JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) Hits New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

JPMorgan American (LON:JAM)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as high as GBX 1,162 and last traded at GBX 1,160, with a volume of 642609 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,158.

JPMorgan American Stock Up 0.2%

The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 1,110.41 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 1,116.20. The firm has a market cap of £1.94 billion, a PE ratio of 25.11 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.33, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 1.45.

JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 1st. The company reported GBX 10.41 earnings per share for the quarter. JPMorgan American had a return on equity of 4.28% and a net margin of 89.80%.The business had revenue of GBX 2,395 million for the quarter.

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