American Express Co (NYSE: AXP)’s stock price has gone decline by -0.05 in comparison to its previous close of 302.26, however, the company has experienced a -1.02% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. pymnts.com reported 2024-12-03 that A federal judge denied American Express’ motions to compel arbitration and to dismiss a federal antitrust lawsuit brought by 5-Star General Store on behalf of more than 5,000 merchants. U.S. District Judge Mary S.
Is It Worth Investing in American Express Co (NYSE: AXP) Right Now?
American Express Co (NYSE: AXP) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 22.22x compared to its average ratio. AXP has 36-month beta value of 1.23. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 13 as “hold,” and 3 as “sell.”
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The public float for AXP is 703.51M, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.27% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of AXP on December 04, 2024 was 2.68M shares.
AXP’s Market Performance
The stock of American Express Co (AXP) has seen a -1.02% decrease in the past week, with a 10.79% rise in the past month, and a 20.01% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.58%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.77% for AXP.. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 2.99% for AXP’s stock, with a 22.31% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AXP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AXP stocks, with Monness Crespi & Hardt repeating the rating for AXP by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for AXP in the upcoming period, according to Monness Crespi & Hardt is $300 based on the research report published on October 14, 2024 of the current year 2024.
HSBC Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AXP reach a price target of $270, previously predicting the price at $265. The rating they have provided for AXP stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on October 08th, 2024.
BTIG Research gave a rating of “Sell” to AXP, setting the target price at $230 in the report published on October 08th of the current year.
AXP Trading at 7.64% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AXP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -1.85% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.77%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.58%, as shares surge +11.81% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +13.02% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AXP fell by -1.02%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +42.13% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $293.35. In addition, American Express Co saw 61.26% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AXP starting from Le Caillec Christophe, who sale 6,000 shares at the price of $303.48 back on Nov 27 ’24. After this action, Le Caillec Christophe now owns 6,433 shares of American Express Co, valued at $1,820,880 using the latest closing price.
CHRISTOPHE LE CAILLEC, the Officer of American Express Co, proposed sale 6,600 shares at $303.48 during a trade that took place back on Nov 27 ’24, which means that CHRISTOPHE LE CAILLEC is holding shares at $2,002,976 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AXP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.25 for the present operating margin
- 0.59 for the gross margin
The net margin for American Express Co stands at 0.14. The total capital return value is set at 0.14. Equity return is now at value 34.43, with 3.77 for asset returns.
Based on American Express Co (AXP), the company’s capital structure generated 0.65 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.27. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.85. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2.08.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 14.33 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.44. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.21. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.17for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.25.
Conclusion
To put it simply, American Express Co (AXP) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
