American Express Company (AXP) Q2 Tops EPS Estimates

American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) reported its earnings for the three months ended June 30 this afternoon, Wednesday July 17th, after the market closed. The company earned $1.27 per share in the quarter on revenue of $8.25. On today’s market, stock in American Express trended down, finishing the day at $76.80. In the same three months of 2012 American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) managed to earn $1.15 per share for the quarter on revenue of $8 billion. Analysts studying the company were looking for earnings per share of $1.22 on revenue of $8.3 billion from today’s earnings report. In the hours leading up…