From Nov 13, 2025 to the Nov 13, 2026 close, $1,000 in JPMorgan Chase (JPM) became $1,140 and $1,000 in Bank of America (BAC) became $986, with dividends reinvested.

  • Deepest fall: JPMorgan Chase 15.5% (Jan 6, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026); Bank of America 23.4% (Aug 12, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026)
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
Total return14%
A year14.0%
Deepest fall15.5%
Volatility22.7%
Sharpe ratio0.40
Beta to S&P 5000.78
Bank of America (BAC)
Total return-1%
A year−1.4%
Deepest fall23.4%
Volatility22.3%
Sharpe ratio−0.29
Beta to S&P 5000.78

From Nov 13, 2025 to Nov 13, 2026, JPMorgan Chase grew 14.0% a year and Bank of America fell 1.4%. The higher rate, JPMorgan Chase's, came with wider daily swings. Volatility was 22.7% for JPMorgan Chase and 22.3% for Bank of America. The Sharpe ratio is the yearly return above a fixed 5% risk-free rate, per unit of volatility.

Sharpe ratios were 0.40 for JPMorgan Chase and −0.29 for Bank of America. A Sharpe ratio below zero means the yearly return was under 5%. Over the same dates, the price record shows deepest falls of 15.5% for JPMorgan Chase and 23.4% for Bank of America.

From Nov 14, 2025 to Nov 13, 2026, betas to the S&P 500 were 0.78 for JPMorgan Chase and 0.78 for Bank of America.

Growth of $1,000 in JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America

The $1,000 in JPMorgan Chase and the $1,000 in Bank of America swapped places 3 times at month ends. The latest swap came at the end of Sep 2026. Since then, the $1,000 in JPMorgan Chase has been worth more at every month end.

Across all 13 month ends, JPMorgan Chase's value was the higher one at 5 and Bank of America's at 7, and the two were level at 1.

Relative to each other, the JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America values were furthest apart at the latest close, Nov 13, 2026. Neither the $1,000 in JPMorgan Chase nor the $1,000 in Bank of America reached $2,000 at a month end. The highest month-end values were $1,167 for JPMorgan Chase (Aug 2026) and $1,191 for Bank of America (Jul 2026).

JPMorgan Chase (JPM), circleBank of America (BAC), square
$950$1k$1.1k$1.1k$1.1k$1.2k2026JPM $1,140BAC $986
$950$1k$1.1k$1.1k$1.1k$1.2k2026JPM $1,140BAC $986

JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America returns by period

Every row ends at the Nov 13, 2026 close. The "a year" columns give the yearly rate from each start date. The yearly rates were furthest apart over the last year. Over that span, JPMorgan Chase grew 14.0% a year and Bank of America fell 1.4%.

The rates were closest over the full span since Mar 1980: 13.3% for JPMorgan Chase and 10.7% for Bank of America.

Both had a lower rate over the last year than their 10-year rate. For JPMorgan Chase it was 14.0% against 18.9%, and for Bank of America −1.4% against 12.2%. $1,000 in Bank of America ended below $1,000 over the last year ($986).

Period$1,000 in JPMorgan Chase$1,000 in Bank of AmericaJPMorgan Chase a yearBank of America a year
Since both startedfrom Mar 17, 1980$338,345$113,08413.3%10.7%
Last 20 yearsfrom Nov 13, 2006$12,078$1,41613.3%1.8%
Last 10 yearsfrom Nov 14, 2016$5,650$3,17618.9%12.2%
Last 5 yearsfrom Nov 12, 2021$2,349$1,22918.6%4.2%
Last yearfrom Nov 13, 2025$1,140$98614.0%−1.4%

How far JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America fell below their highs

At the Nov 13, 2026 close, JPMorgan Chase was 2.3% below its Aug 2026 month-end high. At the same close, Bank of America was 17.2% below its Jul 2026 month-end high. On daily closes, the deepest falls of JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America came in the same stretch.

JPMorgan Chase fell 15.5% from Jan 6, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026. Bank of America fell 23.4% from Aug 12, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026. JPMorgan Chase closed back at its old high on Jun 17, 2026, 2 months after the low.

Bank of America had not closed back at its old high by Nov 13, 2026, within a month after the low. Neither JPMorgan Chase nor Bank of America ended a month 20% or more below its high from Nov 13, 2025 to Nov 13, 2026.

