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American Express Company

AXP

NYSE·Financial Services·Financial - Credit Services·Mkt cap $237.4B

$351.96

+1.14%

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52-Week Range

$288.34 - $387.49

P/E

21.96

Fwd P/E

20.18

Beta

1.06

Div Yield

0.98%

Avg Vol

3.1M

Shares Out

682.3M

Mkt Cap

$237.4B

Price action

Price chart

Up 6.9% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

5 reasons

  • Premium brand positioning and customer loyalty with high-value cardmember base
  • Closed-loop network model providing direct merchant and consumer relationships
  • Integrated ecosystem combining payments, travel services, and lifestyle benefits
  • Advanced fraud detection and cybersecurity capabilities
  • Strong digital and mobile platform infrastructure

Bear Case

2 risks

  • Average volatility.
  • Significant premium - growth priced in

Growth

Stable outlook

Digital transformation and mobile payment adoption acceleration

Value

Significant premium - growth priced in

Momentum

Strong

+15.9% over 3m

Quality

Excellent

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Modest

0.98% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 15, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

APR 23, 2026

Reported EPS of $4.28 vs $4.00 consensus (+7.0% surprise). Revenue of $18.9B vs $18.6B expected (+1.6%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +7.0%
Rev beat +1.6%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+7.0%

Next: Apr 15, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+9%

+7%

+9%

+11%

+22%

+10%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$16.3B

$16.6B

$17.2B

$18.9B

$19.9B

$20.6B

$21.0B

$20.9B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

84.6%

Operating

31.6%

Profit

14.2%

Wall Street consensus

11 analysts · 45% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

5

45%

Hold

5

45%

Sell

1

9%

Median Price Target

$389.00

+10.5% vs $351.96

Low $322.00
Median $389.00
High $415.00

Latest: BTIG · Jun 30, 2026

7 analysts covering

vs Industry

How AXP stacks vs Financial - Credit Services

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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