American Express' Profit Falls, Revenue Increases
January 24 2020 - 8:00AM
Dow Jones News
By Allison Prang
American Express Co.'s fourth-quarter profit declined from a
year ago but its revenue increased.
The credit-card company's profit was $1.69 billion for the
quarter, down 16% from the comparable quarter a year ago. Earnings
were $2.03 per share, 2 cents ahead of what analysts polled by
FactSet were expecting.
A year earlier, American Express recorded an income-tax benefit,
which helped earnings. For the fourth quarter of 2019, it reported
income-tax expenses.
Total revenue net of interest expense were $11.37 billion,
meeting analysts' consensus estimate. Revenue was up more than 8%
from the comparable quarter a year ago.
Card member rewards costs increased year over year by over
8%.
The company expects earnings for 2020 to be between $8.85 and
$9.25 a share and revenue, adjusted for foreign-exchange impact, to
rise between 8% and 10%, Chief Executive and Chairman Stephen
Squeri said in prepared remarks. Analysts are guiding for earnings
to be within that range.
Write to Allison Prang at allison.prang@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 24, 2020 07:45 ET (12:45 GMT)
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