American Express Company (AXP) Misses On Revenue For Q1

American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) released its earnings numbers for the three months through March 2014 this afternoon. The company showed earnings of $1.33 per share for the first quarter of the year. Revenue in the period came to $8.20 billion. On today’s market the company’s stock trended upward, and finished trading at $87.40. In the run-up to the release of these figures, Businessweek surveyed 21 analysts following the company. According to their consensus estimates, the company was expected to earn $1.30 per share in the first quarter of the year. Revenue was expected to come in at $8.36 billion for…