Both in Banking & Credit

American Express vs U.S. Bancorp

Over the past year AXP returned −11.8% and USB returned +27.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.67.

AXP −11.8% USB +27.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAXPUSB
Price$319.11$59.45
Market cap$213.98B$92.63B
Today−1.42%−1.96%
1 month+5.6%+3.6%
6 months−0.2%+5.6%
Year to date−13.7%+11.4%
1 year−10.9%+27.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.9%+3.8%
Gross margin91.3%70.4%
Net margin16.6%19.2%
P/E (TTM)17.7×11.9×
Price / sales2.5×2.1×
Net cash-$11.63B$133.65B
Dividend yield1.19%3.63%
Volatility (60d)19.7%19.8%
Short % of float1.6%1.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).