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American Express Earnings Preview: What We're WatchingTrefis • Tue, Apr 16
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American Express Company - Special CallWed, Feb 8, 2012
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American Express Company Shareholder/Analyst CallWed, Aug 3, 2011
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American Express Q2 2010 Earnings Call TranscriptFri, Jul 23, 2010
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American Express Company Q1 2010 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Apr 22, 2010
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American Express Company, together with its consolidated subsidiaries (“American Express,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), is a global service company that provides customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success. Our principal... More
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- Friday, June 14, 12:27 PM Barclays downgrades American Express (AXP -1.6%) to Equalweight, leading shares of the transaction-processing giant to slump; they remain up 30% YTD. Oppenheimer started coverage on AmEx with a Perform yesterday. Comment! [Financials]
- Thursday, June 13, 6:57 AM American Express (AXP) is initiated a Perform (Hold) at Oppenheimer, citing a pricey valuation and global headwinds as reasons for the cautious outlook. Comment! [Financials]
- Friday, June 7, 3:48 AM More on NSA tracking: the agency reportedly monitors call data from AT&T (T) and Sprint (S), as well as from Verizon (VZ) (as reported yesterday). Together, the service providers have 314.6M wirelesss and landline accounts. The NSA's operations also encompass purchase information from unnamed credit-card providers. 17 Comments [Tech, Consumer, Top Stories]
- Thursday, June 6, 2:48 AM Working in partnership with the FBI and authorities in over 80 countries, Microsoft's (MSFT) Digital Crimes Unit has launched a successful attack on one of the world's biggest cyber-crime rings. Microsoft forced the closure of at least 1,000 out of an estimated 1,400 malicious networks known as Citadel Botnets, which are believed to have stolen over $500M from accounts at financial companies such as American Express (AXP), PayPal (eBay), HSBC (HBC), JPMorgan (JPM), Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and Wells Fargo (WFC). 6 Comments [Top Stories, Financials, Tech, Consumer]
- Thursday, May 30, 11:14 AM Discover (DFS) is reiterated as top-pick among credit-card issuers at Credit Suisse, the analysts noting American Express (AXP) - used to having the field of highest-spending customers to itself - faces stiffer competition. Capital One (COF) is continued at Hold, the team seeing the need for increased marketing as quashing the idea of more cost-cutting. Comment! [Financials]
- Wednesday, May 29, 6:05 AM Federal prosecutors have indicted the operators of a Costa Rica-based digital currency exchange called Liberty Reserve (LR) for facilitating the laundering of over $6B in illicit cash. LR users were able to transfer money using Western Union (WU), MoneyGram (MGI), Visa (V), MasterCard (MA), American Express (AXP), and CitiBank (C). Given the crackdown on compliance policies at banks such as HSBC, questions now might be asked whether those companies have any culpability. 5 Comments [Financials, Top Stories]
- Tuesday, May 7, 10:07 AM American Express (AXP +0.2%) CFO Dan Henry is retiring after 6 years in the position and 23 years with the company. He will remain on the job until a successor can be found. (PR) Comment! [Financials, Breaking News]
- Tuesday, April 30, 4:00 PM American Express Company (AXP): declares $0.23/share quarterly dividend, 15% increase from prior dividend of $0.20. Forward yield 1.35%. For shareholders of record July 05. Payable Aug. 09. Ex-div date July 03. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
- Tuesday, April 30, 1:58 PM American Express (AXP +1%) hikes its quarterly divided by $0.03/share, or 15%, to $0.23/share. That gives the transaction-processing giant a yield of 1.3%. (PR) Comment! [Financials, Dividends, Breaking News]
- Thursday, April 18, 11:20 AM American Express (AXP +2.2%) is reiterated a Buy with $73 price target following earnings last night. "Core" EPS of $1.08 missed analyst's Bill Carcache's estimate by $0.06, but billed business was about inline. He's lifting his FY2013 EPS forecast to $4.92 from $4.76 and 2014 to $5.59 from $5.34. Comment! [Financials]
- Wednesday, April 17, 4:26 PM More on American Express (AXP) Q1 earnings: Revenue net of interest expense +4% Y/Y. Average cardmember spending +4% Y/Y. Net write-off rate of 1.9%, about steady with the last couple of quarters, down from 2.3% a year ago. 30-days past due flat for the last year at about 1.3%. Total expenses of $3.145B up 1% Y/Y - marketing and promotion expense as a percent of managed revenue back down to 7.9% (was 9.3% in 2007). Earnings call at 5PM ET. (earnings slides) Shares -1.1% AH. (PR) Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
