AXP · American Express Co
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $211.8B |
| P/E | 18.50 |
| Float | 522.7M |
| Beta | 1.10 |
| Volatility | 27.4% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Cap tier | Mega cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 80.0 |
| Price | 315.18 |
| Change | +0.51% |
| Prev Close | 313.59 |
| Open | 316.26 |
| Day Low | 312.40 |
| Day High | 319.85 |
| Avg Vol | 3 |
| Avg $ Vol | $958.3M |
| 52W High | 387.49 |
| 52W Low | 290.97 |
| 52W Pos | 25.1% |
| From High | −18.66% |
| From Low | +8.32% |
| Max DD 1Y | −24.06% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | +2.65% |
| SMA 50 | −1.94% |
| SMA 200 | −4.04% |
| RSI (14) | 51.9 |
| Vol 30D | 19.2% |
| Vol 90D | 23.0% |
| 1Y Range | 291–387 |
| Daily bars | 899 |
| Perf Week | +1.76% |
| Perf Month | +0.78% |
| Perf Quarter | −10.89% |
| Perf Half Y | −4.94% |
| Perf Year | −2.95% |
| Perf YTD | −15.44% |
| Prev Day | +0.51% |
| Clavix | B+ |
| Debt / Eq | 1.68 |
| Curr Ratio | — |
| Int Cover | 33.6× |
| FCF Margin | — |
| Rev Growth | +9.5% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Very High |
| Sector rank | 15 / 69 |
What AXP does
American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an 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.
The company offers credit and charge cards and complementary products and services, including travel, dining, and lifestyle and expense management products and services; and banking and other payment and financing products and services, including deposits and non-card lending.
It also provides merchant acquisition and processing, servicing and settlement, fraud prevention, and point-of-sale marketing and information products and services, as well as network services.
The company offers its products and services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large corporations through mobile and online applications, affiliate marketing, customer referral programs, third-party service providers and business partners, in-house sales teams, direct mail, telephone, and direct response advertising.
American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayAXP grades B+, 80.0 of 100. Steadiest on Price Stability (68), most exposed on News Sentiment (54, mixed). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Financial Services median. Ranks 15 of 69 in Financial Services by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| AXP | Financial Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.10 | 1.21 |
| Volatilityannualized | 27.4% | 30.2% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −24.1% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.91% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 18 (7%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| AXP | Financial Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.10 | 1.21 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 40% of 70 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Financial Services names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| AXP | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +1.8% |
| 1 month | +0.8% |
| Year to date | −15.4% |
| 1 year | −2.9% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| AXP | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 16 Sep |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 54 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 18 · 10 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 18 ↑ 10 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 70 Financial Services names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| AXP | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +9.5% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Financial Services median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openAmerican Express is facing enforcement actions from the Federal Reserve and the OCC over past failures to detect and report suspicious activity under its anti-money laundering program, while investors highlight the company's strong credit quality, reserve release benefits, and a new position taken by the Oakmark Fund.
The article is mostly about Southwest Airlines making its Companion Pass harder to earn starting January 1, 2027, by removing credit card sign-up bonuses, referrals, and shopping portal points as qualifying activities. It also mentions in passing that American Express (Amex) made a 'sneaky' change to how it pools points, without providing details on what the change is.
Rakuten has launched a limited-edition American Express card featuring characters from the Naruto Shippuden anime, available to the first 10,000 new cardholders starting October 15, 2026. The card has no annual fee and offers extra cash back on Rakuten purchases and dining.
American Express is developing AI-powered payment security tools designed to protect purchases made by AI agents on behalf of customers. The article frames this as a potential new source of transaction volume.
Grabar Law Office, a Philadelphia-based law firm, announced it is investigating potential claims on behalf of American Express shareholders who have held their shares continuously since before June 2014, and is encouraging those shareholders to contact the firm at no cost.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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