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American Express Company (AXP)On Dec 30: 47.17  Down 0.35 (0.74%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:54.79B
Enterprise Value (Jan 2, 2012)3:93.69B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):11.82
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:11.34
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.06
Price/Sales (ttm):1.92
Price/Book (mrq):3.07
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.26
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):21.85%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):3.24%
Return on Equity (ttm):28.04%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):28.76B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):24.29
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):10.90%
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):26.74B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):23.02
Total Debt (mrq):65.64B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):362.64
Current Ratio (mrq):2.40
Book Value Per Share (mrq):15.48
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):9.05B
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 Change3:8.69%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-1.12%
52-Week High (Jul 7, 2011)3:53.80
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:41.30
50-Day Moving Average3:47.48
200-Day Moving Average3:48.30
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:7,724,650
Avg Vol (10 day)3:3,993,730
Shares Outstanding5:1.16B
Float:1.01B
% Held by Insiders1:0.16%
% Held by Institutions1:80.60%
Shares Short (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:9.75M
Short Ratio (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:1.40
Short % of Float (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:0.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:12.62M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.72
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.50%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.72
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.50%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.90%
Payout Ratio4:18.00%
Dividend Date3:Feb 9, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Jan 4, 2012
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

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