American Express Co (NYSE: AXP) is -10.24% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $220.43 and a high of $326.27 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AXP stock was last observed hovering at around $267.02 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.61%.
Currently trading at $266.41, the stock is 4.77% and -0.86% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.52 million and changing -0.23% at the moment leaves the stock -3.62% off its SMA200. AXP registered 13.06% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -0.35%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $268.7186 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $276.4254.
The stock witnessed a -0.98% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -15.49%, and is 2.41% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.79% over the week and 4.75% over the month.
American Express Co (AXP) has around 75100 employees, a market worth around $186.64B and $75.33B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.61 and Fwd P/E is 15.30. Profit margin for the company is 13.46%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.86% and -18.35% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.30%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.33% this year
3287.0 institutions hold shares in American Express Co (AXP), with institutional investors hold 83.66% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 701.00M, and float is at 699.52M with Short Float at 1.19%. Institutions hold 65.45% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC with over 151.61 million shares valued at $35.11 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 21.1747 of the AXP Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 45.2 million shares valued at $10.47 billion to account for 6.3125 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 41.9 million shares representing 5.8516 and valued at over $9.7 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.09 of the shares totaling 29.28 million with a market value of $6.78 billion.
American Express Co (AXP) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by McNeal Glenda G, the company’s Chief Partner Officer. SEC filings show that McNeal Glenda G sold 3,019 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 29 ’25 at a price of $264.66 per share for a total of $0.8 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 10919.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 07 ’25, Angelakis Michael J (Director) acquired 3,700 shares at an average price of $269.89 for $1.0 million. The insider now directly holds 3,700 shares of American Express Co (AXP).
