All in all, 2025 was a good year to be an American bank, particularly if you were one of the so-called Big Four at the top of the heap. The shares of each lender in the quartet -- JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Bank of America , Citigroup, and even once-beleaguered Wells Fargo -- all outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 index.
JPMorgan Chase wasn't the stock price appreciation champ out of the four (Citigroup's nearly 66% gain took the crown), but in numerous ways, it had the most impactful 2025. After all, a company doesn't experience a rise in its stock price by over 34% without being busy and successful. Here's a look at what made JPMorgan Chase a winner that year.
The first factor in JPMorgan's success was its consistently better-than-expected results. In each of the company's quarters reported in 2025, it beat the average analyst estimate for profitability.
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