American Express More Than Doubles Annual Profit
2019年1月18日 - 7:06AM
Dow Jones News
By Maria Armental
American Express Co. on Thursday reported solid financial
results for the most recent period, capping a record year.
The results -- and a strong forecast for 2019 -- mark a notable
recovery for the financial-services company, which a year earlier
was driven to the first quarterly loss in more than a
quarter-century as it absorbed a hit from the U.S. tax
overhaul.
On Thursday, Amex reported a fourth-quarter profit of $2.01
billion, or $2.32 a share, ending the year at a $6.92 billion
profit, more than double the $2.75 billion profit for 2017.
Revenue, net of interest expense, rose 8% to $10.47 billion for
the quarter and ended the year at $40.34 billion.
It was the highest annual profit and revenue, according to
securities filings.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet had projected a profit of $1.80 a
share on $10.58 billion in revenue for the quarter and $7.38 a
share with $40.44 billion in revenue for the year.
This year, the New York company expects profit to reach $7.85 a
share to $8.35 a share and revenue to increase 8% to 10%, compared
with analysts' projected $8.15 a share and a 7.5% revenue
increase.
Discount revenue, which reflects the fees charged to merchants
for accepting AmEx cards, brought in $6.46 billion for the quarter
and $24.72 billion for the year, an 8% increase from a year
ago.
The company last year scored a major legal victory when the U.S.
highest court ruled that AmEx's policy of preventing retailers from
offering customers incentives to pay with cheaper cards wasn't
anticompetitive.
The credit-card company historically charged retailers higher
so-called swipe fees, which typically include a flat fee and a
percentage of the dollar amount of a purchase, than many of its
competitors' cards.
Card-members rewards, the company's largest single expense that
includes such things as points redeemed for hotels and airfare,
reached $2.52 billion in the fourth quarter and $9.7 billion for
the year, an 11% and 12% increase respectively.
Overall, expenses rose 9% for the quarter and 8% for the
year.
AmEx, which has been building its reserves for possible losses,
ended the year with a $3.35 billion loss provision, a 21% increase
from the previous year, as card-member loans increased.
Write to Maria Armental at maria.armental@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 17, 2019 16:51 ET (21:51 GMT)
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