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Here Are the Facts You Need to Understand American Express Company (AXP)

American Express Company logged a 1.1% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $146.6 per share. On average, analysts give it a target price of $178.53.

American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides charge and credit payment card products, and travel-related services worldwide. The large-cap company is based in the United States. American Express Company currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.5%.

Make Sure to Consider the Following Before Buying American Express Company:

  • American Express Company has moved 2.0% over the last year.

  • AXP has a forward P/E ratio of 11.9 based on its EPS guidance of 12.27.

  • Over the last 6 years, earnings per share (EPS) have been growing at a compounded average rate of 21.2%.

  • The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.88.

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 4.04

American Express Company Has Irregular Cash Flows

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023-02-10 21,079,000 -1,855,000 22,934,000 41.61
2022-02-11 14,645,000 -1,550,000 16,195,000 129.1
2021-02-12 5,591,000 -1,478,000 7,069,000 -53.73
2020-02-13 13,632,000 -1,645,000 15,277,000 49.19
2019-02-13 8,930,000 -1,310,000 10,240,000 -29.87
2018-02-16 13,540,000 -1,062,000 14,602,000

American Express Company's free cash flows have a decent average of $14.39 Billion over the last 6 years, but they are highly variable since their coefficient of variability is 23942410851.1%. The compounded average growth rate over this period is 0.0%.

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