JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) Trading 1.4% Higher – Time to Buy?

Shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) traded up 1.4% during trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $358.28 and last traded at $356.3350. Approximately 4,160,190 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 57% from the average session volume of 9,585,405 shares. The stock had previously closed at $351.58.

Trending Headlines about JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Here are the key news stories impacting JPMorgan Chase & Co. this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Improving credit-card trends and a lower 2026 loss outlook suggest that credit deterioration may be stabilizing, supporting JPMorgan’s consumer-banking earnings outlook. JPMorgan’s Card Credit Trends Improve: Are Losses Past Their Peak?
• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan is hiring Citigroup executive Dan McDow to lead its East Coast technology investment-banking business, signaling an effort to expand in a high-growth advisory market despite broader restructuring. JPMorgan hiring Citigroup’s McDow
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to identify JPM as a buy candidate as oil prices, interest rates and artificial-intelligence investment reshape sector leadership, reinforcing the bank’s diversified earnings exposure. NVIDIA, JPM & 2 More Stocks to Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: JPMorgan’s research highlights potentially strong demand for humanoid robots and manufacturing automation. The theme could benefit the bank through financing and investment banking, but it is not a direct near-term earnings catalyst. JPMorgan expects booming humanoid demand
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that JPMorgan is experiencing its highest level of layoffs in more than a decade raise concerns about near-term expense pressure and business conditions, although management could ultimately achieve meaningful efficiency gains. JPMorgan layoffs
• Negative Sentiment: JPMorgan’s warnings that speculative AI valuations resemble the period before the dot-com downturn could weigh on market sentiment and reduce risk-taking in technology-related investment banking. JPMorgan warns investors about AI stocks
• Negative Sentiment: Shareholder litigation tied to JPMorgan’s role in multibillion-dollar buyout deals, along with a reported India regulatory dispute, creates potential legal, compliance and reputational risks. JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley lawsuits

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on JPM. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised JPMorgan Chase & Co. from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $375.00 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $418.00 price objective on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Bank of America raised their target price on JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $408.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Citigroup lifted their target price on JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $325.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $375.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and eleven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $359.96.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Price Performance

The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $345.74 and a 200-day simple moving average of $318.00. The company has a market cap of $948.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.29, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.30, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.85.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 14th. The financial services provider reported $6.14 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $5.59 by $0.55. The business had revenue of $58.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $50.72 billion. JPMorgan Chase & Co. had a return on equity of 18.23% and a net margin of 21.86%.The company’s revenue was up 27.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $4.96 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that JPMorgan Chase & Co. will post 24.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

In other JPMorgan Chase & Co. news, General Counsel Stacey Friedman sold 5,467 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.73, for a total transaction of $1,808,100.91. Following the sale, the general counsel owned 40,961 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,547,031.53. The trade was a 11.78% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Robin Leopold sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.41, for a total value of $903,525.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 73,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,580,621.27. The trade was a 3.29% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 0.41% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Timmons Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in JPMorgan Chase & Co. during the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. MBM Wealth Consultants LLC purchased a new position in JPMorgan Chase & Co. during the 1st quarter valued at about $29,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the 4th quarter valued at about $32,000. Aventus Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, Osbon Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the fourth quarter worth approximately $35,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.55% of the company’s stock.

About JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) is a diversified global financial services firm headquartered in New York City. The company provides a wide range of banking and financial products and services to consumers, small businesses, corporations, governments and institutional investors worldwide. Its operations span retail banking, commercial lending, investment banking, asset management, payments and card services, and treasury and securities services.

The firm’s principal business activities are organized across several core lines: Consumer & Community Banking, which offers deposit accounts, mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and branch and digital banking under the Chase brand; Corporate & Investment Banking, which provides capital markets, advisory, underwriting, trading and risk management services; Commercial Banking, delivering lending, treasury and capital solutions to middle-market and corporate clients; and Asset & Wealth Management, which offers investment management, private banking and retirement services to institutions and high-net-worth individuals.