The filer submitted a Form 144 reporting a proposed sale of 8,695 shares of common stock of the issuer. The broker is Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC located at 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY. The aggregate market value of the shares at filing is listed as $2,833,510.08 and the number of shares outstanding is reported as 695,882,227. The approximate date of sale is 09/03/2025 and the securities exchange is NYSE. The shares were acquired on 01/28/2025 via restricted stock vesting under a registered plan from the issuer, with payment/date of payment recorded as 01/28/2025 (not applicable for cash payment). The filer reports no other securities sold in the past three months and attests there is no undisclosed material adverse information.
American Express Company (AXP) Form 144 notice reports a proposed sale of common stock totaling 23,505 shares with an aggregate market value of $7,671,425.57, to be executed through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on the NYSE on 09/02/2025. The filing states these shares were acquired and paid for on 09/02/2025 by exercise of options under a registered plan and payment was made in cash. The filer reports no securities sold in the past three months. Several identifying fields (filer CIK/CCC and specific person name) are not provided in the text supplied.
American Express Company filed updated credit metrics for its U.S. Consumer and U.S. Small Business card loans held for investment for May, June and July 2025. As of July 31, 2025, U.S. Consumer Card Member loans totaled $93.7 billion, with 30‑days‑past‑due loans at 1.3% of total and a net write‑off rate on principal of 2.0%, slightly below 2.1% in June. U.S. Small Business Card Member loans totaled $30.5 billion, with 30‑days‑past‑due loans at 1.6% and a net write‑off rate of 2.7%, higher than 2.4% in May.
For the American Express Credit Account Master Trust, the ending total principal balance for the July 1–31, 2025 period was $25.4 billion, with a defaulted amount of $0.04 billion, an annualized default rate net of recoveries of 1.1% and total 30+ days delinquent of $0.2 billion. The company notes that trust performance can differ from overall portfolio metrics due to differences in loan mix, vintages, aging, calculation mechanics and normal month‑to‑month variability.
American Express Company (AXP) – Form 4 insider transaction
Chief Legal Officer Laureen Seeger disclosed sizeable share sales on 5–6 Aug 2025. Key details:
- 5 Aug 2025: sold 39,383 shares at a weighted-average $297.24.
- 5 Aug 2025: sold 22,338 shares at a weighted-average $297.88.
- 6 Aug 2025: exercised 16,998 employee stock options (exercise price $177.06), acquiring the same number of shares.
- 6 Aug 2025: sold the 16,998 shares at a weighted-average $294.83.
Following these transactions, Seeger’s direct beneficial ownership fell from roughly 31,339 shares to 9,000.908, a reduction of about 71%. No derivative securities remain outstanding.
All reported prices represent volume-weighted averages; full price breakdowns are available upon SEC request. The filing does not indicate whether the trades were executed under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
American Express Co. (AXP) Form 144 indicates an insider intends to sell 16,998 common shares through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney on 06 Aug 2025. The proposed sale is valued at roughly $5.0 million, versus 695.9 million shares outstanding, or <0.003 % of the float.
The same filer disposed of 61,721 shares for $18.36 million on 05 Aug 2025. Shares to be sold were recently acquired via option exercise, implying a liquidity or diversification move rather than open-market buying.
Form 144 merely grants eligibility to sell under Rule 144; execution is not guaranteed. Given the small size relative to market cap, the filing is unlikely to affect AXP’s capital structure or near-term valuation, but it provides a datapoint on insider sentiment that investors may track.