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Stock: American Express (US large caps), ISIN: US0258161092

Last Price 229.12 Max Price 229.12
Min Price 141.57 1 Year return 40.05
Sector Financials Subsector Financial services
Annual report 2020



American Express
American Express is also known as AmEx, on March 28, 1850 American Express Company was founded by Henry Wells, William G. Fargo and John Warren Butterfield and is having its headquartered in New York, NY, United States. It is an international financial services company which offers charge & credit payment card products and travel-related services to consumers globally and whose headquarter is situated in Three World Financial Center, Manhattan, New York, United States. American Express was founded in the year 1850 and its logo is a Roman gladiator whose image is visible on company's travelers' cheques and charge cards.
American Express Company with Market Capitalization of more than US$ 65.8 Billion dominates the financial industry, its stocks are traded over New York Stock Exchange and are an integral part of Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Components. American Express or AmEx product range includes charge and credit card products, expense management products and services, together with traveler’s cheques and other prepaid products etc. with other financial services and with customer loyalty and rewards programs. AmEx cards are reported for just about 24% of the overall amount (in Dollar) of credit card transactions in the US. The corporation sells its products and services to customers, businesses via mail, online applications, in-house and third-party sales forces, and marketing. American Express has estimated worth of around US$14.97 billion which makes it ranked at 22nd most important brand in the world by BusinessWeek and Interbrand. That’s not all Fortune has listed AmEx one of the top 20 most admired companies of the world.
American Express was started as mail business in Buffalo, New York in the year 1850 by Henry Wells (Wells & Company) and William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company) and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company) these founders also started another company named as Wells Fargo & Co. In 1852 American Express expanded its operations to California. American Express functions and work all the way through four major segments: Card Services in U.S, International Card Services, Global Commercial Services and Global Network & Merchant Services. The Global Commercial Services sector offers management services of expenses to several companies & associations internationally via its Global Corporate Payments and Global Business Travel businesses. This service also provides a wide range of expense management solutions to businesses globally through its Corporate Card Programs and B2B Payment Solutions. Global Business Travel helps business to manage and optimize their funds and service their employees while traveling. The Global Network & Merchant services division functions on a global payments network that processes all card transactions. It also supplies point-of-sale products, multi-channel marketing plans and potential, data & services, leveraging the universal network. 
 
 

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American Express introduction


The American Express Company, (Amex) is a multinational company rendering it's financial services worldwide and has his head office in New York city. The company was formed in 1850 and is among the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company has its expertise in credit cards, charge cards and traveler's cheque businesses.

Formation American Express


The company was initiated under the title of express mail in Buffalo, New York in 1850. It was formed as a result of the merger of two express companies as a joint stock company which were under the ownership of Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company, the successor earlier in 1850 of Butterfield, Wasson & Company.
The company in the beginning formed its head office in Manhattan but moved in 1874 to 65 Broadway, which became a Financial District of Manhattan where it retained through two buildings. The company extended its operations to California in 1852.

Products and Services American Express


It provides its services through four main components:
  • Card Services in U.S
  • International Card Services
  • Global Commercial Services
  • Global Network & Merchant Services

    Contact info:Street: 200 Vesey StreetZip Code: NY 102853City:  New YorkCountry: USAPhone: 2126405574Email: IR@aexp.comWebsite: www.americanexpress.comCEO: Kenneth I. ChenaultCFO: Jeffrey C. Campbell

  • Sector Review American Express

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    Year Turnover Total sector Market share
    2019 45,115 101,161,107,354 0.00 %
    2020 37,030 1,378,400 2.69 %
    2021 42,838 1,497,637 2.86 %
    2022 54,389 1,431,845 3.80 %
    2023 0 0 0.00 %

