NYSE:JCPJ C Penney Stock Price, Forecast & News

J C Penney's stock was trading at $0.5001 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, JCP shares have decreased by 37.0% and is now trading at $0.3150. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for J C Penney in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for J C Penney.

J C Penney is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for J C Penney.

J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE:JCP) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 27th. The department store operator reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.06) by $0.19. The department store operator earned $3.49 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.44 billion. J C Penney had a negative net margin of 2.40% and a negative return on equity of 27.83%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.18 EPS. View J C Penney's earnings history.

2 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for J C Penney's stock. Their forecasts range from $1.00 to $1.00. On average, they expect J C Penney's share price to reach $1.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 217.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for J C Penney.

Media coverage about JCP stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. J C Penney earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the department store operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about J C Penney.

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J C Penney trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JCP."

Shares of JCP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of JCP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $0.32.

J C Penney has a market capitalization of $101.11 million and generates $11.17 billion in revenue each year. The department store operator earns $-268,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.80) on an earnings per share basis. J C Penney employs 90,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for J C Penney is www.jcpenney.com.

J C Penney's mailing address is 6501 LEGACY DRIVE, PLANO TX, 75024. The department store operator can be reached via phone at 972-431-1000 or via email at [email protected]