American Express Stock Debt To Equity
| AEC1 Stock | EUR 287.95 0.20 0.07% |
American Express fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to American Express' financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of American Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure American Express' intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to American Express stock.
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American Express Company Debt To Equity Analysis
American Express' Debt to Equity is calculated by dividing the Total Debt of a company by its Equity. If the debt exceeds equity of a company, then the creditors have more stakes in a firm than the stockholders. In other words, Debt to Equity ratio provides analysts with insights about composition of both equity and debt, and its influence on the valuation of the company.
Current American Express Debt To Equity | 265.50 % |
Most of American Express' fundamental indicators, such as Debt To Equity, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, American Express is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
High Debt to Equity ratio typically indicates that a firm has been borrowing aggressively to finance its growth and as a result may experience a burden of additional interest expense. This may reduce earnings or future growth. On the other hand a small D/E ratio may indicate that a company is not taking enough advantage from financial leverage. Debt to Equity ratio measures how the company is leveraging borrowing against the capital invested by the owners.
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According to the company disclosure, American Express has a Debt To Equity of 265%. This is much higher than that of the Financial Services sector and 145.38% higher than that of the Credit Services industry. The debt to equity for all Germany stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.
American Debt To Equity Peer Comparison
Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses American Express' direct or indirect competition against its Debt To Equity to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of American Express could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing American Express by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.American Express is currently under evaluation in debt to equity category among its peers.
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| Return On Equity | 0.32 | |||
| Return On Asset | 0.0361 | |||
| Profit Margin | 0.15 % | |||
| Operating Margin | 0.20 % | |||
| Current Valuation | 130.97 B | |||
| Shares Outstanding | 744.19 M | |||
| Shares Owned By Insiders | 0.14 % | |||
| Shares Owned By Institutions | 85.84 % | |||
| Price To Earning | 13.79 X | |||
| Price To Book | 4.88 X | |||
| Price To Sales | 2.14 X | |||
| Revenue | 52.56 B | |||
| Gross Profit | 28.78 B | |||
| Net Income | 7.51 B | |||
| Cash And Equivalents | 27 B | |||
| Cash Per Share | 32.55 X | |||
| Total Debt | 42.57 B | |||
| Debt To Equity | 265.50 % | |||
| Current Ratio | 1.85 X | |||
| Book Value Per Share | 33.26 X | |||
| Cash Flow From Operations | 21.08 B | |||
| Earnings Per Share | 9.29 X | |||
| Price To Earnings To Growth | 1.17 X | |||
| Number Of Employees | 77.3 K | |||
| Beta | 1.19 | |||
| Market Capitalization | 122.2 B | |||
| Total Asset | 228.35 B | |||
| Z Score | 1.2 | |||
| Annual Yield | 0.01 % | |||
| Five Year Return | 1.39 % | |||
| Net Asset | 228.35 B | |||
| Last Dividend Paid | 2.08 |
About American Express Fundamental Analysis
The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze American Express's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of American Express using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of American Express based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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