AXP Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own AXP shares is 3109, representing 64.22% of the company's common stock.

LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AXP by -17.16% restricting it's holding to 4.08 million shares of worth nearly $927.92M. JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC also lessened -1.62% of the AXP shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 4.16 million shares of worth $947.89M. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP also shunned AXP shares holding by -4.9% last quarter which brought its holding to 4.81 million shares worth $1.10B.

As per its latest 13F filing, GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC increased its stake in AXP by 7.57% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 4.11 million shares having worth more than $935.00M. BOSTON PARTNERS also added 22.23% more shares of AXP to its portfolio, raising its holding to 2.13 million shares of worth $485.52M. FMR LLC also increased its AXP shares holding by 26.99% which brought its holding to 8.11 million shares worth $1.85B.

The insider with the most stakes in AXP is CAMPBELL JEFFREY C , Vice Chairman at the company. Additionally, AXP stock is highly held by Group Pres., Enterprise Serv. Williams Anre D and Vice Chairman Buckminster Douglas E. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 21.64% percent of American Express Company's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 5 transaction(s) in which AXP insiders have sold stock, totaling 132.59K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include JOABAR RAYMOND, LE CAILLEC CHRISTOPHE, and SQUERI STEPHEN J.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which American Express Company insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 344.46K American Express Company shares are held by insiders, which represents about 21.64% of AXP stock.

AXP Vice Chairman, CAMPBELL JEFFREY C holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AXP shares owned by CAMPBELL total nearly 125.65 thousand.

LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC is the largest institutional owner in AXP which holds 4.08 million shares worth $927.92M or 0.57% of the total AXP shares outstanding followed by GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC with ownership of 4.11 million shares representing 0.57% of the AXP ownership. JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC is the third largest stakeholder with 4.16 million shares or 0.58% of the ownership worth more than $947.89M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the AXP is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of AXP shares short is 8.57M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 702.00M shares of AXP are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, AXP has 551.24M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for AXP is 3.66.