This page tracks four S&P 500 falls: dot-com, 2008, COVID and 2022. All four lie outside the JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America dates, from Nov 13, 2025 to Nov 13, 2026.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM), circleBank of America (BAC), square
−15%−10%−5%0%2026
−15%−10%−5%0%2026

JPMorgan Chase vs Bank of America by year

No full calendar year lies from Nov 13, 2025 to Nov 13, 2026, so there are no yearly bars yet for JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM), circleBank of America (BAC), square

JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America monthly returns

These counts cover 11 full months, Dec 2025 to Oct 2026. JPMorgan Chase rose in 6 of them and Bank of America in 4. Both rose in 4, both fell in 5, and in 2 one rose while the other fell. Both had their largest monthly fall in Sep 2026: JPMorgan Chase −7.1%, Bank of America −11.7%.

Both had their largest monthly rise in Jun 2026: JPMorgan Chase +9.4%, Bank of America +11.0%. JPMorgan Chase's longest run of falling months was 3, ending in Mar 2026. Bank of America's longest run of falling months was 3, ending in Mar 2026.

The latest cell is a part month, from the Oct 30, 2026 close to the Nov 13, 2026 close. Over those days, JPMorgan Chase changed +2.7% and Bank of America +2.0%.

JPMorgan Chase, % each month
JFMAMJJASOND
2026−4.6−1.8−2.0+7.0−4.4+9.4+8.0+1.2−7.1+2.4+2.7
2025+2.9
Bank of America, % each month
JFMAMJJASOND
2026−3.3−6.3−1.6+9.7−3.5+11.0+8.7−0.0−11.7−8.1+2.0
2025+3.0

JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America: rolling 1-year return and volatility

The rolling 1-year return is the change over the 12 months to each month end. From Nov 2026 to Nov 2026, JPMorgan Chase's rolling 1-year return ran from +12.7% (12 months to Nov 2026) to +12.7% (to Nov 2026). Over the same months, Bank of America's ran from −2.9% (12 months to Nov 2026) to −2.9% (to Nov 2026).

Bank of America's 12-month change was below zero at 1 of those 1 month ends; JPMorgan Chase's never was. JPMorgan Chase's 12-month change was the higher of the two at every one of those 1 month ends.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM), circleBank of America (BAC), square
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JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America: volatility, risk-adjusted return, beta and correlation

These measures cover Nov 13, 2025 to Nov 13, 2026. Over those dates, volatility was 22.7% for JPMorgan Chase and 22.3% for Bank of America. The Sortino ratio counts only falling days as risk. Against the same 5% rate, Sortino ratios were 0.56 for JPMorgan Chase and −0.38 for Bank of America.

The Calmar ratio is the yearly return divided by the deepest fall. Calmar ratios were 0.91 for JPMorgan Chase and −0.06 for Bank of America.

Beta shows how much JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America tended to move on the days the S&P 500 (SPY) moved. A beta of 1 means moving by the same amount as the index. From Nov 14, 2025 to Nov 13, 2026, JPMorgan Chase's beta was 0.78 and Bank of America's 0.78.

By that measure, both tended to move less than the index. The correlation of JPMorgan Chase's and Bank of America's daily moves was 0.76, a partial link. A correlation of 1 would mean they always moved together, 0 no link and −1 always opposite.

MeasureJPMorgan ChaseBank of America
Volatility, a year22.7%22.3%
Sharpe ratio0.40−0.29
Sortino ratio0.56−0.38
Calmar ratio0.91−0.06
Deepest fall15.5%23.4%
Beta to the S&P 500from Nov 14, 20250.780.78
Upside capturemonths from Dec 2016117%124%
Downside capturemonths from Dec 201699%150%
Biggest one-day rise+4.18%Nov 4, 2026+3.97%Nov 4, 2026
Biggest one-day fall−4.66%Dec 9, 2025−5.14%Sep 14, 2026
Price against its 50-day average+1.9%−5.6%
Price against its 200-day average+7.4%−6.4%
Correlation of daily movesfrom Nov 14, 20250.76

About JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America

What JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America do, from each company's latest annual report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a financial holding company incorporated under Delaware law in 1968, with operations worldwide. A financial holding company is a bank holding company permitted to engage in a wider range of financial activities.

The firm reports three business segments: Consumer & Community Banking, Commercial & Investment Bank, and Asset & Wealth Management, with remaining activities in Corporate. Consumer & Community Banking offers products and services to consumers and small businesses through bank branches, ATMs, and digital and telephone banking.

