American Express

Profitability for 1 year: +3.41%
Dividend yield: 0.93%
Sector: Financials

Company Analysis American Express

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Current debt level 18.82% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 23.56%.

Disadvantages

  • Price (309.29 $) is higher than fair price (252.84 $)
  • Dividends (0.93%) are below the sector average (2.69%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (3.41%) is lower than the sector average (6.3%).
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=34.74%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=87.81%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

American Express Financials Index
7 days -10.7% 0% -0.8%
90 days -19.3% -0.3% 3.6%
1 year 3.4% 6.3% 12.3%

AXP vs Sector: American Express has slightly underperformed the "Financials" sector by -2.89% over the past year.

AXP vs Market: American Express has significantly underperformed the market by -8.93% over the past year.

Stable price: AXP is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: AXP with weekly volatility of 0.0655% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 20.93
P/S: 2.86

3.2. Revenue

EPS 14.21
ROE 34.74%
ROA 3.8%
ROIC 13.95%
Ebitda margin 19.64%

5. Fundamental Analysis

5.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (309.29 $) is higher than the fair price (252.84 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (309.29 $) is 18.3% higher than the fair price.

5.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (20.93) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (97.74).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (20.93) is lower than that of the market as a whole (63.56).

5.2.1 P/E Similar companies

5.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (7) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (8.6).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (7) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.5).

5.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

5.5. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (2.86) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (19.19).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (2.86) is lower than that of the market as a whole (30.54).

5.5.1 P/S Similar companies

5.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (15.27) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (14.81).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (15.27) is lower than that of the market as a whole (35.96).

6. Profitability

6.1. Profitability and revenue

6.2. Earnings per share - EPS

6.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Rising and has grown by 5.13% over the last 5 years.

Earnings Slowdown: The last year's return (0%) is below the 5-year average return (5.13%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the return for the sector (-55.5%).

6.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (34.74%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (87.81%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (34.74%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (49.97%).

6.6. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (3.8%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (24.13%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (3.8%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (11.81%).

6.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (13.95%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (193.18%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (13.95%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (45.19%).

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7. Finance

7.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (18.82%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 23.56% to 18.82%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 504.38%.

7.2. Profit growth and share price

8. Dividends

8.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 0.93% is below the average for the sector '2.69%.

8.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 0.93% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=1.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 0.93% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 3 years.

8.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (19.74%) are at an uncomfortable level.

9. Insider trades

9.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

9.2. Latest transactions

No insider transactions have been recorded yet