Back to Markets

AXP vs MS

A side-by-side look at AXP and MS, updated throughout the trading session.

Performance, normalized

Z-scored closes: both paths on one scale, price levels aside.

Loading history…
Live figures are refreshing. Check back in a moment.

AXP vs MS: how they differ

American Express Company (AXP) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are both in the Financial Services sector: AXP is classified in Financial - Credit Services, MS in Financial - Capital Markets. Both trade on NYSE.

AXP trades about 3.0 million shares a day on average, against 5.5 million for MS. MS has the higher beta (1.21 against 1.08 for AXP), meaning it has historically moved more with the broad market. Over the trailing twelve months, AXP paid $3.67 per share in dividends and MS paid $4.15 per share.

Figures as of October 25, 2026.

More comparisons

The chart Z-score-normalizes each closing series, computing (close − mean) ÷ standard deviation over the window, so both paths share one scale regardless of price level, and correlation is computed on daily returns. Figures update throughout the trading session. Nothing on this page is financial advice.