Currently, Capital One Financial Corp. [COF] is trading at $140.61, up 0.24%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The COF shares have gain 3.59% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.28%, and 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.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $83.93 and a high of $140.86 over the last 52 weeks. 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 $140.61 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 17.52% based on the average COF price forecast.
Analyzing the COF fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Capital One Financial Corp. [NYSE:COF] were 49.53B which represents 19.34% growth. 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.86.
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 139.87 points at the first support level, and at 139.12 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 141.26, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 141.91.
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
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Capital One Financial Corp. [NYSE:COF] is 1.27. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.08, the price to book ratio is 0.92 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.77.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved LaPrade,III Frank G., Chief Enterprise Srvcs Officer, that happened on Dec 14 ’23 when 39760.0 shares were sold. Chief Information Officer, Alexander Robert M. completed a deal on Dec 14 ’23 to sell 7998.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director HACKETT ANN F sold 3000.0 shares on Dec 14 ’23.
