its corporate headquarters in New York, New York.

American Express Company is led by CEO Stephen Joseph Squeri, employs 75,100 people, headquartered in New York City, US, publicly traded since 1972.

American Express Company (AXP) stock trades at $331.50 with a market capitalization of $226.19B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 20.33, price-to-book of 6.53, price-to-sales of 2.69. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $286.15 and $387.49, and currently trades 14.4% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.05%.

On profitability, American Express Company generates a return on equity (ROE) of 34.42% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 41.21%, an operating margin of 20.70%, a net profit margin of 13.61%.

In its most recent fiscal year, American Express Company reported annual revenue of $80.5B, net profit of $10.8B, revenue has compounded at 16.0% a year over the last five years, profit at 28.1% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 0.28, total assets of $300.1B, $47.7B in cash and equivalents.

AXP has an average daily trading volume of 3,210,816 shares, a beta of 1.06.

Official website: www.americanexpress.com