After Jeff Bezos unloaded $4 billion in Amazon stock, JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon sold $150 million in shares—a first for the banking chief

Dimon and his household offered about 822,000 shares in a sequence of transactions on Thursday, in line with a U.S. Securities and Change Fee submitting. The inventory, which has outperformed the broader market and friends throughout his tenure, is buying and selling at a document excessive. 

“Mr. Dimon continues to consider the corporate’s prospects are very robust and his stake within the firm will stay very important,” the corporate mentioned in an October submitting about his deliberate gross sales. A consultant for the agency declined additional touch upon Friday. 

The October announcement mentioned Dimon deliberate to promote a million shares, topic to phrases of a stock-trading plan. Alongside together with his household, he continues to carry about 7.7 million shares after Thursday’s gross sales.

JPMorgan was a winner amongst banks final yr amid its deal for First Republic Financial institution, with its inventory rallying 27% and the New York-based firm posting document internet curiosity earnings.

When he took over as CEO, the inventory was buying and selling for about $40. He offered the shares on Thursday for practically $183 a chunk, because the inventory had rallied roughly 30% because the October announcement that he deliberate to dump shares. Shares gained 0.5% on Friday.

On Wall Road, analysts are decisively bullish on JPMorgan shares’ prospects. Two dozen maintain buy-equivalent suggestions, giving it the highest consensus ranking amongst its handful of greatest banking friends. The return potential implied by their worth targets is greater than 4% over the subsequent twelve months.