The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

AXP

Concerning the House

American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated payments company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. The company offers credit and charge cards and complementary products and services, including travel, dining, and lifestyle and expense management products and services; and banking and other payment and financing products and services, including deposits and non-card lending. It also provides merchant acquisition and processing, servicing and settlement, fraud prevention, and point-of-sale marketing and information products and services, as well as network services. The company offers its products and services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large corporations through mobile and online applications, affiliate marketing, customer referral programs, third-party service providers and business partners, in-house sales teams, direct mail, telephone, and direct response advertising. American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

United States · www.americanexpress.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$37.22B+4.0%
Net income$8.37B+4.7%
Cash from ops$14.05B+9.2%
Quotation

$343.65

-0.43 (-0.1%)

52w hi$381.78
52w lo$290.55
Vol1.34M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.06

Short-0.09
Medium+0.11
Long+0.24

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

American Express Company

Financial Services · Credit Services

Market cap$232.07B
Enterprise value$245.70B
Trailing P/E20.85x
Forward P/E17.08x
EV / EBITDA
P / S (ttm)3.27x
Profit margin16.1%
Return on equity34.4%
Revenue growth+12.8%
Earnings growth+11.0%
Debt / equity172.38
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.25
Corr SPX0.69
Annual vol29.4%
Annual ret+23.6%
Sharpe0.80
Max DD-29.0%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.27
Sector+0.09
Technical-0.00
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$345.39$347.10$340.00$343.651.34M
Aug 12$339.32$344.57$338.57$344.082.11M
Aug 11$338.49$343.59$338.12$340.812.09M
Aug 10$339.50$342.00$336.57$338.862.20M
Aug 7$341.70$343.32$338.00$340.911.79M