American Express vs Klarna
AXP and KLAR side by side, both in finance services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AXP and KLAR compare
Klarna grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (24.8% versus 8.8% for American Express).
American Express pays a dividend yielding 1.2%; Klarna does not pay one.
American Express scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 1 for Klarna), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AXP | KLAR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $215B | – |
| Share price | $319.11 | $13.30 |
| Change, 1 year | −10.9% | −64.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 80.6% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.22 | 2.41 |
| Employees | 77K | – |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 1 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.3× | – |
| P/S | 5.0× | – |
| P/B | 6.3× | – |
| P/FCF | 14.3× | – |
| PEG | 1.21 | – |
| FCF yield | 7.0% | – |
| Fair value | $283.05 | – |
| Margin of safety | −12.7% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.8% | 24.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 13.5% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 12.8% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 15.6% (better) | −8000% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 32.5% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | – | −6.6% |
| Net margin | 26.6% | – |
| FCF margin | 34.9% (better) | −29.5% |
| Return on equity | 34.4% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.06 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | −0.3× |
| Altman Z-score | 0.73 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | – |
| Payout ratio | 21.1% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 4 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 13.8% | – |
| Buyback yield | 3.4% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.6% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 85.7% | – |
| Held by insiders | 0.13% | 23.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$42.3M | $10.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 10 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.6% | 12.3% |
Go deeper
- AXP stock overview
- AXP income statement
- AXP valuation and score
- KLAR stock overview
- KLAR income statement
- KLAR valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.