American Express Company (AXP)☆

American Express is a global payments company known for its premium charge and credit cards. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Financials sector — banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy.

American Express Company trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXP. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $355.35, down 1.72% on the session, giving American Express Company a market capitalization of roughly $242.46B.

Over the past 52 weeks, AXP has traded between $288.34 and $387.49. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 22.2, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. American Express Company also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 1.07%.

As one of the larger companies in the Financials sector, American Express Company is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy. Traders watch AXP for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.

Because the S&P 500 is weighted by market value, American Express Company's size means its share-price moves can also nudge the index as a whole, making AXP a stock that even index investors pay attention to.