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88. American Express
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Rank: 88 (Previous rank: 74)
CEO: Kenneth I. Chenault
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Key financials $ millions % change
from 2008
Revenues 26,730.0 -16.1
Profits 2,130.0 -21.1
Assets 124,088.0
Stockholders' equity 14,406.0
Market value (3/26/2010) 49,209.4
Profits as % of  
Revenues 8.0
Assets 1.7
Stockholders' equity 14.8
Earnings per share  
2009 $ 1.54
% change from 2008 -33.9
1999-2009 annual growth rate % -1.6
Total return to investors %
2009 124.6
1999-2009 annual rate -0.6
Rank Company 500
rank
Revenues
($ millions)
1 Bank of America Corp. 5 150,450.0
2 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 9 115,632.0
3 Citigroup 12 108,785.0
4 Wells Fargo 19 98,636.0
5 Goldman Sachs Group 39 51,673.0
6 Morgan Stanley 70 31,515.0
7 American Express 88 26,730.0
8 U.S. Bancorp 121 19,490.0
9 GMAC 122 19,403.0
10 PNC Financial Services Group 123 19,231.0
11 Capital One Financial 144 15,980.1
12 BB&T Corp. 217 10,818.0
13 SunTrust Banks 224 10,420.0
14 Fifth Third Bancorp 248 9,450.0
15 State Street Corp. 249 9,362.0
16 Regions Financial 254 9,087.1
17 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 274 8,345.0
18 Discover Financial Services 286 7,985.7
19 KeyCorp 356 6,068.0
20 Northern Trust Corp. 497 4,193.1
Issue date: May 3, 2010.
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American Express
200 Vesey St.
New York, NY 10285
212-640-2000
www.americanexpress.com
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