AMER EXPRESS CO (AXP) Price: $49.83

Industry: FinanceChaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Thu Jun 23 13:39 EDT 2011

AMER EXPRESS CO

AXP$49.83

Expert Opinions

Price/Volume Activity

Earnings Performance

Financial Metrics

Power Gauge Rating

AXP AMER EXPRESS ..

News Sentiment :Neutral

June 23, 2011

News Sentiment Rating

Neutral

Chaikin Sentiment GaugeTM

for AXP is neutral. Stories concerning AXP have abalanced or neutral sentiment.

Power Trend - 5 Year Chart

The Power Gauge distills a 20 factor model into a concise picture of a stock's potential. High Potential Neutral Low Potential

AXP - Bullish

The Chaikin Power Gauge RatingTM

for AXP is bullish due to attractive financialmetrics, bullish price/volume activity and positive expert opinions.

AXP's financial metrics are very good due to a high return on equity.

Price and volume activity for AXP is bullish which is indicated by positiveChaikin money flow.

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Financials & Earnings

Business Value

Price to Sales Ratio

Return on Equity

Price to Book Value

LT Debt/Equity Ratio

Financial Metrics Financial Metrics Rating

Assets and Liabilities Valuation Returns

Bullish

AXP's financial metrics are very good. The company yields a high return onshareholder's equity and generates high free cash flow relative to marketcapitalization.

The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio, high price to bookvalue ratio, high return on equity and relatively high cash flow.

Ratio TTM

Current Ratio 1.24

LT Debt/Equity 4.09

Ratio TTM

Price/Book 3.43

Price/Sales 2.15

Ratio TTM

Return on Invest 5.3%

Return on Equity 27.4%

Earnings Consistency

Projected P/E Ratio

Earnings Trend

Earnings Surprise

Earnings Growth

Earnings Performance Earnings Performance Rating

5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth EPS Estimates

EPS Surprise EPS Quarterly Results

Neutral

AXP's earnings performance has been neutral. The company experiencedsuperior earnings growth in the past 12 months and has a history of weakearnings growth.

The rank is based on poor EPS growth over the past 3-5 years, an upward trendin earnings this year, a relatively high projected P/E ratio and consistent earningsover the past 5 years.

12/06 12/07 12/08 12/09 12/10

Revenue(M) 27,136.00 27,731.00 28,365.00 24,523.00 27,819.00

Rev % Growth 11.82% 2.19% 2.29% -13.54% 13.44%

EPS $3.06 $3.42 $2.28 $1.54 $3.37

EPS % Growth 0.99% 11.76% -33.33% -32.46% 118.83%

Factor Actual EPS Prev EST EPS Current Change

Quarterly EPS $0.84 $0.99 +0.15

Yearly EPS $3.37 $3.89 +0.52

Factor Actual EPS Growth Est EPS Growth Change

3-5 year EPS 3.24% 10.83% +7.59

Estimate Actual Difference % Difference

Latest Qtr $0.93 $0.97 $0.04 4.30

1 Qtr Ago $0.90 $0.94 $0.04 4.44

2 Qtr Ago $0.85 $0.90 $0.05 5.88

3 Qtr Ago $0.79 $0.84 $0.05 6.33

FY Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Total

12/09 $0.31 $0.09 $0.54 $0.60 $1.54

12/10 $0.74 $0.84 $0.91 $0.88 $3.37

12/11 $0.98 - - - -

Fiscal Year End Month is December.

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Price Trend & Expert Opinions

Volume Trend

Price Trend ROC

Price Trend

Chaikin Money Flow

Relative Strength vs Market

Price/Volume Activity Price/Volume Activity Rating

Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index

Chart shows whether AXP is performing better or worse than the market.

Chaikin Money Flow

Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.

Price Activity Price Activity Volume Activity

Bullish

Price and volume activity for AXP is bullish. AXP is experiencing sustained buyingand has outperformed the S&P 500 over 26 weeks.

The rank for AXP is based on its price strength versus the market, positiveChaikin money flow, a positive Chaikin price trend, a negative Chaikin price trendROC and a decreasing volume trend.

Factor Value

52 Week High 51.82

52 Week Low 37.82

% Change YTD Rel S&P 500 11.77%

Factor Value

% Change Price - 4 Weeks -1.11%

% Change Price - 24 Weeks 10.68%

% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P 1.45%

% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P 9.77%

Factor Value

Average Volume 20 Days 6,158,086

Average Volume 90 Days 7,159,861

Chaikin Money Flow Persistency 79%

Relative Strength vs Industry

Analyst Opinions

Insider Activity

Short Interest

Earnings Estimate Revisions

Expert Opinions Expert Opinions

Earnings Estimate Revisions Analyst Recommendations EPS Estimates Revision Summary

Bullish

Expert opinions about AXP are positive. Shorting of AXP is low and analysts'sopinions on AXP have been more positive recently.

The rank for AXP is based on a low short interest ratio, insiders not purchasingsignificant amounts of stock, optimistic analyst opinions and price strength of thestock versus the Finance industry group.

Current 7 Days Ago % Change

Current Qtr 0.99 0.99 0.00%

Next Qtr 0.95 0.95 0.00%

Current 30 Days Ago % Change

Current FY 3.89 3.87 0.02

Factor Value

Mean this Week Buy

Mean Last Week Buy

Change 0.00

Mean 5 Weeks Ago Buy

Last Week Last 4 Weeks

Up Down Up Down

Curr Qtr 0 0 1 1

Curr Yr 0 0 2 0

Next Qtr 0 0 1 0

Next Yr 0 0 2 0

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The Company & Its Competitors

AXP's Competitors in Finance

Company Power Historic EPS Projected EPS Profit Margin PEG PE Revenue(M)Gauge growth growth

AXP 3.24% 10.83% 15.36% 1.18 13.66 27,819

MCO 4.34% 11.33% 25.79% 1.42 16.30 2,032

SGS 106.74% - -5.52% - - 800

EEFT 15.51% 14.00% -2.27% 0.88 13.13 1,038

MGI 89.49% 15.00% 4.01% 2.19 - 1,167

IX 7.09% 34.17% 7.34% 0.28 - 11,667

CIT 249.23% 11.17% 6.97% 9.01 20.72 6,362

News Headlines for AXP

NV Economic Forum chairman files forbankruptcy - May 21, 2011

MBNA Launches the UK's First AmericanExpress-Branded Contactless Credit Cards -May 16, 2011

American Express Takes Aim at Identity Thieveswith ID Protect Premium - Apr 12, 2011

Discover shares up as analyst raises estimates -Mar 18, 2011

American Express to revive buybacks after FedOK - Mar 18, 2011

Company Details Company Profile

AMER EXPRESS CO200 VESEY STREET 50TH FLOORNEW YORK, NY 10285USAPhone: 2126402000Fax: 212-619-9230Website:http://http://www.americanexpress.comFull Time Employees: 61,000Sector: Finance

American Express Company is primarily engaged in the business of providing travelrelated services, financial advisory services and international banking servicesthroughout the world. American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. providesa variety of products and services, including, global network services, the AmericanExpress Card, the Optima Card and other consumer and corporate lending products,stored value products, and several others.

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