American Express Company

NYSE:AXP Stock Report

Market Cap: US$202.7b

American Express Valuation

Is AXP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AXP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AXP ($293.08) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($315.11)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AXP is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AXP?

Key metric: As AXP is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AXP. This is calculated by dividing AXP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AXP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio21.2x
EarningsUS$9.76b
Market CapUS$202.73b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AXP's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AXP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.5x
ALLY Ally Financial
13.6x27.7%US$10.5b
MA Mastercard
39x12.0%US$477.2b
DFS Discover Financial Services
13.7x3.8%US$42.2b
V Visa
31.7x9.1%US$607.1b
AXP American Express
21.2x7.4%US$202.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AXP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.2x) compared to the peer average (24.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AXP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Consumer Finance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YRD Yiren Digital
1.6xn/aUS$399.03m
No more companies available in this PE range
AXP 21.2xIndustry Avg. 11.1xNo. of Companies5PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AXP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.2x) compared to the US Consumer Finance industry average (11.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AXP's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AXP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21.2x
Fair PE Ratio23.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AXP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.7x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AXP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$293.08
US$288.44
-1.6%
11.0%US$350.00US$230.00n/a23
Dec ’25US$304.68
US$279.30
-8.3%
10.6%US$326.00US$230.00n/a24
Nov ’25US$272.69
US$272.84
+0.05%
9.6%US$325.00US$230.00n/a24
Oct ’25US$268.60
US$257.61
-4.1%
9.1%US$300.00US$210.00n/a23
Sep ’25US$258.65
US$253.26
-2.1%
8.8%US$285.00US$210.00n/a23
Aug ’25US$248.68
US$252.65
+1.6%
9.4%US$285.00US$197.00n/a23
Jul ’25US$233.81
US$238.34
+1.9%
10.7%US$275.00US$175.00n/a24
Jun ’25US$240.00
US$236.62
-1.4%
10.8%US$267.06US$175.00n/a21
May ’25US$231.46
US$224.54
-3.0%
16.3%US$267.06US$125.00n/a24
Apr ’25US$227.61
US$209.34
-8.0%
14.6%US$255.00US$125.00n/a24
Mar ’25US$219.66
US$206.40
-6.0%
13.5%US$240.00US$125.00n/a25
Feb ’25US$203.22
US$202.88
-0.2%
12.9%US$240.00US$125.00n/a26
Jan ’25US$187.34
US$176.84
-5.6%
12.1%US$228.00US$125.00n/a25
Dec ’24US$173.76
US$171.92
-1.1%
10.3%US$201.00US$125.00US$304.6824
Nov ’24US$146.45
US$171.13
+16.9%
10.4%US$201.00US$125.00US$272.6923
Oct ’24US$149.19
US$179.86
+20.6%
11.2%US$203.00US$125.00US$268.6021
Sep ’24US$159.62
US$179.67
+12.6%
11.2%US$203.00US$125.00US$258.6521
Aug ’24US$169.65
US$180.09
+6.2%
11.5%US$206.00US$125.00US$248.6822
Jul ’24US$174.20
US$177.92
+2.1%
10.9%US$206.00US$125.25US$233.8122
Jun ’24US$162.72
US$175.56
+7.9%
10.8%US$205.00US$125.25US$240.0022
May ’24US$159.32
US$179.86
+12.9%
8.7%US$205.00US$146.00US$231.4622
Apr ’24US$164.95
US$182.52
+10.7%
8.9%US$205.00US$149.00US$227.6121
Mar ’24US$175.91
US$182.38
+3.7%
9.0%US$205.00US$149.00US$219.6621
Feb ’24US$173.61
US$179.33
+3.3%
9.2%US$205.00US$149.00US$203.2221
Jan ’24US$147.75
US$162.57
+10.0%
10.9%US$201.00US$128.00US$187.3421
Dec ’23US$157.50
US$161.95
+2.8%
10.9%US$201.00US$128.00US$173.7620

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 22:37
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

American Express Company is covered by 61 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Stephen BiggarArgus Research Company
David GeorgeBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research