Key PointsQuad is a global full-service marketing solutions firm with notable clients, including Target, American Express, Conagra and General Mills.Quad lowered its net debt by 55% or $564 million in the past 4 years, bringing its Net Debt Leverage to 2X at the end of 2023.Quad reinstated its dividend and bought back 2.9 million shares in 2023.5 stocks we like better than Quad/GraphicsQuad/Graphics Inc. NYSE: QUAD is a global full-service marketing solutions firm for commercial clients in the retail, healt ...

Warren Buffett continues to like bank stocks. Some of the biggest positions in the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A/NYSE:BRK-B) portfolio are in banks and financial institutions. For years, Buffett has favored the cash generated by lenders. He also likes the earned interest on loans and their comparative immunity to economic cycles. While he has sold some bank stocks over the years, he’s stood by his largest positions in lenders. Additionally, he maintained many positions throughout varied economic times, inc ...

American Express (AXP) has recently been on Zacks.com's list of the most searched stocks. Therefore, you might want to consider some of the key factors that could influence the stock's performance in the near future.Shares of this credit card issuer and global payments company have returned +8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.8% change. The Zacks Financial - Miscellaneous Services industry, to which American Express belongs, has gained 3% over this period. Now the key question is ...

American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) UBS Financial Services Conference February 26, 2024 11:20 AM ET Company Participants Christophe Le Caillec - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Erika Najarian - UBS Erika Najarian All right. Good morning everybody. Welcome back to the main stage. So, extraordinarily pleased to have with us Christophe Le Caillec. He has been with American Express since 1997. And as most of you know he became CFO in August of 2023. So welcome. Christophe Le Caillec Thank y ...

Loading...Loading...The finance sector commands just over 24% of Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway BRK BRK portfolio. That’s an increase from 21.75% from the previous quarter. As for other sector allocations:Technology is down from 51.46% in Q3 to 51% in Q4.Consumer staples is down from 11.37% in Q3 to 10.92% in Q4.Energy sector is down from 10.58% to 9.60% in Q4.Healthcare allocation maintained at 1.09%Consumer discretionary 0.77% to 0.62%Communications 2.61% in Q3 to 2.37% in Q4Also Read: ‘Hallelujah’ F ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a stock market index that measures the performance of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most widely recognized stock indices globally. It includes companies from various industries, except for transportation and utilities, providing a broad overview of the economic health of the industrial sector.Investing in Dow Jones stocks offers the advantage of exposure to some of the largest and most stabl ...

The big news in banking this week is that Capital One Financial (COF 0.71%) is acquiring Discover Financial Services (DFS 1.37%). Capital One is the ninth-largest U.S. bank by assets, and Discover is a credit card network like Visa or Mastercard. Its model is more similar to American Express, just a lot smaller. Is that where Capital One is going?What does this do for Capital One?Capital One has revamped its credit card program over the past few years, leaning heavily on the American Express example of a la ...

In the latest trading session, American Express (AXP) closed at $214.56, marking a +0.27% move from the previous day. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.04%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.16%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.28%.The credit card issuer and global payments company's shares have seen an increase of 13.78% over the last month, surpassing the Finance sector's gain of 3.66% and the S&P 500's gain of 5.01%.The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Americ ...

Given Warren Buffett's impressive track record as an investor, Berkshire Hathaway's $368 billion public equities portfolio is a valuable source of potential investment ideas, especially the larger holdings. Near the top of that list, investors will notice that Bank of America (BAC 0.92%) and American Express (AXP 0.27%) make up a combined 18.1% of the portfolio.Buffett and Berkshire have owned both of these financial stocks for quite some time -- but are either of them worth your investment dollars right no ...

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