Is that what Sustainable Earning stands for?: Capital One Financial Corp. (COF)

Capital One Financial Corp. [COF] stock prices are down -0.01% to $137.61 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The COF shares have gain 2.27% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.72%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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On 29, February 2024, Suni Harford to Join the Capital One Board of Directors. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Harford Brings Extensive Banking and Risk Management Experience to the Capital One Board.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Capital One Financial Corp. [NYSE: COF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 29, 2024, when Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. Previously, Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock with Hold rating on January 10, 2024, and set its price target to $153. On January 10, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Market Perform but maintained its price target of $124 on the stock. Robert W. Baird downgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $145 on January 08, 2024. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Neutral and raised its price target to $131 on January 04, 2024. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on December 13, 2023, and upped its price target to $120. In a note dated December 06, 2023, BofA Securities upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $112 to $129.

The stock price of Capital One Financial Corp. [COF] has been fluctuating between $83.93 and $140.86 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $165.24 within the next 12 months. Capital One Financial Corp. [NYSE: COF] shares were valued at $137.61 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 20.08% based on the average COF price forecast.

Analyzing the COF fundamentals

The Capital One Financial Corp. [NYSE:COF] reported sales of 49.53B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 19.34%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.0% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.27%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.12%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.02. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.86.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 136.37 points at the first support level, and at 135.14 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 138.63, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 139.66.

Capital One Financial Corp. [COF] reported earnings per share of $2.24 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $2.64/share, meaning a difference of -$0.4 and a surprise factor of -15.20%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $4.45 per share as compared to estimates of $3.25 per share, a difference of $1.2 representing a surprise of 36.90%.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Capital One Financial Corp. [NYSE:COF]’s Current Ratio is 1.27. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.06, the price to book ratio is 0.90 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.52.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved LaPrade,III Frank G., Chief Enterprise Srvcs Officer, that happened on Dec 14 when 39760.0 shares were sold. Chief Information Officer, Alexander Robert M. completed a deal on Dec 14 to sell 7998.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director HACKETT ANN F sold 3000.0 shares on Dec 14.

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