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Jim Sinegal
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

American Express May be Setting the Stage for a Comeback Under New CEO

Wide-moat American Express reported a quarter of solid revenue and EPS growth, increased EPS guidance for 2017, and announced CEO Kenneth Chenault will step down in February to be replaced by Stephen Squeri, a 30-year veteran of the company. In our view, these developments are promising, and we are increasing our fair value estimate to $103 per share as the company begins to address three long-standing problems. First, the company must justify its pricing to its merchant customers. The company’s...
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American Express Company

American Express is a payments company. The company is engaged in providing credit and charge cards to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies and corporations. The company's reportable operating segments are: Global Consumer Services Group, which provides services to consumers, including travel and lifestyle services; Global Commercial Services, which provides payment and expense management services, as weel as commercial financing products; and Global Merchant and Network Services, which operates a global payments network that processes and settles card transactions, acquires merchants and provides multi-channel marketing programs and capabilities, and services and data analytics.

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