American Express Q2 EPS $2.80 Beats $1.58 Estimate, Sales $10.24B Beat $9.54B Estimate

American Express (NYSE:AXP) reported quarterly earnings of $2.80 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.58 by 77.22 percent. This is a 865.52 percent increase over earnings of $0.29 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $10.24 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $9.54 billion by 7.37 percent. This is a 33.46 percent increase over sales of $7.67 billion the same period last year.