Quick Look at American Express Company (AXP)

By Naomi Wentworth • Monday, December 04 12:06 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about American Express Company over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Diversified Financial stock at a price of $173.59? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

American Express Company has moved 12.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.0%
AXP has an average analyst rating of buy and is 1.01% away from its mean target price of $171.85 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $10.67
American Express Company has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $12.36 and its forward P/E ratio is 14.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 4.63 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
American Express Company is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 12.38 and an average P/B of 1.58
AXP has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 33.6% and gross profit margins of 0.6%
American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides charge and credit payment card products, and travel-related services worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Global Consumer Services Group, Global Commercial Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. Its products and services include payment and financing products; network services; accounts payable expense management products and services; and travel and lifestyle services. The company's products and services also comprise merchant acquisition and processing, servicing and settlement, point-of-sale marketing, and information products and services for merchants; and fraud prevention services, as well as the design and operation of customer loyalty programs. It sells its products and services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large corporations through mobile and online applications, third-party vendors and business partners, direct mail, telephone, in-house sales teams, and direct response advertising. American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

The above analysis is intended for educational purposes only and was performed on the basis of publicly available data. It is not to be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Any buy, sell, or other recommendations mentioned in the article are direct quotations of consensus recommendations from the analysts covering the stock, and do not represent the opinions of Market Inference or its writers. Past performance, accounting data, and inferences about market position and corporate valuation are not reliable indicators of future price movements. Market Inference does not provide financial advice. Investors should conduct their own review and analysis of any company of interest before making an investment decision.