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American Express Company (AXP)

Financial Services | Credit Services | New York, United States | NYSE
354.43 USD +3.85 (1.098%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 354.27 -0.16 (-0.162%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:47 a.m. EDT

American Express presents a compelling long-term case driven by exceptional profitability and a robust growth trajectory. The company boasts a return on equity of 34.4%, significantly outperforming peers, and maintains a strong earnings growth rate of 17.6% alongside healthy revenue expansion. While the trailing revenue growth sits slightly below the 15% threshold for a top-tier rating, the nine-year cumulative price appreciation of over 400% confirms the market's sustained reassessment of its business quality. The balance sheet is fortified with strong cash generation, though the high debt-to-equity ratio is typical for the credit services sector. In the short term, the stock trades above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, suggesting a constructive trend, yet recent volatility and a dip below the 50-day average indicate some consolidation ahead. Options activity reinforces this view, with traders placing protective puts around the 340 level while betting on upside moves toward 360 and beyond. The dividend yield of 1.1% is modest and likely below inflation, but the payout ratio of just 21% ensures the income is highly secure and sustainable. Investors should view this as a core holding for capital appreciation rather than income, with the primary risk being valuation compression if growth slows.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_70 ✓0.032542
MSTL_70_1260.037415
AutoTheta0.038133
AutoETS0.038610
AutoARIMA0.038611
MSTL0.039693
MSTL_1260.054042

