American Express stock is sliding this year, and the card company’s newest director just bought a large block of shares. It’s the first open-market purchase of stock by an American Express insider in 2025.

Shares of American Express Co. AXP slid 2.27% to $255.39 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.76% to 5,572.07 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 1.14% to 41,433.48.

American Express ( AXP 2.30%) is a top company within the financial services industry that has found lasting success. This has propelled its share price, which has risen 268% in the past decade. Including the dividend, the stock has produced a market-beating total return of 326%.

Fintel reports that on March 14, 2025, Baird upgraded their outlook for American Express (NYSE:AXP) from Underperform to Neutral. Analyst Price Forecast Suggests 26.31% Upside As of March 4, 2025, the average one-year price target for American Express is $323.

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