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American Express (NYSE: AXP) rose 28 places on the Roundtable 100 in the Nov. 6 ranking, rising to No. 42.

Founded as a freight forwarding company in 1850, American Express is a leading bank holding and financial services corporation that specializes in payment cards.

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Published with TheStreet, The Roundtable 100 ranks the top 100 publicly traded technology growth assets. Each is scored from 0 to 100 by the analysts of the Blue Ribbon Committee on five variables, Team, Safety, Value, Innovation, and Market Dominance, with the average forming the asset’s Power Ranking. The list refreshes every Friday after the U.S. market close.

The Blue Ribbon Committee committee’s analysts rank a company on the basis of its potential to grow in the future, not its current dominance.

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Committee member John Slazas is the founder of MKT.TRADE and has more than 40 years of experience across trading and market structure.

Slazas said American Express’ business position should be scored separately from its valuation. He said his case rests on scale as the company posted $454 billion in quarterly billed business in the third quarter of 2026.

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"American Express is the card issuer, the payment network and the merchant relationship at once. Most rivals are only one of the three."

The RTB 100 analyst said it’s a qualitative judgment from the scale, not a measured market share. He also highlighted that the company’s adjusted earnings per share (EPS) benefited from two accounting factors:

  • When American Express sold its stake in the Global Business Travel Group or “Amex GBT” (NYSE: GBTG), it recorded a gain from the transaction but also incurred restructuring-related costs. For adjusted EPS, Amex excluded the net impact of these items, Slazas stressed.

  • The effective tax rate is the percentage of pre-tax income a company pays in taxes. A lower tax rate allows American Express to retain more of its earnings after taxes, thereby boosting reported EPS, Slazas suggested.

The analysts granted American Express scores above 80 on Team, Market Dominance, and Safety factors but low scores on Innovation and Value. The company has an overall RTB 100 score of 70 out of 100.

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Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Investments are subject to market risk. Always conduct your own research before making any investment decisions.

Disclosure: RTB Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: RTB), publisher of the Roundtable 100, is itself a ranked constituent of the index. The Roundtable 100 is published for informational purposes only and is not investment advice, an offer, or a recommendation to buy or sell any security, commodity or digital asset. Rankings reflect the views of Roundtable analysts as of the ranking date. Investing involves risk, including loss of principal.

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