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Sentieo Linguistic Analytics – American Express Q3 Earnings

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While the new CEO was viewed positively by the Street, and was perhaps previewed in a previous call, the conference call event itself showed an increasing divergence in the direction of the discussion between analysts and management, where analysts are focused more on profitability metrics and card program concerns, while management talked much more broadly.  Given this, and the negative divergence in our sentiment metrics between Management and analysts, it would be prudent to be more cautious on AXP stock at these levels.

Here is our linguistic analysis:

American Express announced a CEO change this quarter.  Versus last quarter, management commentary obviously focused mostly on the new CEO and broad commentary around the company.

However, the Sentiment Spread, a measure of the bullishness of management vs analysts, has turned down sharply, suggesting over-confidence by analysts.

American Express Q3 Earnings

As shown, analyst sentiment has rebounded sharply, while management sentiment has ticked down, and the stock is at a high.

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American Express began talking more about the outgoing CEO Ken Chenault last quarter.  This quarter they are talking less about products and ROE targets, and more about their domestic business broadly.

Management

Analysts, while talking a lot about the outgoing and new CEOs, were much more interested in profitability metrics and the new guidance slide.

Analyst

Comparing analyst and Management in a word cloud, analysts also expressed concerns about the Costco, Starwood, and Platinum programs which were not addressed by Management to a large degree.

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Article by Naman Shah, Sentieo

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