American Express Co

LTS : 0R3C
USA·Financial Services·Credit Services·Ordinary Shares
$317.50
+8.50 (+2.83%)Oct 16 close
Market Cap
$218.00B
Enterprise Value
$228.05B
P/E (TTM)
20.57
P/B
6.49
Net Cash / (Debt)
—
52-Week Range
$293 — $386
5-Year Range
$136 — $386
Avg Volume (3M)
4.10K

American Express is a global financial institution, operating in about 130 countries, that provides consumers and businesses charge and credit card payment products. The company also operates a highly profitable merchant payment network. It operates in four segments: US consumer services, US commercial services, international card services, and global merchant and network services. In addition to payment products, the company's commercial business offers expense management tools, consulting services, and business loans.

Employees76,800IPONov 6, 2014SIC6141HQ200 Vesey Street, New York, NY, USA, 10285
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Financials

Profitability

Metric
Current
Margins
Gross Margin
—
Operating Margin
—
EBITDA Margin
—
Net Margin
15.0%
OCF Margin
—
FCF Margin
22.2%
Returns on Capital
ROE
33.9%
ROA
3.7%
ROIC
—
ROCE
0.0%
ROC (Greenblatt)
0.0%
3Y ROIIC
0.0%
Consistency
Years Profitable / 10Y
10

Valuation

Metric
Current
Earnings Multiples
P/E (TTM)
20.57
Forward P/E
17.10
P/E ex-NRI
20.42
Shiller P/E (CAPE)
30.49
Cash Flow Multiples
P/FCF
13.77
P/OCF
11.96
P/Owner Earnings
18.83
FCF Yield
7.49%
Enterprise Value Multiples
EV / EBIT
—
EV / Forward EBIT
—
EV / EBITDA
—
EV / Forward EBITDA
—
EV / Revenue
3.10
EV / Forward Revenue
3.41
Asset / Sales
P/S
3.05
P/B
6.49
P/Tangible Book
7.62
Growth-Adjusted
PEG
1.69

Capital Returns

Metric
Current
Dividends
Dividend Yield (TTM)
1.09%
Forward Dividend Yield
1.26%
3Y Dividend Growth
16.4%
Payout Ratio
0.21
5Y Yield on Cost
2.17%
Buybacks & Dilution
3Y Buyback Ratio
2.60%
5Y Share Change
−13.6%
Combined
Shareholder Yield
1.49%

Balance Sheet

Metric
Current
Leverage
Debt / Equity
1.73
Gross Debt / EBITDA
—
Cash / Debt
0.83
Equity / Assets
0.11
Coverage
Interest Coverage
—
Short-Term Liquidity
Current Ratio
0.00
Quick Ratio
0.00
Cash Ratio
0.00
Composite Scores
Piotroski F-Score
7
Altman Z-Score
—

5-Step DuPont Analysis

ROE %
33.99%
Net Margin %
15.00%
Operating Margin %
—
Operating Income
—
÷
Revenue
$72.23B
×
Tax Burden
0.7853
Net Income
$10.83B
÷
Pretax Income
$13.79B
×
Interest Burden
—
Pretax Income
$13.79B
÷
Operating Income
—
×
Asset Turnover
0.25
Revenue
$72.23B
÷
Average Total Assets
$285.76B
Begin Total Assets
$271.46B
End Total Assets
$300.05B
×
Equity Multiplier
8.97
Avg Total Assets
$285.76B
÷
Avg Stockholders Equity
$31.87B
Begin Equity
$30.26B
End Equity
$33.47B