Company Description
American Express Co. is a global payments and travel company. The company, through its subsidiaries, offers products and services, including charge and credit payment card products and travel-related services to consumers and businesses around the world. American Express operates through four report...
American Express Co. is a global payments and travel company. The company, through its subsidiaries, offers products and services, including charge and credit payment card products and travel-related services to consumers and businesses around the world. American Express operates through four reportable segments: U.S. Card Services, International Card Services, Global Commercial Services and Global Network & Merchant Services. The U.S. Card Services segment offers a wide range of card products and services to consumers and small businesses in the United States and provides travel services to card members and other customers. The International Card Services segment offers proprietary consumer and small business cards outside the United States. The Global Commercial Services segment provides expense management services to companies and organizations worldwide through its global corporate payments and global business travel businesses. Global corporate payments offer a range of expense management solutions to companies worldwide through its corporate card programs and Business-to-Business payment solutions. Global business travel provides globally integrated solutions, both online and offline, as well as through mobile applications, to help organizations manage and optimize their travel investments and service their traveling employees. The Global Network & Merchant services segment operates a global payments network that processes and settles proprietary and non-proprietary card transactions. It also provides point-of-sale products, multi-channel marketing programs and capabilities, services and data, leveraging the global closed-loop network. The company was founded by Henry Wells, William G. Fargo and John Warren Butterfield on March 28, 1850 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
Valuation
P/E Current
13.01
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items)
12.80
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items)
13.77
Price to Sales Ratio
2.03
Price to Book Ratio
3.26
Price to Cash Flow Ratio
6.36
Enterprise Value to EBITDA
9.79
Enterprise Value to Sales
2.67
Total Debt to Enterprise Value
0.53
Efficiency
Revenue/Employee
628,485.00
Income Per Employee
93,522.00
Receivables Turnover
0.74
Total Asset Turnover
0.22
Profitability
Gross Margin
75.34
Operating Margin
24.38
Pretax Margin
23.05
Net Margin
14.88
Return on Assets
3.20
Return on Equity
24.79
Return on Total Capital
6.59
Return on Invested Capital
7.98
Capital Structure
Total Debt to Total Equity
255.76
Total Debt to Total Capital
71.89
Total Debt to Total Assets
32.80
Long-Term Debt to Equity
199.52
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital
56.08
Officers and Executives
| Name | Age | Officer Since | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Kenneth Irvine Chenault | 65 | 1981 | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer |
| Mr. Jeffrey C. Campbell | 55 | 2013 | Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President |
| Mr. Marc D. Gordon | 55 | 2012 | Chief Information Officer & Executive VP |
| Mr. Nik Sathe | - | 2014 | Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President |
| Mr. Upendra Mardikar | - | - | VP-Security Strategy, Architecture & Engineering |
Insider Actions
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American Express downgraded to hold from buy at Deutsche Bank
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American Express shares up 3.5% in premarket trade
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