JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) Share Price Passes Above 50-Day Moving Average of $960.74

Shares of JPMorgan American (LON:JAM - Get Free Report) crossed above its 50 day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 960.74 ($11.87) and traded as high as GBX 975 ($12.04). JPMorgan American shares last traded at GBX 969 ($11.97), with a volume of 389,905 shares trading hands.

JPMorgan American Price Performance

The company has a market cap of £1.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 978.79 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.34, a quick ratio of 1.45 and a current ratio of 1.14. The firm's fifty day moving average is GBX 961.50 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 879.95.

JPMorgan American Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 18th will be paid a GBX 5.25 ($0.06) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 18th. This represents a yield of 0.53%. This is a boost from JPMorgan American's previous dividend of $2.50. JPMorgan American's payout ratio is presently 707.07%.

JPMorgan American Company Profile

JPMorgan American Investment Trust plc is a close-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by JPMorgan Funds Limited. It is co-managed by JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited. The fund invests in public equity markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors.