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American Express (AXP) Tops Q1 Revenue Estimates, Earnings Climb 38%

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American Express (AXP - Free Report) just released its first quarter financial results, posting earnings of $1.86 per share and revenues of $9.72 billion.

American Express is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Shares of AXP are up 23.8% over the last year, but had sunk 4.2% in the last 12 weeks. American Express stock popped 1.4% to hit $95.17 per share on Wednesday prior to the release of its first quarter earnings results.

AXP stock is currently up 3% to $98 per share in after-hours trading shortly after its earnings report was released.

AXP:

Beat earnings estimates. The company posted earnings of $1.86 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.71 per share.

Beat revenue estimates. The company saw revenue figures of 9.72 billion, topping our consensus estimate of $9.21 billion.

American Express’s Q1 revenues jumped 12% from $8.7 billion in the year-ago period. The credit card giant pointed to higher card member spending, loans, and fee income as major reasons for its revenue surge.

AXP’s Q1 earnings climbed from $1.35 per share, while the company’s first quarter net income jumped 31% to $1.63 billion.

“Given what we are seeing so far, we expect revenues to be up at least 8 percent this year and EPS to be at the high end of the $6.90 to $7.30 range we set back in January,” CEO Stephen Squeri said in a statement.

Here’s a graph that looks at AXP’s Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise history:

American Express Company Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

American Express Company Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise | American Express Company Quote

Check back later for our full analysis on AXP’s earnings report!

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