Insider trade

Officer sold ~$2.97M of AXP shares in the open market

Traded Aug 18, 2026 · Filed Aug 19, 2026

~$2.97M
Reported value · 8,811 sh @ $337.41: 12K
Holds after · shares reported: -10.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -0.5%, $338.52 → $302.09 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

American Express's Chief Colleague Exp. Officer sold $2.97M of American Express shares. It happened by itself, for taxes or pay.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 19, 2026

Officer$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$2,972,920

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

25 days after results of Jul 24, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $338.52 on Aug 18, 2026, 16% above its 52-week low and 12% below its high, after a 3% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $292.27 (Mar 27, 2026) to $384.89 (Dec 11, 2025), 50% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $349.58 on Jul 7, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references dividend reinvestment

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Dec 27, 2024 in the U.S. District Court, N.D. Ohio. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

Guridy v. American Express Company, docket 1:24-cv-02251, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+0.9%	+1.1%	-0.2%
30 days	-5.3%	+1.4%	-6.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000004962-26-000348
Filed / recorded: Aug 19, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO
Issuer CIK: 4962
Ticker: AXP
Reporting person: Monique Herena
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Colleague Exp. Officer
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 8,811
Price per share: $337.41
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 12,444.723
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price, rounded to the nearest cent. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $337.29 to $337.65. The reporting person undertakes to provide to American Express Company, any security holder of American Express Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within this range.
Includes shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestment.

Around the same time

Officer plans to sell ~$2.97M of American Express

Planned, from pay7w ago

7w ago

Fund holdings

30KShares reported · +7,805 vs prior quarter

From a 13F filed Aug 14, 2026 covering holdings at Jun 30, 2026 — a quarter-end snapshot, not a live trade.

Why it stands out Official record

3mo ago

Congress trade

$1,001 - $15,000Reported range · official band, not an exact amount

6 different filers disclosed AXP within 90 days. Disclosed 116 days after the transaction; reported as an official range, not an exact amount.

Why it stands out Official record