What to know about Capital One Financial Corp (COF)’s sales and margins

Currently, Capital One Financial Corp [COF] is trading at $200.93, up 4.00%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The COF shares have gain 8.78% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 15.19%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Capital One Financial Corp [NYSE: COF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 14, 2025, when HSBC Securities upgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $176 for it. Previously, UBS upgraded its rating to Buy on January 13, 2025, and elevated its price target to $235. On January 06, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $219 on the stock. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $200 on December 09, 2024. BTIG Research initiated its recommendation with a Neutral. Jefferies upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on June 06, 2024, and upped its price target to $165. In a note dated April 04, 2024, Wolfe Research upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $189.

This stock has fluctuated between a low of $128.23 and a high of $198.30 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $216.67 within the next 12 months. Capital One Financial Corp [NYSE: COF] shares were valued at $200.93 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 7.83% based on the average COF price forecast.

Analyzing the COF fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Capital One Financial Corp [NYSE:COF] were 53.92B which represents 10.99% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.0% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.11%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.01. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.78.

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 196.80 points at the first support level, and at 192.67 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 203.61, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 206.28.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Capital One Financial Corp [NYSE:COF] is 1.69. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.42, the price to book ratio is 1.26 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 17.33.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Zamsky Michael, Chief Credit & Fin’l Risk Off., that happened on Nov 12 ’24 when 10541.0 shares were sold. Chief Financial Officer, Young Andrew M completed a deal on Nov 08 ’24 to sell 5901.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Enterprise Risk Officer West Kara sold 721.0 shares on Nov 07 ’24.

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