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_70

Forecast Reliability
Score 47%
H-stat 5.81
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.080
Excess Kurtosis -1.05
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-07-01
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-01
Debt to Equity Ratio 177.847
Revenue per Share 99.583
Market Cap 241,836,965,888
Trailing P/E 22.12
Forward P/E 17.57
Beta 1.05
Profit Margins 16.30%
Website https://www.americanexpress.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:47 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound move with a bullish bias. Call open interest builds significant walls at the 355 and 360 strikes for near-term expiration, while longer-dated calls show heavy positioning at 400 and 500 strikes, indicating belief in higher targets. Put open interest is concentrated between 300 and 340, acting as a floor, with deep OTM put volume suggesting hedging against a sharp drop. Implied volatility remains compressed near the money, reflecting a lack of immediate panic despite the elevated strike positioning.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.27% 1.07% 1.17% 1.22%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-02 0.950000 0.269917
2026-04-02 0.950000 0.316477
2026-01-02 0.820000 0.219998
2025-10-10 0.820000 0.259280
2025-07-03 0.820000 0.249901
2025-04-04 0.820000 0.350907
2025-01-03 0.700000 0.230962
2024-10-04 0.700000 0.253651
2024-07-05 0.700000 0.297076
2024-04-04 0.700000 0.318776
2024-01-04 0.600000 0.320616
2023-10-05 0.600000 0.407914
2023-07-06 0.600000 0.351000
2023-04-05 0.600000 0.372486
2023-01-05 0.520000 0.355119
2022-10-13 0.520000 0.367361
2022-06-30 0.520000 0.375126
2022-04-07 0.520000 0.285103
2022-01-06 0.430000 0.248699
2021-10-07 0.430000 0.246715
2021-07-01 0.430000 0.257578
2021-03-31 0.430000 0.304016
2021-01-07 0.430000 0.353444
2020-10-08 0.430000 0.405431
2020-07-01 0.430000 0.457204
2020-04-02 0.430000 0.560918
2020-01-02 0.430000 0.341677
2019-10-03 0.430000 0.382052
2019-07-03 0.390000 0.309868
2019-04-04 0.390000 0.354159
2019-01-03 0.390000 0.417425
2018-10-04 0.390000 0.361983
2018-07-05 0.350000 0.355222
2018-04-05 0.350000 0.371550
2018-01-04 0.350000 0.347050
2017-10-05 0.350000 0.383940
2017-07-05 0.320000 0.376958
2017-04-05 0.320000 0.411523
2017-01-04 0.320000 0.419617
2016-10-05 0.320000 0.497203
2016-06-29 0.290000 0.486332
2016-04-06 0.290000 0.484302
2016-01-06 0.290000 0.450171
2015-10-07 0.290000 0.375745
2015-06-30 0.290000 0.373134
2015-03-31 0.260000 0.332821
2015-01-07 0.260000 0.287929
2014-10-01 0.260000 0.302995
2014-07-09 0.260000 0.274435
2014-04-02 0.230000 0.254425
2014-01-08 0.230000 0.257242
2013-10-02 0.230000 0.308394
2013-07-02 0.230000 0.308228
2013-04-03 0.200000 0.301887
2013-01-02 0.200000 0.340426
2012-10-03 0.200000 0.348432
2012-07-03 0.200000 0.336644
2012-04-03 0.200000 0.342524
2012-01-04 0.180000 0.373134
2011-10-05 0.180000 0.414651
2011-06-29 0.180000 0.353496
2011-04-06 0.180000 0.388937
2011-01-05 0.180000 0.399645
2010-10-06 0.180000 0.473435
2010-06-30 0.180000 0.453400
2010-03-30 0.180000 0.435941
2010-01-07 0.180000 0.428776
2009-09-30 0.180000 0.530973
2009-06-30 0.180000 0.774527
2009-04-01 0.180000 1.246537
2009-01-07 0.180000 0.899550
2008-10-01 0.180000 0.509338
2008-07-09 0.180000 0.461420
2008-04-09 0.180000 0.399290
2008-01-02 0.180000 0.352665
2007-10-03 0.150000 0.250585
2007-07-03 0.150000 0.240308
2007-04-03 0.150000 0.268240
2007-01-03 0.150000 0.248509
2006-10-04 0.150000 0.265205
2006-07-05 0.150000 0.285714
2006-04-05 0.120000 0.226843
2006-01-04 0.120000 0.230991
2005-10-05 0.120000 0.239664
2005-06-29 0.105036 0.224257
2005-03-30 0.105036 0.233146
2005-01-05 0.105036 0.220426
2004-10-06 0.105036 0.225268
2004-06-30 0.087530 0.194628
2004-03-31 0.087530 0.192864
2003-12-30 0.087530 0.207082
2003-10-01 0.087530 0.217108
2003-07-01 0.087530 0.238607
2003-04-02 0.070024 0.230282
2002-12-31 0.070024 0.226308
2002-10-02 0.070024 0.256410
2002-07-02 0.070024 0.217214
2002-04-03 0.070024 0.202429
2002-01-02 0.070024 0.222965
2001-10-03 0.070024 0.267201
2001-07-03 0.070024 0.200300
2001-04-04 0.070024 0.220994
2001-01-03 0.070024 0.143017
2000-10-04 0.070024 0.131417
2000-07-05 0.070024 0.153477
2000-04-20 0.070024 0.167832
2000-01-05 0.065648 0.152803
1999-10-06 0.065648 0.153585
1999-06-30 0.065939 0.173678
1999-03-30 0.065648 0.185187
1999-01-06 0.065648 0.217131
1998-10-07 0.065648 0.307170
1998-06-30 0.065648 0.197804
1998-04-07 0.065648 0.217919
1997-12-30 0.065648 0.256778
1997-10-01 0.065648 0.271495
1997-07-01 0.065648 0.298016
1997-04-02 0.065648 0.384618
1996-12-31 0.065648 0.398233
1996-10-09 0.065648 0.480004
1996-07-02 0.065648 0.500004
1996-04-02 0.065648 0.447765
1996-01-03 0.065648 0.542173
1995-10-11 0.065648 0.515763
1995-07-05 0.065648 0.633808
1995-04-03 0.065648 0.649824
1994-12-30 0.065648 0.762718
1994-10-03 0.065648 0.750006
1994-07-01 0.065648 0.865391
1994-04-04 0.064371 0.917431
1994-01-03 0.064371 0.843882
1993-10-04 0.064371 0.704225
1993-07-02 0.064371 0.806451
1993-03-29 0.064371 0.913242
1993-01-04 0.064371 1.000000
1992-09-28 0.064371 1.142857
1992-06-26 0.064371 1.086956
1992-03-30 0.064371 1.086956
1991-12-27 0.064371 1.190476
1991-09-30 0.064371 0.975609
1991-06-28 0.059221 1.022216
1991-04-01 0.059221 0.814155
1990-12-28 0.059221 1.128828
1990-10-01 0.059221 1.027927
1990-06-29 0.059221 0.747963
1990-04-02 0.059221 0.884610
1989-12-29 0.059221 0.659494
1989-10-02 0.054072 0.583337
1989-06-30 0.054072 0.631583
1989-04-03 0.054072 0.664036
1988-12-30 0.054072 0.788737
1988-10-03 0.048922 0.678572
1988-07-01 0.048922 0.703704
1988-04-04 0.048922 0.804233
1988-01-04 0.048922 0.791667
1987-12-31 0.048922 0.830602
1987-10-05 0.048922 0.517007
1987-09-29 0.087545 0.954391
1987-06-26 0.048922 0.527778
1987-03-30 0.048922 0.520548
1986-12-26 0.046347 0.614071
1986-09-29 0.043772 0.626724
1986-06-27 0.043772 0.549491
1986-03-27 0.043772 0.494542
1985-12-27 0.043772 0.638493
1985-09-30 0.043772 0.819272
1985-06-28 0.041197 0.673677
1985-03-29 0.041197 0.773405
1984-12-28 0.041197 0.842096
1984-10-01 0.041197 0.951662
1984-06-29 0.041197 1.113031
1984-04-02 0.041197 1.019909
1983-12-30 0.041197 0.980832
1983-10-03 0.041197 0.870739
1983-07-01 0.041197 0.659787
1983-04-04 0.038623 0.736204
1983-01-03 0.038623 0.977607
1982-10-04 0.035404 1.136949
1982-07-02 0.035404 1.433222
1982-01-04 0.035404 1.246457
1981-10-05 0.032186 1.162808
1981-06-29 0.032186 1.025657
1981-03-30 0.032186 1.098918
1980-12-26 0.032186 1.250019
1980-09-29 0.032186 1.418462
1980-06-27 0.032186 1.423509
1980-03-28 0.032186 1.754413
1979-12-28 0.028967 1.500002
1979-10-01 0.028967 1.368823
1979-06-29 0.028967 1.318683
1979-04-02 0.028967 1.451615
1978-12-29 0.025748 1.373369
1978-10-02 0.025748 1.146935
1978-06-30 0.025748 1.142839
1978-04-03 0.022530 1.106726
1977-12-30 0.022530 0.975616
1977-10-03 0.022530 0.927158
1977-07-01 0.019311 0.757086
1977-04-01 0.019311 0.816314
Additional Data
dividendRate 3.8
dividendYield 1.08
exDividendDate 2026-07-02
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.41
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0097267395
lastDividendValue 0.95
lastDividendDate 2026-07-02
dividendDate 2026-08-10

