American Express (NYSE:AXP – Get Free Report) and Integrated Ventures (OTCMKTS:INTV – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk and profitability.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
84.3% of American Express shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Express shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Integrated Ventures shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for American Express and Integrated Ventures, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| American Express | 4 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2.16 |
| Integrated Ventures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares American Express and Integrated Ventures”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| American Express | $60.52 billion | 3.34 | $8.37 billion | $13.59 | 21.11 |
| Integrated Ventures | $5.86 million | 1.57 | -$11.52 million | ($3.34) | -0.53 |
American Express has higher revenue and earnings than Integrated Ventures. Integrated Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Express, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
American Express has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integrated Ventures has a beta of 3.17, suggesting that its stock price is 217% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares American Express and Integrated Ventures’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| American Express | 15.32% | 32.46% | 3.51% |
| Integrated Ventures | -195.67% | N/A | -217.89% |
Summary
American Express beats Integrated Ventures on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About American Express
American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as integrated payments company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and Internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. The company’s products and services include credit card, charge card, banking, and other payment and financing products; network services; expense management products and services; and travel and lifestyle services. It also provides merchant acquisition and processing, servicing and settlement, point-of-sale marketing, and information products and services for merchants; and fraud prevention services, as well as the design and operation of customer loyalty programs. In addition, the company operates lounges at airports under Centurion Lounge brand name. It sells its products and services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large corporations through mobile and online applications, affiliate marketing, customer referral programs, third-party service providers and business partners, direct mail, telephone, in-house sales teams, and direct response advertising. American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Integrated Ventures
Integrated Ventures, Inc. engages in the mining of digital currency. The company manufactures and sells mining equipment and mining rigs; as well as develops blockchain software. It also provides transaction verification services for digital currency networks of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Quant, and Dogecoin. The company is based in Tioga, Pennsylvania.
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