The filing calls it the consumer business and the other two segments the wholesale businesses. The headquarters is at 270 Park Avenue in New York City. The fiscal year ends on December 31.

Source: 10-K (fiscal 2025, ended December 31, 2025), filed Feb 13, 2026 (SEC EDGAR)

Bank of America

Bank of America Corporation is a Delaware corporation, a bank holding company and a financial holding company. Through bank and nonbank subsidiaries in the U.S. and international markets, it provides banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. Its clients include individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses, institutional investors, large corporations and governments.

It reports four business segments: Consumer Banking, Global Wealth & Investment Management, Global Banking and Global Markets, with remaining operations recorded in All Other. Its principal executive offices are in the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Its fiscal year ends on December 31.

Source: 10-K (fiscal 2025, ended December 31, 2025), filed Feb 25, 2026 (SEC EDGAR)

About this calculation

What it calculates
For JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America over the same dates: the value of $1,000 in each, total and yearly return, the deepest fall and its recovery, every calendar year, monthly and rolling 12-month changes, and the risk measures below.
Prices
Daily closing prices adjusted for stock splits and dividends, so dividends count as reinvested.
Dates
Both start on the same trading day: the first day both price histories used here share, or the start of the period chosen, and both are valued at the Nov 13, 2026 close.
Yearly return
(final value ÷ $1,000)1 ÷ years − 1, with years counted as days ÷ 365.
Deepest fall
The largest drop from a closing high to a later closing low; recovery is the first close back at that high.
Volatility
How widely daily returns spread around their average over the dates shown: the square root of the average squared gap from that average (dividing by one less than the number of days), × √252, as a yearly figure.
Sharpe ratio
(yearly return − 5%) ÷ volatility, with a fixed risk-free rate of 5% a year.
Sortino ratio
(yearly return − 5%) ÷ downside deviation: the square root of the average squared daily fall (days above 0 count as 0), × √252.
Calmar ratio
Yearly return ÷ the deepest fall over the dates shown.
Beta and correlation
From daily returns on the days both stocks and SPY traded: beta is the covariance of a stock's daily returns with SPY's ÷ the variance of SPY's; correlation is that of the two stocks' daily returns.
Biggest one-day moves
The largest daily rise and fall in adjusted close over the dates shown.
Moving-average distance
The last close against the simple average of the last 50 and 200 closes. A fact about price, not a signal.
Capture
Over the last 10 years of month ends: a stock's average monthly change in the months SPY rose (fell), as a percentage of SPY's average change in those months.
Rounding
Calculated at full precision and rounded for display: whole dollars, one decimal for percentages, two for ratios.
Exclusions
Taxes, fees, currency conversion and companies no longer in the index.
Freshness
Recalculated after each trading day. Company profiles come from each company's latest annual report, with the filing date shown.
Reproduce
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Common questions

Which had the higher return, JPMorgan Chase or Bank of America stock?

JPMorgan Chase had the higher total return in every period on this page. From Mar 17, 1980 to the Nov 13, 2026 close, JPMorgan Chase returned +33,734% in total and Bank of America +11,208%. Both include reinvested dividends, before taxes and fees. Over the last 10 years, JPMorgan Chase returned +465% and Bank of America +218%.

Over the last 5 years, JPMorgan Chase returned +135% and Bank of America +22.9%. Over the last year, JPMorgan Chase returned +14.0% and Bank of America −1.4%. None of these JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America figures is a forecast.

Is JPMorgan Chase or Bank of America the better stock to buy?

SmartFin does not say which to buy. This page reports what JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America prices did. From Nov 13, 2025 to Nov 13, 2026, JPMorgan Chase grew 14.0% a year and Bank of America fell 1.4%. The record shows deepest falls of 15.5% for JPMorgan Chase and 23.4% for Bank of America.

Past returns for JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America do not show what either will do next.

Do the JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America returns include dividends?

Yes. Every JPM and BAC figure here uses closing prices adjusted for stock splits and dividends, so dividends count as reinvested. Taxes, fees and trading costs are left out of the JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America figures.

Has JPMorgan Chase or Bank of America stock dropped from its high?

At the Nov 13, 2026 close, JPMorgan Chase was 2.3% below its highest month-end value, set in Aug 2026. At the same close, Bank of America was 17.2% below its highest month-end value, set in Jul 2026. JPMorgan Chase's deepest fall on daily closes was 15.5%, from Jan 2026 to Mar 2026.

Bank of America's deepest fall was 23.4%, from Aug 2026 to Nov 2026.

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