Overall Rating
American Express (AXP)
Price*: $18.74 | Dividend: $0.72 | Dividend Yield: 3.84%
This stock has never had a high enough Dividend.com Rating to qualify for our Best Dividend Stocks list.
Stock is slightly underperforming.
Stock's dividend yield is below average.
This rating is directly related to the length and consistency of a company's dividend payouts.
Dividend payouts are consistent, but increases small.
Earnings estimates have been cut significantly.
Recent Headlines
- Will Warren Buffett Rescue American Express? (AXP)
Sat, Nov 15, 2008 - The American Express Bank! (AXP)
Tue, Nov 11, 2008 - American Express to Axe 7,000 Jobs, Halt Pay Increases (AXP)
Thu, Oct 30, 2008 - American Express Credit Card Losses Grow as Q3 Net Profits Fall 24% (AXP)
Tue, Oct 21, 2008 - Pathetic Volume on This 400 Point Gain (AXP)
Mon, Oct 20, 2008 - Dividend Stocks: The Week Ahead (AXP, PFE, T, FCX, MSFT, more)
Sun, Oct 19, 2008 - General Electric Awarded "No-Short" Status (GE)
Mon, Sep 22, 2008 - American Express is a Mess (AXP)
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 - Long Term Investors:Time to Buy These Financials
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 - American Express: Leave Your Portfolio Without It (AXP)
Mon, Jul 14, 2008 - It Doesn't Pay to Discover (DFS)
Fri, Jun 27, 2008
Profile & Recommendation
Company Profile
American Express- (AXP)- a payments and travel company, provides charge and credit payment card products, and travel-related services worldwide. The Global Consumer Group offers a range of products and services including, charge and lending card products, consumer travel services, and stored value products, such as Travelers Cheques and prepaid products. The Business-to-Business Group provides business travel, and corporate cards and other expense management products and services; network services and merchant acquisition, and merchant processing for the company's network partners and proprietary payments businesses; and point-of-sale, back-office, and marketing products and services for merchants. American Express was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Based on our rating criteria, this stock has achieved a "Neutral" rating. Stocks with a neutral rating are considered mediocre investments in terms of expected price growth and dividend payments.
Stock Notes
This large cap stock is not an attractive dividend stock investment at this time.




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