American Express Company (AXP) |
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| $57.15 52 Week Low | $79.25 2017-04-28 14:45:19 MDT | $82 52 Week High |
| Financial Sector | Credit Services Industry |
| NYSE Stock Exchange | United States Country |
| Market Cap: | $72,400,000,000 | Large Cap (Between $10B and $100B) |
| Analyst Recommendation: | 2.6 | Analysts say: Neutral+. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell) |
| Beta: | 1.16 | Higher Volatility Stock (beta over 1). Stock will go up more when the market goes up, and go down more when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index. |
ForwardPE: 12.75 | 5 Yr Est Growth: 7.29% | Yield: 1.60% |
PEG-Y Ratio: 1.43 | Good Growth at a reasonable rate. A PEGY Ratio of less than 1 is ideal. A PEGY Ratio 1.5 or lower is still decent. |
% Above 50 DayMA: 1.16% | % Above 200 DayMA: 6.91% |
AXP Performance 52 Weeks: 21.14% | S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 12.50% |
Uptrend is still intact: AXP is above both 50 and 200 day Moving Averages. There is hope because 50 Day MA is still above 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week High than 52 Week Low. | AXP outperforming S&P 500 by 8.64% the last 52 Weeks. |
Price To Book: 3.39 | Great Value. Low Price to Book means better value. |
EV to EBITDA: N/A | Unknown EV to EBITDA ratio |
| Field | Value | Average | Comments |
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| % Held By Insiders | 0.19% | 17.28% | Held by fewer than average Insiders. |
| % Held By Institutions | 83.00% | 62.07% | Institutional percentage greater than average. Institutional buying and selling can really move stock price. |
| Short % Of Float | 2.03% | 07.02% | Shorted percentage less than average percent. Is stock loved? Do traders and investors believe in the stock? |
| Debt to Equity | 2.67 | 1.08 | More Aggressive Financing. Each industry has different Debt/Equity standard. Higher than 1 means company is taking on more leverage. |
| Profit Margin % | 17.65% | -00.18% | Profit Margin is better than the average! Good job. |
| Operating Margin % | 24.50% | -05.28% | Operating Margin greater than average percent. Good. |
| Return on Equity % | 25.02% | -08.79% | Return on Equity greater than average percent. Good. |
| Return on Assets % | 3.26% | -01.29% | Return on Assets greater than average percent. Good. |
| Revenue Per Employee | $524,290.78 | $883,096.70 | Less than average Revenue Per Employee. This stock (or industry) might not be as efficient as others? Each industry might have a different standard. |
| Price to Cash | 2.45 | 5.52 | Lower than average Price to Cash. Meaning that the company has a higher percentage of cash as a percent of price. Cash can be good to cushion company during hard times, and as a potential source for buyouts or investments. However, some activists want the cash to be used by a company to buy its own stock, or to increase their dividend, or to invest the money. |
| CPEGY Ratio | 0.86 | 2.26 | Less than than average CPEGY Ratio. Ideally, a CPEGY should be less than 1 or less than 1.5. CPEGY is the PEG Ratio but incorporating the yield and subtracting Cash Per Share. |
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