JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is among the 12 Best Performing Dow Stocks in 2025.
According to The Fly on December 10, 2025, Morgan Stanley reduced JPMorgan Chase & Co. price objective from $338 to $331. The firm kept an Equal Weight rating on JPMorgan Chase & Co.. The firm revised its EPS expectations for 2026 and 2027 to $21.61 and $23.66, respectively, down 3% and 2%, noting higher expenses balanced by stronger Markets revenues.
On December 9, 2025, Reuters reported that JPMorgan Chase & Co. expects expenses in 2026 to go up to roughly $105 billion, primarily due to costs associated with expansion and volume. Marianne Lake, Chief of Consumer and Community Banking of JPMorgan Chase & Co., identified strategic initiatives as the second-most significant driver of expense growth, with a substantial share coming from the consumer and community banking division. According to LSEG statistics, analysts’ consensus estimate of total expenses was $100.84 billion, Reuters reported.
Furthermore, Lake pointed out that market revenue is anticipated to expand by low-teen percentages in the fourth quarter of the year, and investment banking revenue is projected to surge by low-single-digit percentages. The market for bank mergers and acquisitions is more favorable than it was in the past, she continued. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s stock plummeted 4.3% after these revelations, the biggest one-day drop since April 4, 2025.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is one of the largest and most intricate financial institutions in the United States, with over $4 trillion in assets.
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