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.09242177
Address1 200 Vesey Street
All Time High 387.49
All Time Low 1.134539
Ask 357.0
Ask Size 80
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 2.3 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,366,020
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,214,822
Average Volume 3,214,822
Average Volume10Days 3,366,020
Beta 1.045
Bid 352.0
Bid Size 120
Board Risk 9
Book Value 49.846
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 354.43
Current Ratio 1.574
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 357.53
Day Low 352.8
Debt To Equity 177.847
Dividend Date 1,786,320,000
Dividend Rate 3.8
Dividend Yield 1.08
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,896,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,896,200
Earnings Growth 0.176
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.15
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,896,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,784,896,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,784,896,200
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 3.61
Enterprise Value 248,428,953,600
Eps Current Year 17.67739
Eps Forward 20.16869
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 16.02
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,782,950,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 324.617
Fifty Day Average Change 29.812988
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0918405
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 9.242177
Fifty Two Week High 387.49
Fifty Two Week High Change -33.059998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.08531833
Fifty Two Week Low 288.34
Fifty Two Week Low Change 66.09
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.22920856
Fifty Two Week Range 288.34 - 387.49
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 76,253,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.1
Float Shares 529,246,506
Forward Eps 20.16869
Forward P E 17.573278
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 76,800
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.62759
Gross Profits 43,185,999,872
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.22326
Held Percent Institutions 0.65282995
Implied Shares Outstanding 682,326,443
Industry Credit Services
Industry Disp Credit Services
Industry Key credit-services
Ir Website http://ir.americanexpress.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=64467&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,782,950,400
Last Dividend Value 0.95
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,128,297,600
Last Split Factor 10,000:8753
Long Business Summary American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated payments company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. The company offers credit and charge cards and complementary products and services, including travel, dining, and lifestyle and expense management products and services; and banking and other payment and financing products and services, including deposits and non-card lending. It also provides merchant acquisition and processing, servicing and settlement, fraud prevention, and point-of-sale marketing and information products and services, as well as network services. The company offers its products and services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large corporations through mobile and online applications, affiliate marketing, customer referral programs, third-party service providers and business partners, in-house sales teams, direct mail, telephone, and direct response advertising. American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Long Name American Express Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 241,836,965,888
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_92001
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 11,086,999,552
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 239,210,004,386
Number Of Analyst Opinions 25
Open 356.6
Operating Cashflow 17,468,000,256
Operating Margins 0.21245001
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.21290001
Peg Ratio 1.67
Phone (212) 640-2000
Post Market Change -0.1619873
Post Market Change Percent -0.045703612
Post Market Price 354.268
Post Market Time 1,783,987,191
Previous Close 350.58
Price Eps Current Year 20.049906
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 7.1105003
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.5144594
Profit Margins 0.16305
Quick Ratio 1.559
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.26667
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.85001
Regular Market Change Percent 1.09818
Regular Market Day High 357.53
Regular Market Day Low 352.8
Regular Market Day Range 352.8 - 357.53
Regular Market Open 356.6
Regular Market Previous Close 350.58
Regular Market Price 354.43
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 2,577,358
Return On Assets 0.03796
Return On Equity 0.34419
Revenue Growth 0.116
Revenue Per Share 99.583
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 682,326,443
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0159
Shares Short 10,839,567
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 12,044,280
Short Name American Express Company
Short Percent Of Float 0.020399999
Short Ratio 3.41
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol AXP
Target High Price 450.0
Target Low Price 312.0
Target Mean Price 371.3828
Target Median Price 370.0
Total Cash 53,866,999,808
Total Cash Per Share 78.946
Total Debt 60,458,999,808
Total Revenue 68,811,997,184
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.41
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0097267395
Trailing Eps 16.02
Trailing P E 22.124218
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.6685
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 338.41745
Two Hundred Day Average Change 16.012543
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.047315948
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,577,358
Website https://www.americanexpress.com
Zip 10,285