AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY vs Rocket Companies, Inc., two Mortgage Finance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AXP and RKT diverge most: on return on equity, AXP reads 33.4% and RKT reads 1.0%; on return on assets, AXP reads 3.7% and RKT reads 0.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AXP's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AXP | RKT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $336.23 | $12.90 |
| Market cap | $228.3B | $36.7B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 20.4 | 99.2 |
| P/B | 6.66 | 1.58 |
| P/S | 3.01 | 4.27 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 108.7 |
| Revenue growth | +10.7% | +93.0% |
| Net margin | 15.1% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 33.4% | 1.0% |
| Return on assets | 3.7% | 0.4% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.72 | 0.45 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.87 | 0.76 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 9 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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