American Express Co (AXP) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $252.92, with 4.24 million shares of worth about $1.07 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -8.53% during that period and on April 16, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -1.92%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 702.00M shares, out of which, 700.04M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -3.60% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -3.73%. Year-to-date (YTD), AXP shares are showing a performance of -14.78% which increased to 15.81% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $216.51 but also hit the highest price of $326.27 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for American Express Co shares is 3.34 million. The stock is currently trading -2.73% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -9.11% for SMA50 and it goes to -8.16% lower than SMA200.
American Express Co (NYSE: AXP) currently have 702.00M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 86.55% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $177.32B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.24. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 18.05, while it has posted earnings per share of $14.01 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.39 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.69. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for AXP, volatility over the week remained 3.81% while standing at 4.51% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 8.55% while it is estimated to increase by 14.93% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 13.02% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 11.90% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by BofA Securities on April 11, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $274 to it. Coverage by Robert W. Baird stated American Express Co (AXP) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on March 14, 2025, suggesting a price target of $265 for the stock. On January 27, 2025, Monness Crespi & Hardt Reiterated their recommendations, while on December 19, 2024, Monness Crespi & Hardt Reiterated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $330. Stock get a Buy rating from Monness Crespi & Hardt on October 14, 2024.
