American Express Co.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Finance
  • ISIN: US0258161092
USD
305.38
4.38 (1.46%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is American Express Co. ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 29.35%
2
Positive results in Jun 25
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 1.29
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -0.9% (YoY)
  • CASH AND EQV(HY) Highest at USD 110,445 MM
3
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 27.30% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to American Express Co. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Finance should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Finance)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is American Express Co. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
American Express Co.
11.77%
2.05
32.01%
S&P 500
17.78%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
16.08%
EBIT Growth (5y)
16.50%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
9.73
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
21.44%
Dividend Payout Ratio
21.33%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
86.93%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
29.35%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
23
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
7.43
EV to EBIT
8.72
EV to EBITDA
8.06
EV to Capital Employed
-8.35
EV to Sales
2.37
PEG Ratio
2.92
Dividend Yield
0.97%
ROCE (Latest)
Negative Capital Employed
ROE (Latest)
32.29%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 1.33

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 102,498 MM

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 1.33 times

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 21,045 MM

-2What is not working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 792.61

Here's what is working for American Express Co.

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 1.33 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 21,045 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 102,498 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 1.33 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Depreciation
Highest at USD 462 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for American Express Co.

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 792.61
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest