Amer. Express Co Dividend yield

Amer. Express Co is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. Amer. Express Co is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Amer. Express Co stock dividend

Amer. Express Co paid a total dividend of 1,783 million USD last year, for a market value of 117,387 millions (Market Cap 93,353 millions). Amer. Express Co dividend per share is 2.40 USD, and his stock market price 157.99 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Amer. Express Co has a dividend yield of 1.52%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Amer. Express Co stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Amer. Express Co Dividend Payout

About the ability of Amer. Express Co to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.40 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.52%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Amer. Express Co payout on ernings is currently 24.00%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Amer. Express Cocan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Amer. Express Co is USD 28.21 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.40, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Amer. Express Co, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Financial Services sector companies.

Amer. Express Co Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Amer. Express Co's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.52%	2.40	24.00%	743
2022	1.41%	2.08	19.72%	753
2021	1.05%	1.72	43.11%	775
2020	1.42%	1.72	20.77%	805
2019	1.38%	1.72	21.69%	818
2018	1.64%	1.56	24.72%	860
2017	1.41%	1.40	22.12%	868
2016	1.78%	1.28	22.57%	924
2015	1.62%	1.16	19.27%	1,001

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Amer. Express Co dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Financial Services stocks.

Amer. Express Co Stock performance

Finally, last moth Amer. Express Co showed a return of -6.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 3.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Financial Services firms.