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 Dow Down 1.31% Nasdaq Down 1.04%
American Express Company (AXP)At 11:41AM EDT: 50.79  Down 0.89 (1.72%)  

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:59.37B
Enterprise Value (Nov 4, 2011)3:101.41B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):12.73
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:12.21
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.06
Price/Sales (ttm):2.10
Price/Book (mrq):3.36
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.53
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:N/A
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):16.71%
Operating Margin (ttm):21.17%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):3.23%
Return on Equity (ttm):28.12%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):28.76B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):24.29
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):9.90%
Gross Profit (ttm):N/A
EBITDA (ttm)6:N/A
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):4.71B
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.99
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):13.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):25.00B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):21.39
Total Debt (mrq):66.00B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):366.67
Current Ratio (mrq):3.35
Book Value Per Share (mrq):15.40
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):N/A
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):N/A
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:2.00
52-Week Change3:18.18%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:3.28%
52-Week High (Jul 7, 2011)3:53.80
52-Week Low (Dec 20, 2010)3:41.25
50-Day Moving Average3:47.50
200-Day Moving Average3:48.71
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:10,048,900
Avg Vol (10 day)3:9,693,620
Shares Outstanding5:1.17B
Float:1.01B
% Held by Insiders1:0.16%
% Held by Institutions1:80.60%
Shares Short (as of Oct 14, 2011)3:13.55M
Short Ratio (as of Oct 14, 2011)3:1.50
Short % of Float (as of Oct 14, 2011)3:1.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:17.18M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.72
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.72
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.40%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.90%
Payout Ratio4:18.00%
Dividend Date3:Nov 9, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Oct 5, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:1
Last Split Date3:May 11, 2000

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Sep 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

Currency in USD.