Q1 EPS Estimate for JPMorgan Chase & Co. Boosted by Analyst

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn upped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a research report issued on Thursday, January 16th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Mitchell now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $4.51 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $4.30. The consensus estimate for JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s current full-year earnings is $17.46 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Q2 2025 earnings at $4.52 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $4.56 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $4.61 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $18.20 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $4.92 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $5.02 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on JPM. Morgan Stanley lowered shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $220.00 to $224.00 in a report on Monday, September 30th. UBS Group increased their target price on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $276.00 to $287.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Truist Financial increased their target price on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $260.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. Oppenheimer lowered shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Baird R W lowered shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $251.78.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Trading Up 2.0 %

JPMorgan Chase & Co. stock opened at $259.46 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $243.50 and a 200 day moving average of $224.41. The firm has a market capitalization of $730.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.44, a P/E/G ratio of 3.16 and a beta of 1.11. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a 12-month low of $165.24 and a 12-month high of $260.62. The company has a current ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 15th. The financial services provider reported $4.81 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.03 by $0.78. The firm had revenue of $42.77 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $41.90 billion. JPMorgan Chase & Co. had a net margin of 19.64% and a return on equity of 16.71%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.04 EPS.

Institutional Trading of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. FCG Investment Co lifted its position in JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. FCG Investment Co now owns 19,228 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $4,609,000 after buying an additional 1,021 shares during the last quarter. Lifestyle Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Lifestyle Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,083 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $260,000 after buying an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. Spinnaker Investment Group LLC lifted its position in JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Spinnaker Investment Group LLC now owns 5,049 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,210,000 after buying an additional 152 shares during the last quarter. Apeiron RIA LLC lifted its position in JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 6.6% in the fourth quarter. Apeiron RIA LLC now owns 2,798 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $671,000 after buying an additional 173 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Secure Asset Management LLC lifted its position in JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Secure Asset Management LLC now owns 15,493 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $3,714,000 after buying an additional 84 shares during the last quarter. 71.55% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, General Counsel Stacey Friedman sold 3,303 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.94, for a total transaction of $838,763.82. Following the completion of the transaction, the general counsel now directly owns 47,620 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,092,622.80. This represents a 6.49 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.79% of the company’s stock.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 6th will be given a dividend of $1.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, January 6th. This represents a $5.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.93%. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s dividend payout ratio is currently 27.82%.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Company Profile

JPMorgan Chase & Co operates as a financial services company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Consumer & Community Banking (CCB), Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB), Commercial Banking (CB), and Asset & Wealth Management (AWM). The CCB segment offers deposit, investment and lending products, cash management, and payments and services; mortgage origination and servicing activities; residential mortgages and home equity loans; and credit cards, auto loans, leases, and travel services to consumers and small businesses through bank branches, ATMs, and digital and telephone banking.