Earnings Results: American Express stock posts best day in nearly a year amid spending recovery

American Express Co. topped earnings and revenue estimates in Friday’s results, as the company benefited from an acceleration in consumer spending and saw a further recovery in the travel and entertainment categories that had been hit hard earlier in the pandemic.

American Express Co. topped earnings and revenue estimates in Friday’s results, as the company benefited from an acceleration in consumer spending and saw a further recovery in the travel and entertainment categories that had been hit hard earlier in the pandemic.