American Express Co (NYSE: AXP)’s stock price has dropped by -0.47 in relation to previous closing price of 265.63. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 1.17% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-03-17 that In the most recent trading session, American Express (AXP) closed at $264.38, indicating a -0.47% shift from the previous trading day.
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 18.87x compared to its average ratio. AXP has 36-month beta value of 1.17. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 17 as “hold,” and 3 as “sell.”
The public float for AXP is 701.46M, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.18% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of AXP on March 18, 2025 was 2.76M shares.
AXP’s Market Performance
AXP’s stock has seen a 1.17% increase for the week, with a -14.02% drop in the past month and a -12.56% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.76%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.82% for American Express Co. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -6.88% for AXP’s stock, with a -2.86% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AXP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AXP stocks, with Robert W. Baird repeating the rating for AXP by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for AXP in the upcoming period, according to Robert W. Baird is $265 based on the research report published on March 14, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Monness Crespi & Hardt, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AXP reach a price target of $355, previously predicting the price at $330. The rating they have provided for AXP stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on January 27th, 2025.
Monness Crespi & Hardt gave a rating of “Buy” to AXP, setting the target price at $330 in the report published on December 19th of the previous year.
AXP Trading at -11.99% 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 -18.97% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.82%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.76%, as shares sank -15.00% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -10.92% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AXP rose by +1.17%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +11.44% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $283.90. In addition, American Express Co saw -10.92% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AXP starting from Angelakis Michael J, who purchase 3,700 shares at the price of $269.89 back on Mar 07 ’25. After this action, Angelakis Michael J now owns 3,700 shares of American Express Co, valued at $998,593 using the latest closing price.
Marrs Anna, the Group Pres., GMNS of American Express Co, sale 21,955 shares at $287.88 during a trade that took place back on Mar 04 ’25, which means that Marrs Anna is holding 25,761 shares at $6,320,504 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AXP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.21 for the present operating margin
- 0.7 for the gross margin
The net margin for American Express Co stands at 0.14. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 34.47, with 3.76 for asset returns.
Based on American Express Co (AXP), the company’s capital structure generated 0.63 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.28. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.69. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.76.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 36.17 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.83. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.8.
Conclusion
To put it simply, American Express Co (AXP) has had a mixed 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’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
