American Express Ownership

AXP Stock  USD 270.83  0.18  0.07%   
American Express holds a total of 701.11 Million outstanding shares. Over half of American Express' outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These other corporate entities are typically referred to as corporate investors that acquire positions in a given instrument to benefit from reduced trade commissions. Please note that on March 5, 2025, Senator John Boozman of US Senate acquired under $15k worth of American Express's common stock.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
1985-09-30
Previous Quarter
709 M
Current Value
709 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
1.2 B
Quarterly Volatility
238.4 M
 
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At this time, American Express' Dividends Paid is relatively stable compared to the past year. As of 03/20/2025, Dividend Payout Ratio is likely to grow to 0.36, while Dividend Yield is likely to drop 0.01. As of 03/20/2025, Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to grow to about 956.6 M, while Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to drop slightly above 4.7 B.
  
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American Stock Ownership Analysis

About 22.0% of the company shares are held by company insiders. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.84. American Express recorded earning per share (EPS) of 14.43. The entity last dividend was issued on the 4th of April 2025. The firm had 10000:8753 split on the 3rd of October 2005. American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides charge and credit payment card products, and travel-related services worldwide. American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York. American Express operates under Credit Services classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 64000 people. For more info on American Express please contact Anre Williams at (212) 640-2000 or go to https://www.americanexpress.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, American Express also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different American Express' stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align American Express' strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

American Express Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

271.46 Billion

American Express Insider Trades History

About 22.0% of American Express are currently held by insiders. Unlike American Express' institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against American Express' private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of American Express' insider trades
 
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American Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as American Express is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading American Express backward and forwards among themselves. American Express' institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase American Express' securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
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Note, although American Express' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

American Express Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific American Express insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on American Express' material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases American Express insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

American Express' latest congressional trading

Congressional trading in companies like American Express, is subject to rigorous scrutiny to prevent conflicts of interest and insider trading. This is governed by multiple SEC regulations which were established to foster transparency and deter members of Congress from leveraging non-public information for personal gain. This oversight helps maintain public trust and ensures that investments in American Express by those in governmental positions are based on the same information available to the general public.
2025-03-05Senator John BoozmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-09-02Representative John JamesAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-01-24Representative Blake MooreAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-10-31Senator Markwayne MullinAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-10-11Senator Markwayne MullinAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2023-09-22Senator Dan SullivanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-09-17Senator Dan SullivanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-02-09Representative Shri ThanedarAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-07-22Representative Lois FrankelAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-04-05Representative Kurt SchraderAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-04-01Representative Kurt SchraderAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-03-23Representative John CurtisAcquired Under $15KVerify
2022-03-04Representative Nancy PelosiAcquired $250K to $500KVerify
2022-02-28Representative Nancy PelosiAcquired $250K to $500KVerify
2021-12-21Representative Lois FrankelAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-12-01Representative Aston Donald McEachinAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-07-17Representative Blake MooreAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-02-19Representative John A YarmuthAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-01-21Representative Lois FrankelAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-11-24Representative Lois FrankelAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-11-19Representative Robert J WittmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-09-08Representative K Michael ConawayAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2020-07-20Representative Nancy PelosiAcquired $100K to $250KVerify
2020-05-12Representative Fred UptonAcquired Under $15KVerify
2019-09-18Representative Robert J WittmanAcquired Under $15KVerify
2019-02-26Senator Angus KingAcquired Under $15KVerify
2016-10-07Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2015-01-29Senator Susan M CollinsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2014-08-26Senator Sheldon WhitehouseAcquired Under $15KVerify
2014-04-29Senator Susan M CollinsAcquired Under $15KVerify

American Express Outstanding Bonds

American Express issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. American Express uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most American bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when American Express has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

American Express Corporate Filings

8K
17th of March 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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14th of March 2025
Other Reports
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F4
11th of March 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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10K
7th of February 2025
Annual report required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a company financial performance
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Pair Trading with American Express

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if American Express position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in American Express will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to American Express could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace American Express when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back American Express - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling American Express to buy it.
The correlation of American Express is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as American Express moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if American Express moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for American Express can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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