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Current Trend: JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)

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JP Morgan Chase is part of the financial services sector and trades as part of the banking industry. The company CEO is James S. Dimon. JPMorgan Chase and Co is a financial services firm and a banking institution. It is engaged in investment banking, commercial banking, treasury and securities services, asset management, retail financial services, and credit card businesses.

Previous Intraday Trading Performance:

The JPM stock showed a previous change of 0.99% with an open at 109.52 and a close of 109.71. It reached an intraday high of 109.96 and a low of 109.19.

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Liquidity:

The stock has a market cap of $355.9b with 3.2b shares outstanding, of which the float is 3.2b shares. Trading volume reached 8,483,666 shares compared to its average volume of 11,329,437 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.

Historical Trading Performance:

Over the last five trading days, JP Morgan Chase shares returned -1.47% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -1.35%. Over three months, it changed 4.19%. In one year it has changed 1.45% and within that year its 52-week high was 119.24 and its 52-week low was 91.11. JPM stock is 20.41% above its 52 Week Low.

Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 106.81 and a 50 day moving average of 108.86. Currently JPM stock is trading 2.72% above its 200 day moving average and may be a good opportunity to buy.

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Earnings:

The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 9 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 12.19. Based on 7 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 2.34. The TTM EPS is 8.98, which comes to a TTM PE of 12.22. Historically, the PE high was 18.90 and the PE low was 8.80. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 79.01, which is a decrease of -27.99%.

Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:

1stQtr of 2019 2.65
4thQtr of 2018 1.98
3rdQtr of 2018 2.34
2ndQtr of 2018 2.29
1stQtr of 2018 2.37

The dividend per share is currently 3.20, which is a dividend yield of 2.92%. Also, the payout ratio is 35.63%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.

Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 110.60, which means it is possibly undervalued and has a margin of safety of 0.80%.

Indicators to Watch:

Short-interest was 18,877,914, which was 0.58% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 1.24. This stock has some short interest, but it may be normal and no cause for concern if long the position.

The current calculated beta is 1.18.

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Fundamental Indicators:

Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 13.77%, return on assets is 1.19%, profit margin is 24.31%, price-to-sales is 2.60 and price-to-book is 1.53.

Company Scores:

All scores are out of six:
 2  :Valuation Score
 3  :Past Performance Score
 6  :Financial Strength Score
 0  :Future Growth Score
 5  :Dividend Score
 3  :Overall Score

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