AXP vs. COF, DFS, SLM, CACC, NNI, ECPG, PRAA, EZPW, WRLD, and GDOT
Should you be buying American Express stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Express include Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), SLM (SLM), Credit Acceptance (CACC), Nelnet (NNI), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), EZCORP (EZPW), World Acceptance (WRLD), and Green Dot (GDOT). These companies are all part of the "consumer finance" industry.
American Express vs.
Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) and American Express (NYSE:AXP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Capital One Financial has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Express has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.8% of Capital One Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of American Express shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Capital One Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Express shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Express has higher revenue and earnings than Capital One Financial. Capital One Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Express, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Express had 16 more articles in the media than Capital One Financial. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for American Express and 60 mentions for Capital One Financial. American Express' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Capital One Financial's score of 0.33 indicating that American Express is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital One Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. American Express pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Capital One Financial pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Express pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Capital One Financial received 56 more outperform votes than American Express when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.62% of users gave Capital One Financial an outperform vote while only 60.06% of users gave American Express an outperform vote.
American Express has a net margin of 15.32% compared to Capital One Financial's net margin of 8.80%. American Express' return on equity of 32.46% beat Capital One Financial's return on equity.
Capital One Financial currently has a consensus target price of $188.06, indicating a potential downside of 1.62%. American Express has a consensus target price of $278.09, indicating a potential downside of 11.08%. Given Capital One Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Capital One Financial is more favorable than American Express.
Summary
American Express beats Capital One Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AXP) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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