Q1 EPS Estimate for American Express Decreased by Analyst

American Express (NYSE:AXP) – Analysts at William Blair lowered their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of American Express in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, January 27th. William Blair analyst C. Kennedy now forecasts that the payment services company will post earnings of $3.47 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $3.52. William Blair currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for American Express’ current full-year earnings is $13.40 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for American Express’ Q2 2025 earnings at $4.07 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $4.03 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.62 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $15.19 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $17.23 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on AXP. Hsbc Global Res lowered shares of American Express from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 8th. Monness Crespi & Hardt raised their price target on American Express from $330.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. TD Cowen upped their price objective on shares of American Express from $260.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 21st. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of American Express from $305.00 to $310.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded American Express from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have issued a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $291.50.

American Express Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of AXP stock opened at $317.24 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $302.97 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $275.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $223.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.34, a PEG ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 1.63 and a quick ratio of 1.63. American Express has a 1 year low of $199.07 and a 1 year high of $326.27.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 24th. The payment services company reported $3.04 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.00 by $0.04. American Express had a net margin of 15.32% and a return on equity of 32.46%.

American Express Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 10th. Investors of record on Friday, January 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.70 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 3rd. This represents a $2.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.88%. American Express’s dividend payout ratio is presently 20.60%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Caillec Christophe Le sold 6,000 shares of American Express stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $303.48, for a total transaction of $1,820,880.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 6,433 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,952,286.84. This trade represents a 48.26 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.12% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AXP. Marshall Wace LLP increased its position in shares of American Express by 105.4% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,000 shares of the payment services company’s stock valued at $232,000 after acquiring an additional 19,400 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of American Express by 31.2% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 109,198 shares of the payment services company’s stock worth $25,285,000 after purchasing an additional 25,937 shares in the last quarter. Kathmere Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of American Express by 6.3% in the second quarter. Kathmere Capital Management LLC now owns 1,129 shares of the payment services company’s stock worth $261,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Driehaus Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of American Express during the second quarter valued at $214,000. Finally, Ascent Group LLC lifted its stake in American Express by 3.8% during the 2nd quarter. Ascent Group LLC now owns 6,121 shares of the payment services company’s stock valued at $1,417,000 after acquiring an additional 226 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.33% of the company’s stock.

About American Express

American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as 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.