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American Express Company (AXP)At 2:14PM ET: 23.49  Up 0.41 (1.78%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:27.25B
Enterprise Value (28-Oct-08)3:82.77B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):8.32
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-09) 1:9.79
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):0.78
Price/Sales (ttm):0.81
Price/Book (mrq):2.06
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.52
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:10.907
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):10.00%
Operating Margin (ttm):20.81%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):3.19%
Return on Equity (ttm):27.99%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):32.90B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):28.507
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):0.70%
Gross Profit (ttm):31.56B
EBITDA (ttm):7.59B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):3.35B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.823
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-23.60%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):16.00B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):13.793
Total Debt (mrq):72.00B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):5.538
Current Ratio (mrq):7.286
Book Value Per Share (mrq):11.207
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):N/A
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):N/A
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.45
52-Week Change3:-61.86%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-44.91%
52-Week High (31-Oct-07)3:61.55
52-Week Low (10-Oct-08)3:20.50
50-Day Moving Average3:31.6931
200-Day Moving Average3:39.6264
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:17,392,300
Average Volume (10 day)3:19,380,300
Shares Outstanding5:1.16B
Float:1.16B
% Held by Insiders1:0.19%
% Held by Institutions1:81.50%
Shares Short (as of 25-Sep-08)3:23.69M
Short Ratio (as of 25-Sep-08)3:1.1
Short % of Float (as of 25-Sep-08)3:2.00%
Shares Short (prior month)3:26.53M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.72
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.72
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:0.90%
Payout Ratio4:24%
Dividend Date3:10-Nov-08
Ex-Dividend Date4:01-Oct-08
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:1
Last Split Date3:11-May-00


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 30-Sep-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-07)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 = Data provided by Thomson; 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.