    Advice American Express

    Date Label Bank Label Stock Label Advice Label Price Label Diff Label
    June 04, 2021 JP Morgan American Express Buy 160.00 -5.43 %
    February 16, 2021 Robert W. Baird American Express Hold 126.00 -33.88 %
    January 28, 2021 UBS American Express Sell 117.00 -44.18 %
    January 14, 2021 RBC Capital Markets American Express Buy 130.00 -29.76 %
    August 08, 2020 UBS American Express Sell 90.00 -88.48 %
    July 16, 2020 JP Morgan American Express Sell 97.00 -77.26 %
    July 09, 2020 Citigroup American Express Hold 105.00 -60.66 %
    June 23, 2020 UBS American Express Sell 92.00 -79.00 %
    June 04, 2020 RBC Capital Markets American Express Sell 105.00 -56.30 %
    April 27, 2020 Credit Suisse American Express Sell 85.00 -98.46 %
    April 14, 2020 Credit Suisse American Express Sell 90.00 -64.20 %
    March 27, 2020 Jefferies & Co. American Express Hold 90.00 -87.43 %
    March 27, 2020 Oppenheimer & Co American Express Hold 100.00 -68.69 %
    February 04, 2020 ABN AMRO American Express Hold 127.00 -32.83 %
    January 27, 2020 Susquehanna American Express Buy 158.00 -6.77 %
    October 23, 2019 BMO Capital Markets American Express Hold 123.00 -37.15 %
    October 22, 2019 UBS American Express Hold 123.00 16.15 %
    July 24, 2019 UBS American Express Hold 128.00 25.38 %
    July 23, 2019 BMO Capital Markets American Express Hold 119.00 19.73 %
    July 23, 2019 Sandler O'Neill American Express Buy 138.00 -22.24 %
    July 22, 2019 RBC Capital Markets American Express Sell 125.00 23.58 %
    July 22, 2019 ABN AMRO American Express Hold 110.00 13.16 %
    July 22, 2019 JP Morgan American Express Hold 132.00 27.64 %
    July 09, 2019 Credit Suisse American Express Sell 108.00 12.66 %
    June 18, 2019 Sandler O'Neill American Express Buy 134.00 24.12 %
    June 18, 2019 Jefferies & Co. American Express Hold 130.00 21.78 %
    April 29, 2019 Morgan Stanley American Express Buy 140.00 -20.49 %
    April 23, 2019 Morgan Stanley American Express Buy 123.00 31.70 %
    April 23, 2019 Susquehanna American Express Buy 135.00 37.77 %
    April 23, 2019 JP Morgan American Express Hold 117.00 28.20 %
    April 16, 2019 JP Morgan American Express Hold 115.00 23.14 %
    January 18, 2019 RBC Capital Markets American Express Sell 95.00 -37.42 %
    January 18, 2019 Oppenheimer & Co American Express Hold 115.00 -13.52 %
    January 17, 2019 JP Morgan American Express Hold 111.00 -16.04 %
    January 08, 2019 Morgan Stanley American Express Buy 111.00 -11.58 %
    December 20, 2018 Bank of America Merrill Lynch American Express Hold 115.00 -46.69 %
    December 14, 2018 Barclays American Express Hold 118.00 -42.96 %
    October 19, 2018 RBC Capital Markets American Express Sell 91.00 -29.08 %
    October 19, 2018 Morgan Stanley American Express Buy 115.00 -2.14 %
    October 19, 2018 Barclays American Express Hold 115.00 -2.14 %



    News American Express

    Analysts: more sales American Express

    Tomorrow American Express will publish its past quarters results. Over the current book year the company from New York City's total revenue could be around 40.9 billion USD (consensus estimates). This is quite more than 2021's revenue of 37.03 billion USD. Historical...

    Analysts expect over 2021 rising revenue American Express

    Tomorrow the American American Express will publish its past quarters figures. For this year the company, based in New York City revenue will be around 39.64 billion USD. This is according to the average of the analysts' estimates. This is slightly more than2021's...

    Analysts count on revenue increase American Express

    Tomorrow the American American Express will publish its past quarters figures. Over the current book year the company from New York City could achieve a revenue around 39.47 billion USD (consensus estimates). This is slightly more than 2020's revenue of 37.03...

    Analysts expect over 2020 decreasing revenue American Express

    Tomorrow the American American Express will publish its past quarters figures. For this year American Express 's revenue will be around 36.1 billion USD. This is according to the average of the analysts' estimates. This is quite lower than 2019's revenue of45.12...

    Analysts expect sales decline American Express

    Tomorrow American Express will publish its past quarters results. For this year American Express's revenue will be around 36,29 billion USD. This is according to the average of the analysts' estimates. This is quite lower than 2019's revenue of 45,12 billion USD....

    Annual reports American Express

    2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

    Profile American Express

    American Express

    (US0258161092)/ AXP

    The past year was a good year for American Express investors

    The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock gained almost 10 percent. Over the past 5 years American Express' stock rose at around 58 percent in value. American Express's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were very constant and moved between 33,81 billion dollars and 34,44 billion dollars. American Express's net results between 2011 and 2015 were relatively steady and moved between 4,9 billion dollars and 5,16 billion dollars.

