AMER EXPRESS CO (AXP)
Price: $49.83
Industry: Finance Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Thu Jun 23 13:39 EDT 2011 AXP AMER EXPRESS CO
$49.83
Power Gauge Rating
AXP - Bullish TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for AXP is bullish due to attractive financial metrics, bullish price/volume activity and positive expert opinions. Financial Metrics
AXP's financial metrics are very good due to a high return on equity.
Earnings Performance
Price and volume activity for AXP is bullish which is indicated by positive Chaikin money flow.
Price/Volume Activity
Expert Opinions
News Sentiment Rating
Neutral AXP AMER EXPRESS ..
June 23, 2011
TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for AXP is neutral. Stories concerning AXP have a balanced or neutral sentiment.
News Sentiment :Neutral
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
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High Potential
Neutral
Low Potential
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Financials & Earnings
Financial Metrics
Financial Metrics Rating
Bullish
LT Debt/Equity Ratio
AXP's financial metrics are very good. The company yields a high return on shareholder's equity and generates high free cash flow relative to market capitalization.
Price to Book Value
Return on Equity
The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio, high price to book value ratio, high return on equity and relatively high cash flow.
Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities
Valuation
Returns
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Current Ratio
1.24
Price/Book
3.43
Return on Invest
5.3%
LT Debt/Equity
4.09
Price/Sales
2.15
Return on Equity
27.4%
Earnings Performance
Earnings Performance Rating
Neutral
Earnings Growth
AXP's earnings performance has been neutral. The company experienced superior earnings growth in the past 12 months and has a history of weak earnings growth.
Earnings Surprise
Earnings Trend
The rank is based on poor EPS growth over the past 3-5 years, an upward trend in earnings this year, a relatively high projected P/E ratio and consistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Projected P/E Ratio
Earnings Consistency
5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth
Revenue(M) Rev % Growth EPS EPS % Growth
EPS Estimates
12/06
12/07
12/08
12/09
12/10
27,136.00
27,731.00
28,365.00
24,523.00
27,819.00
11.82%
2.19%
2.29%
-13.54%
13.44%
$3.06
$3.42
$2.28
$1.54
$3.37
0.99%
11.76%
-33.33%
-32.46%
118.83%
EPS Surprise
Factor
Actual EPS Prev
EST EPS Current
Change
$0.84
$0.99
+0.15
Quarterly EPS Yearly EPS Factor
$3.37
$3.89
+0.52
Actual EPS Growth
Est EPS Growth
Change
3.24%
10.83%
+7.59
3-5 year EPS
EPS Quarterly Results Estimate
Actual
Difference
% Difference
FY
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Total
Latest Qtr
$0.93
$0.97
$0.04
1 Qtr Ago
$0.90
$0.94
$0.04
4.30
12/09
$0.31
$0.09
$0.54
$0.60
$1.54
4.44
12/10
$0.74
$0.84
$0.91
$0.88
$3.37
2 Qtr Ago
$0.85
$0.90
3 Qtr Ago
$0.79
$0.84
$0.05
5.88
12/11
$0.98
-
-
-
-
$0.05
6.33
Fiscal Year End Month is December.
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Price Trend & Expert Opinions Price/Volume Activity
Price/Volume Activity Rating
Bullish
Relative Strength vs Market
Chaikin Money Flow
Price and volume activity for AXP is bullish. AXP is experiencing sustained buying and has outperformed the S&P 500 over 26 weeks.
Price Trend
The rank for AXP is based on its price strength versus the market, positive Chaikin money flow, a positive Chaikin price trend, a negative Chaikin price trend ROC and a decreasing volume trend.
Price Trend ROC
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index
Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether AXP is performing better or worse than the market.
Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.
Price Activity
Price Activity
Volume Activity
Factor
Value
Factor
52 Week High
51.82
% Change Price - 4 Weeks
-1.11%
Average Volume 20 Days
6,158,086
52 Week Low
37.82
% Change Price - 24 Weeks
10.68%
Average Volume 90 Days
7,159,861
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500
11.77%
Expert Opinions
Value
% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P
1.45%
% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P
9.77%
Factor
Value
Chaikin Money Flow Persistency
79%
Expert Opinions
Bullish
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Expert opinions about AXP are positive. Shorting of AXP is low and analysts's opinions on AXP have been more positive recently.
Short Interest
Insider Activity
The rank for AXP is based on a low short interest ratio, insiders not purchasing significant amounts of stock, optimistic analyst opinions and price strength of the stock versus the Finance industry group.
Analyst Opinions
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Current Current Qtr Next Qtr
0.99 0.95 Current
Current FY
3.89
Analyst Recommendations
7 Days Ago % Change 0.99 0.95
0.00% 0.00%
30 Days Ago % Change 3.87
0.02
Factor Mean this Week Mean Last Week
EPS Estimates Revision Summary Value
Buy 0.00
Mean 5 Weeks Ago
Buy
Last 4 Weeks
Down
Up
Down
Curr Qtr
0
0
1
1
Curr Yr
0
0
2
0
Next Qtr
0
0
1
0
Next Yr
0
0
2
0
Buy
Change
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The Company & Its Competitors
News Headlines for AXP
AXP's Competitors in Finance Company
Power Gauge
Historic EPS growth
Projected EPS growth
Profit Margin
PEG
PE
Revenue(M)
AXP
3.24%
10.83%
15.36%
1.18
13.66
27,819
MCO
4.34%
11.33%
25.79%
1.42
16.30
2,032
SGS
106.74%
-
-5.52%
-
-
800
EEFT
15.51%
14.00%
-2.27%
0.88
13.13
1,038
MGI
89.49%
15.00%
4.01%
2.19
-
1,167
7.09%
34.17%
7.34%
0.28
-
11,667
249.23%
11.17%
6.97%
9.01
20.72
6,362
IX CIT
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Company Details
Company Profile
AMER EXPRESS CO 200 VESEY STREET 50TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10285 USA Phone: 2126402000 Fax: 212-619-9230 Website: http://http://www.americanexpress.c om Full Time Employees: 61,000 Sector: Finance
American Express Company is primarily engaged in the business of providing travel related services, financial advisory services and international banking services throughout the world. American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. provides a variety of products and services, including, global network services, the American Express Card, the Optima Card and other consumer and corporate lending products, stored value products, and several others.
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