On this page we presented the AXP Historical PE Ratio information for American Express' stock. The average AXP historical PE based on using the annualized quarterly earnings result at each measurement period (for the "E" in the PE calculation; and the closing price on earnings date as the "P") is 16.5. Meanwhile, using the trailing twelve month (TTM) quarterly earnings result as our method of calculation the "E" value at each measurement period, the average AXP historical PE based on this TTM earnings result method is 16.0.

Let's now compare this AXP historical PE result, against the recent PE: when this page was posted on 12/16/2024, the most recent closing price for AXP had been 303.57, and the most recent quarterly earnings result, annualized, was 13.96. Meanwhile, the most recent TTM earnings summed to 12.93. From these numbers, we calculate the recent AXP PE on 12/16/2024 based on annualized quarterly EPS was 21.7. Based on AXP's history, that recent PE is elevated relative to the historical average, with the recent PE 31.5% higher than the historical average PE across our data set for American Express. Looking at the recent AXP PE on 12/16/2024 based on TTM EPS, we calculate the ratio at 23.5. Based on AXP's history, that recent PE is elevated relative to the historical average, with the recent PE 46.9% higher than the historical average PE across our American Express data set with TTM EPS used in the calculation at each period.

Another interesting AXP historical PE Ratio calculation we look at is to take the median earnings per share of the last four quarters for AXP, and then annualize the resulting value... with that annualized number then being used in the PE calculation. To walk through this math for AXP, we start with the past four EPS numbers and we first sort them from lowest to highest: 2.62, 3.33, 3.49, and 3.49. We then toss out the highest and lowest result, and then take the average of those two middle numbers — 3.33 and 3.49 — which gives us the median of 3.41. Basically the way to think about this 3.41 number is this: for the trailing four earnings reports, 3.41 marks the "middle ground" number where AXP has reported a value higher than 3.41 half the time, and has reported a value lower than 3.41 half the time. Annualizing that median value then gets us to 13.64/share, which we use as the denominator in our next PE calculation. With 303.57 as the numerator (as of 12/16/2024), the calculation is then 303.57 / 13.64 = 22.3 as the AXP PE ratio as of 12/16/2024, based on that annualized median value we calculated.

For self directed investors doing their due diligence on AXP or any other given stock, valuation analysis for AXP can greatly benefit from studying the past earnings and resulting PE calculations. This exercise can help inform an analysis as to whether the past earnings trajectory and current versus historical PE ratios justify the current stock value.

That's why we bring you HistoricalPERatio.com to make it easy for investors to investigate American Express PE history or the past PE information for any stock in our coverage universe. And in your continued research we hope you will be sure to check out the further links included for earnings surprises history (beat/miss data) as well as next earnings dates for AXP. Thanks for visiting, and the next time you need to research AXP Historical PE Ratio or the ratio for another stock, we hope you'll think of our site, as your go-to historical PE ratio research resource of choice.