    American Express's main office is based in â�New York. American Express is active in the financial services sector. Kenneth I. Chenault is the company' CEO. The CFO of the company is Jeffrey C. Campbell. The global financial companies gained over the past 10 years on average 15 percent. Since 2011 the sector is 38 percent higher and over the past year minus 15 percent.

    American Express paid out dividends in the past 5 years. On average the American Express stock yielded a delivered a dividend yield of around 4,55 percent over the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years American Express raised her dividends share each year. So we could call American Express a kind of dividend aristocrat.

    The American company had ultimo 2015 approximately 54 thousand employees on it's payroll.

    American Express financed with a quite low debt position

    Last year the balance sheet of the American company was worth 161,18 billion dollars. Of the total balance sheet 140,51 billion dollars (87,17 percent) was financed by debt. At the end of 2015 the financial company's stock was traded with a price/earnings-ratio 17. So the stock' value was 17 times the 2015' earnings per share. Based on the classical stock valuation theories the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

    At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the financial company equaled around 65,38 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 969 million stocks listed on the stock exchange(s).

    All American Express's annual reports can be found here. More information about American Express can be found it's website. .


    Results American Express

    Results
    2015
    2016
    2017
    2018
    2019
    2020
    Revenue
    33,293
    32,717
    34,250
    41,625
    45,115
    37,030
    Costs
    28,230
    27,465
    31,604
    34,838
    38,484
    33,994
    Profit
    5,063
    5,252
    2,646
    6,787
    6,631
    3,036
    Margin of profit
    15.21
    16.05
    7.73
    16.31
    14.70
    8.20
    ROI
    24.49
    25.62
    14.49
    30.45
    28.74
    13.21

    Balance American Express

    Balance
    2015
    2016
    2017
    2018
    2019
    2020
    Equity
    20,673
    20,501
    18,261
    22,290
    23,071
    22,984
    Debt
    140,511
    138,392
    162,935
    166,312
    175,250
    168,383
    Total assets
    161,184
    158,893
    181,196
    188,602
    198,321
    191,367
    Solvency
    12.83
    12.90
    10.08
    11.82
    11.63
    12.01
    Cash
    22,504
    24,057
    32,857
    27,279
    23,794
    32,202
    Cashflow
    10,706
    8,291
    13,540
    8,930
    13,632
    5,591
    Employees
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Revenue per employee
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    0.0
    Cashflow / Debt
    0.08
    0.06
    0.08
    0.05
    0.08
    0.03

    Details American Express

    Details
    2016
    2017
    2018
    2019
    2020
    Price
    69.55
    74.08
    99.31
    95.32
    124.49
    Eps
    5.62
    2.99
    7.90
    7.99
    3.77
    Price/earnings-ratio
    12.38
    24.78
    12.57
    11.93
    60.77
    Dividend
    1.19
    1.31
    1.44
    1.60
    1.72
    Dividend %
    1.71 %
    1.77 %
    1.45 %
    1.68 %
    0.75 %
    Payout %
    0.21
    0.44
    0.18
    0.20
    0.46
    Book value
    22.68
    21.26
    26.32
    28.48
    28.55
    Market to book
    0.33
    0.29
    0.26
    0.30
    0.12
    Cashflow per stock
    9.17
    15.76
    10.54
    16.83
    6.95
    Stocks
    904
    859
    847
    810
    805
    Market Cap
    62.873.20
    63.634.72
    84.115.57
    77.209.20
    184.441.60

    Dividend American Express


    Price info American Express

    Date
    Price
    22 Mar 2024
    229.12
    18 Mar 2024
    220.97
    15 Mar 2024
    220.47
    12 Mar 2024
    220.19
    11 Mar 2024
    223.37
    09 Mar 2024
    223.37
    07 Mar 2024
    218.45
    01 Mar 2024
    219.42
    29 Feb 2024
    218.03
    27 Feb 2024
    216.96
    22 Feb 2024
    210.89
    21 Feb 2024
    212.49
    20 Feb 2024
    212.56
    15 Feb 2024
    210.90
    14 Feb 2024
    209.67
    13 Feb 2024
    212.26
    09 Feb 2024
    211.21
    08 Feb 2024
    209.08
    07 Feb 2024
    205.65
    06 Feb 2024
    205.94
    05 Feb 2024
    206.41
    01 Feb 2024
    200.74
    31 Jan 2024
    204.15
    30 Jan 2024
    200.86
    27 Jan 2024
    201.43
    25 Jan 2024
    185.82
    24 Jan 2024
    185.47
    23 Jan 2024
    185.01
    16 Jan 2024
    182.04
    11 Jan 2024
    184.97