A Stock Analysis on JP Morgan Chase &; Corporation

JP Morgan Chase & Co. is a global financial services firm that operates as: Investment bank, Treasury and securities services, Commercial banking and Asset and wealth management. It also participates in Retail financial services and Card services.
In examining the company's Liquidity Ratios, the current ratio is 1.162, which means its Current Assets are slightly higher than its Current Liabilities, making it easier to liquidate since there are enough assets to pay away the liabilities if they need to. This is supported by the Working Capital of $153,484 Million dollars. However, compared to the industry's average Current Ratio of 1.5, JP Morgan Chase is not considerably high in liquidity. The company has significantly increased its Working Capital from 85,945 in 2003 to nearly double that amount in 2004, meaning that its Current Assets has been growing in a much faster speed then it's current liabilities, which is good for the company. …