Banking giant JPMorgan held its Q1 2025 earnings call before the market opened on April 11. JPM stock (NYSE: JPM), which closed at $227 a day prior, surged by 3.68% to $235.36 within 20 minutes.
Although the revenue and EPS for JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
JPMorgan's NYSE: JPM stock price correction most likely ended in early April, but that can't be said of the volatility. While the business is solid, healthy, and sufficiently capitalized to weather a raging financial storm, the U.S. economy faces turbulence in the words of CEO Jamie Dimon.
Robust trading, higher loan balance and decent IB business support JPMorgan's Q1 earnings amid a challenging operating backdrop, which led to higher provisions.
JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM, ETR:CMC) reported a 9% rise in first-quarter profit on Friday, as strong trading results and loan growth helped the largest US bank by assets beat Wall Street expectations. But CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the global economy is facing "considerable turbulence," including the prospect of a recession.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported a Q1 2025 EPS of $5.07, beating market expectations by 9.2%, driven by strong top-line growth and effective cost control. The bank's revenue reached $46 billion, surpassing the consensus of $44.14 billion, with significant contributions from the Equity Markets and IB fees. Despite macroeconomic challenges, JPMorgan's robust capital base, increased dividend, and stock buybacks support its valuation, making it an attractive investment.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) came out with quarterly earnings of $5.07 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.62 per share. This compares to earnings of $4.63 per share a year ago.
Dimon made his comments in a filing as America's biggest bank reported a 9% increase in profits for the start of 2025, registering $14.6 billion in net income for the first quarter of 2025.
JPMorgan posted first-quarter earnings on Friday. The banking giant posted strong growth in revenue and profits but also grew its reserves.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said the world economy continues to face ”considerable turbulence” as the bank added a more than a half-billion dollars to its reserves to maintain its ”fortress” balance sheet.
CNBC's Joe Kernen reports on JPMorgan's quarterly earnings results.
A senior JPMorgan Asset Management investment strategist said he has held back on some of his public comments on U.S. tariffs due to concerns about the impact his full opinions would have on his colleagues and on the Wall Street bank.