Why American Express (AXP) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Term

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American Express (AXP)

Founded in 1850, NY-based American Express Company is a diversified financial services company, offering charge and credit payment card products, and travel-related services worldwide. American Express and its main subsidiary – American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (“TRS”) – are bank holding companies under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. The company offers business travel-related services through its non-consolidated joint venture, American Express Global Business Travel (the GBT JV).

AXP boasts a Momentum Style Score of B and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Shares of American Express has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is up 6.7% over the past one week and up 3.1% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, AXP has gained 45.1%. As for the stock's trading volume, 2,860,475 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.

Momentum investors also pay close attention to a company's earnings. For AXP, five analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.07 to $12.87 per share for 2024. AXP boasts an average earnings surprise of 6.4%.

AXP should be on investors' short list because of its impressive earnings fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Momentum and VGM Style Scores.

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