- Wednesday, April 17, 4:09 PM American Express (AXP): Q1 EPS of $1.15 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $7.9B misses by $0.15B. Shares -1.1% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials, On the Move]
- Wednesday, April 17, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: ALB, AXP, CCK, CLB, CVA, CYS, EBAY, EPB, KMP, NE, SCSS, SLM, SNDK, STLD Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
- Tuesday, April 16, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: ALB, AXP, CCK, CLB, CVA, CYS, EBAY, EPB, KMP, NE, SCSS, SLM, SNDK, STLD Comment! [Earnings]
- Monday, April 15, 10:51 AM American Express (AXP) further solidifies the standing of putative successor to CEO Ken Chenault, promoting Vice Chairman Edward Gilligan to president, effective immediately. "(He's) run just about every important business at the firm domestically and internationally," writes Citi's Donald Fandetti. (PR) Comment! [Financials]
- Tuesday, April 9, 9:48 AM JPMorgan Chase (JPM) will lead big U.S. banks in job cuts with 17K expected through 2014, according to Bloomberg, after the six largest U.S. banks announced cuts to 1.8%, or 21K positions, during Q1. The housing rebound means many of the cuts will come in foreclosure units. Banks may tell more about their personnel plans starting this Friday when JPM and Wells Fargo (WFC) report Q1 results. 1 Comment [Financials]
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Jim Van Meerten
$AXP - 96% Barchart technical buy signals - 11 new highs and up 11.70% in the last mnth - Relative Strength Index 73.03% - View all 0 replies
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WhisperNumber
Alerts issued this morning for $AXP, $BAX, $FITB, $UNP, and $VZ. http://bit.ly/17e4eoA - View all 0 replies
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Quoth the Raven
AMEX, not a bad earnings report. Let's see if $AXP can grow legs tomorrow, even if the market tanks. - View all 0 replies
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Daniel Nadler
American Express historically averages a loss of 3.70% in the week following its earnings: http://stks.co/bQfw $AXP $SPY $XLF - View all 0 replies
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Ocean Man: If CAT dips next Monday into the 70s, that could be interesting.
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
What do you think about this quirky trick for using $V, $DFS, $MA, $AXP junk mail for travel: http://seekingalpha.com/p/10393? Any thoughts? - View all 2 replies
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Philip Saglimbeni: actually pretty clever ; ) only annoyance would be carrying two wallets but it's better than being robbed of your real cards! -
Chris DeMuth Jr.: Depends on where you are and if it is a legitimate concern. In oil and gas where one goes "where the dinosaurs died", can be dangerous.
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retfldoc: Poor customer service and decreasing travel agency income. Stopped using the travel agency long ago now stopped using the card. -
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Vertical Spread
$AXP got to wonder why 55-57.50 Jan 19 spread won't sell for 2.50 with the stock at 59.95 - View all 1 replies
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Vertical Spread: The upper strike price has more time premium included. Funny thing that, since you would hardly favor a less likely to be ITM contract.
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Vertical Spread: Thanks! While $XOM and $GE may not make it by 3rd Fri; My $AXP play will. I paid $1.48 for the spread over a series of average down moves.
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Vertical Spread
$AAPL, was using Apple to help my other positions, now the opposite is the case, $AXP, $XOM shining in my portfolio - View all 2 replies
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Hillbilly Stock Star
$AXP ....my guess is in 2013 credits card co all-in move more aggressively into trafitional banking turf imo. - View all 17 replies
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Hillbilly Stock Star
$WYNN, $DAL, $AXP, $EWS, ......maybe I can boondoggle my way to Macau yet! LoL! Long. - View all 1 replies
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Hillbilly Stock Star
$AXP......I am getting more credit card bullish for 2013, watching all $MA, $V et al. - View all 6 replies
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Hillbilly Stock Star: East Coast PLayers maxing credit cards to prevent starving and homelessness.
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KORS......invited to private AXP on-line sale, coundn't find any camo so I left! - View all 1 replies
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Hillbilly Stock Star
SVVC.......re Gilt Groupe, credit card companies getting in bed Gilt Groupe type start-ups, ie AXP & Vente-Privee, Long. - View all 1 replies
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