JPMorgan Japanese (LON:JFJ) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results

JPMorgan Japanese (LON:JFJ - Get Free Report) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported GBX 5.32 ($0.07) EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. JPMorgan Japanese had a return on equity of 19.70% and a net margin of 98.31%.

JPMorgan Japanese Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of JPMorgan Japanese stock traded up GBX 1 ($0.01) on Friday, reaching GBX 615 ($8.28). The company's stock had a trading volume of 215,501 shares, compared to its average volume of 390,646. The company has a market capitalization of £1.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.19 and a beta of 0.71. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 572.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 574.93. JPMorgan Japanese has a 52 week low of GBX 474.57 ($6.39) and a 52 week high of GBX 620 ($8.34).

JPMorgan Japanese Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 10th were issued a GBX 45 ($0.61) dividend. This is a positive change from JPMorgan Japanese's previous dividend of $6.75. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 10th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.86%. JPMorgan Japanese's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 5.91%.

About JPMorgan Japanese

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