Peer Capital One (NYSE: COF) is up 33% year-to-date, while Visa and Mastercard stocks are up by about 22% and 23% respectively.

Shares of American Express Co. AXP inched 0.05% higher to $298.80 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.73% to 5,974.07 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.16% to 42,906.95. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued to investors on Saturday. A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the company.

Monness Crespi raised the firm’s price target on American Express (AXP) to $330 from $300 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. While the firm highlights that Amex valuation is “approaching a multiple such that profit taking could occur,

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