AXP - American Express Company
| Previous close | 99.07 |
| Open | 102.78 |
| Bid | 0.00 x 800 |
| Ask | 106.96 x 1100 |
| Day's range | 101.63 - 105.87 |
| 52-week range | 67.00 - 138.13 |
| Volume | 7,127,410 |
| Avg. volume | 8,099,314 |
| Market cap | 84.844B |
| Beta (5Y monthly) | 1.05 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 12.73 |
| EPS (TTM) | 8.28 |
| Earnings date | 17 Jul 2020 - 21 Jul 2020 |
| Forward dividend & yield | 1.72 (1.74%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 01 Jul 2020 |
| 1y target est | 100.83 |
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Here's Why Amex, Discover, and Capital One Are Soaring on Tuesday
The stock market is having an excellent start to the short trading week on Tuesday. Throughout the stock market rally since hitting bottom in late March, we've seen financial stocks -- particularly credit card companies -- outperform the market on strong days, and Tuesday wasn't an exception. American Express (NYSE: AXP) was nearly 6% higher on the day, while Discover (NYSE: DFS) and Capital One (NYSE: COF) were doing even better, up by 7.6% and 7.8%, respectively.
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- Financial Times
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Last December, about a fortnight before officials in Wuhan began telling of a strange sickness that was filling the city’s hospitals, executives at the Carlyle Group worked into the night to sign what they imagined would be one of the private equity firm’s most enduring deals. Like other big Wall Street firms, Carlyle had taken to promising investors stability instead of trying to wow them with the prospect of profits that came in spectacular bursts. In 2020, however, there may be no such thing as a stable business, and Carlyle is now trying to walk away from the Amex deal before any money has even changed hands.
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Why Is American Express (AXP) Up 8.3% Since Last Earnings Report?
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- Motley Fool
Stocks Are Rallying: 2 I Bought While They're Still on Sale
After falling deeply and quickly from late February through late March, the S&P 500 has bounced back pretty strongly. Two I recently bought more of are American Express (NYSE: AXP) and The Rubicon Project (NYSE: RUBI). The three are down 28% and 37%, year to date, versus an 8% dip for the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY) since January 1.
- Yahoo Finance
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- Motley Fool
American Express CEO Says Most Employees Will Work Remotely for the Rest of 2020
Don't expect to see most employees of American Express (NYSE: AXP) back at the office anytime soon. Steve Squeri, CEO of the payment card giant, has announced in a video message to employees that the majority of them will continue to work remotely through the end of this year. "We will open buildings on a location-by-location, floor-by-floor, and colleague-by-colleague basis, as each location and floor is different."
- Motley Fool
Here's Why American Express and Other Credit Card Stocks Are Rising on Monday
The stock market was rising sharply on Monday as investors cheered a positive development in the fight against COVID-19. As of 2:50 p.m. EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 benchmark index were up by 3.9% and 3.3%, respectively. American Express (NYSE: AXP) was higher by 8%, credit card-focused bank Capital One (NYSE: COF) was up by 9%, and Discover (NYSE: DFS) was up by 7%.
- Reuters
AmEx says employees can work from home through 2020
"If you can work from home effectively, you should plan on doing this for the rest of the year," he said, adding that AmEx's offices in the near term will mostly serve as an alternative workspace. AmEx employees that need to work from office will return in phases, starting with 10% occupancy, and no likelihood of it reaching close to 50% this year. As the virus outbreak hit business volumes, AmEx moved from a largely brick-and-mortar operation to having more than 60,000 employees equipped to work from home and two-thirds of its customer-care professionals working remotely by March end.
- Business Wire
American Express Chief Financial Officer to Participate in the MoffettNathanson Payments, Processors, and IT Services Summit
American Express (NYSE:AXP) Chief Financial Officer, Jeffrey C. Campbell, will participate in the MoffettNathanson Payments, Processors, and IT Services Summit held virtually, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at 9 a.m. (ET). Mr. Campbell will participate in a question-and-answer session relating to the Company’s business strategy and financial performance.
- Yahoo Finance
American Express CEO to employees: Plan to work from home for the rest of 2020
American Express CEO Stephen Squeri lays out his vision for how employees will return to work after COVID-19 quarantines lift.
- Motley Fool
Despite Coronavirus, American Express Loan Delinquency and Write-Off Rates Hold Steady in April
Although American Express (NYSE: AXP) fully expects to start buckling under the weight of an economy straining from the effects of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the company's latest figures indicate it isn't faltering yet. On Friday the big payment card company released its latest set of monthly loan delinquency and write-off statistics, which appear to be staying level for now. As for small business cardholders the figures came in at, again respectively, 2%, 2%, and 1.9%.
- Motley Fool
Here's Why American Express, Discover, and Capital One Were Rising on Thursday
After dismal performances during the first three days of the week, these stocks are finally heading higher.
- Motley Fool
Here's Why Capital One, Discover, and American Express Plunged on Wednesday
Credit card stocks are likely to suffer if the economic impact of the novel coronavirus is worse than feared.
- Motley Fool
Report: Private Equity Fund Is Avoiding a Huge Write-Down by Backing Out of American Express Deal
Carlyle Group agreed in December to purchase a $450 million stake in American Express Global Business Travel, but it's pulling out of the deal.
- Yahoo Finance
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- Motley Fool
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