JPMorgan Chase & Co. $JPM Shares Sold by Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc

Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc reduced its stake in JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) by 43.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,528 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 5,816 shares during the quarter. Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc’s holdings in JPMorgan Chase & Co. were worth $2,375,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new stake in JPMorgan Chase & Co. during the second quarter worth about $26,000. Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd. grew its stake in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 450.0% in the 2nd quarter. Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 110 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the period. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC grew its stake in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 92.6% in the 3rd quarter. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC now owns 104 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Ryan Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Finally, Christopher J. Hasenberg Inc raised its position in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 212.0% during the 2nd quarter. Christopher J. Hasenberg Inc now owns 156 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $45,000 after buying an additional 106 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.55% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

In other JPMorgan Chase & Co. news, insider Robin Leopold sold 966 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $311.92, for a total value of $301,314.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 58,479 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,240,769.68. This trade represents a 1.63% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.47% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

JPM has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Piper Sandler raised their target price on JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $332.00 to $336.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 10th. Wolfe Research increased their price target on JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $342.00 to $346.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 16th. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $370.00 to $375.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 15th. Morgan Stanley set a $331.00 target price on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $355.00 to $354.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, December 5th. Fifteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, JPMorgan Chase & Co. presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $329.19.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Price Performance

JPM opened at $316.68 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $307.83 and its 200 day moving average price is $298.67. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a 12-month low of $202.16 and a 12-month high of $322.88. The firm has a market cap of $862.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.69, a PEG ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 14th. The financial services provider reported $5.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.83 by $0.24. The company had revenue of $47.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $44.42 billion. JPMorgan Chase & Co. had a return on equity of 17.18% and a net margin of 20.90%.JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s revenue was up 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $4.37 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that JPMorgan Chase & Co. will post 18.1 earnings per share for the current year.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, January 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 6th will be paid a dividend of $1.50 per share. This represents a $6.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s dividend payout ratio is presently 29.72%.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Truist raised its price target on JPM to $330 (from $319), signaling continued analyst confidence and providing upside guidance that can support share demand. Truist raises JPMorgan price target
• Positive Sentiment: Keefe, Bruyette & Woods published a bullish note forecasting strong price appreciation for JPM, which can attract momentum investors ahead of quarterly results. KBW bullish forecast on JPMorgan
• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan’s private‑equity group raised over $1.4 billion for fund investments — a sign of healthy fee-generation and LP demand that supports the bank’s asset-gathering and alternative‑fees businesses. WSJ: JPMorgan private-equity fundraising
• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan launched a tokenized money fund and executives highlighted encouraging tokenization usage — product innovation that could grow low-cost deposit alternatives and fee opportunities in digital asset services. MSN: JPMorgan launches tokenized money fund
• Neutral Sentiment: JPMorgan research is flagging that AI hype may have peaked and that 2026 will focus more on profits — guidance that could reallocate flows across sectors and affect market volatility more than JPM’s fundamentals directly. JPMorgan warns AI hype peaked
• Neutral Sentiment: JPMorgan quant teams warned of “extreme crowding” in a handful of speculative growth names — a market‑structure call that highlights JPM research influence but is a mixed prompt for bank trading and prime-brokerage flow. MSN: JPMorgan quants warn of crowding
• Neutral Sentiment: JPMorgan analysts updated models in their North American utilities coverage (including DTE Energy); this is a research housekeeping item that demonstrates the bank’s analyst activity but has limited direct impact on JPM shares. JPMorgan updates utilities models
• Neutral Sentiment: Northern Technologies extended a JPMorgan credit facility maturity — a small lending update that shows routine client relationships for JPM’s lending business. TipRanks: Northern Technologies extends JPM loan
• Negative Sentiment: Bloomberg reports a lawsuit alleging JPMorgan steered Black advisers to poorer areas — a reputational and potential legal risk that could pressure sentiment and invite regulatory scrutiny. Bloomberg: Suit alleges adviser steering

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.