JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
JPMorgan Chase & Co is a mega-cap company in the Financial Services sector (Banks - Diversified), with a market value of $883.5B, based in the USA.
It employs about 320,560 people and has been listed since Oct 06, 1978.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. operates as a bank and financial holding company in the United States, rest of North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Caribbean. It operates in three segments: Consumer & Community Banking, Commercial & Investment Bank, and Asset & Wealth Management.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 14.2 versus 13.2 for 4 direct peers — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 30% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 13.5 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 375.81, 13% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 62% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • More cash leaves than comes in (negative free cash flow).
- • Quarterly report in 9 days (2026-10-13) — a day the stock can move a lot.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 26 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (13 vs 0).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 30% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (1.8% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 3.1% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLF -2.5%).
This week's news
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- JPMorgan (JPM) Reserves for Losses That Have Not Arrived. What Is the Buffer Really For? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Hess Midstream cut to Sell equivalent at J.P. Morgan on MVC step-downs, uncertain outlook seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-02
- Al Salam Bank and J.P. Morgan Payments Feature Overnight Murabaha Liquidity Solution finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.