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Profile - American Express Company (NYSE:AXP)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 10Dividend payment of $0.08
Location
World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10285
Phone: (212) 640-2000
Fax: (212) 619-9230
Employees (last reported count): 89,000
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Consumer Financial Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 12%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider sells; 90.0K shares
·Institutional: 68% (77% of float)
(2,188 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 5.31M shares (+0.59%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
American Express Company is primarily engaged in providing travel-related services, financial advisory services and international banking services throughout the world. Travel Related Services' products and services include, among others, Charge Cards, Cardmember lending products, Travelers Cheques and corporate and consumer travel services. American Express Financial Advisors' services and products include financial planning and advice, investment advisory services and a variety of products, including insurance and annuities, investment certificates and mutual funds. American Express Bank products and services include providing financial institution, corporate and private banking, personal financial services and global trading.
More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description

Financial Summary
American Express and its subsidiaries provide travel related services, financial advisory services, and international banking services worldwide. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 5% to $10.99 billion. Net income fell 49% to $716 million. Revenues reflect the continued slowdown in corporate spending on travel and entertainment. Earnings reflect a charge to write down high-yield securities and reduce the risk profile of the investment portfolio.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Kenneth Chenault, 49
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$6.2M$11.7M
Jonathan Linen, 57
Vice Chairman
3.0M6.6M
Gary Crittenden, 47
CFO, Exec. VP
--  --  
James Cracchiolo, 42
Group Pres, Global Financial Services
4.9M247K
Edward Gilligan, 41
Group Pres, Global Corp. Services, TRS
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:AXPAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 22-Mar-2001
$34.00 
Recent Price$36.42 
52-Week High
on 2-Oct-2000
$63.00 
Beta1.13 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)4.41M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)4.17M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-37.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-16.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$48.2B
Shares Outstanding1.32B
Float1.16B
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.32 
Dividend Yield0.88%
Last Split: 3 for 1 on 11-May-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$8.88 
Earnings (ttm)$1.57 
Earnings (mrq)$0.13 
Sales (ttm)$17.07 
Cash (mrq)$6.41 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)4.10 
Price/Earnings (ttm)23.14 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.13 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$23.0B
EBITDA (ttm)$4.38B
Income available to common (ttm)$2.13B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)9.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)12.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.41%
Return on Equity (ttm)18.64%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)3.25 
Total Cash (mrq)$8.48B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short12.4M
Percent of Float1.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
6.11M
Short Ratio2.93 
Daily Volume4.21M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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