Metric Deep Dive: Understanding Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) Through its Ratios

In the quest to outshine the broader market, stock pickers diligently seek out stocks with the potential for superior performance. Making the right choices can significantly elevate your wealth.

After finishing at $6.01 in the prior trading day, Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ: CFFN) closed at $5.93, down -1.33%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.33 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.6 million shares were traded. CFFN stock price reached its highest trading level at $6.045 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.89.

Ratios:

Our goal is to gain a better understanding of CFFN by taking a closer look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.12 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.49.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Sidoti on April 09, 2020, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $15.

On January 31, 2011, Stifel Nicolaus started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $14.Stifel Nicolaus initiated its Buy rating on January 31, 2011, with a $14 target price.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 02 ’24 when Morris James G. bought 15,000 shares for $6.84 per share. The transaction valued at 102,647 led to the insider holds 85,995 shares of the business.

Johnson Jeffrey M bought 10,000 shares of CFFN for $51,184 on Jun 06 ’24. The Director now owns 97,900 shares after completing the transaction at $5.12 per share. On Mar 04 ’24, another insider, HUEY MORRIS J II, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 4,000 shares for $5.58 each. As a result, the insider paid 22,320 and bolstered with 275,000 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CFFN now has a Market Capitalization of 771676800 and an Enterprise Value of 2743323392. As of this moment, Capitol’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 20.34, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.63. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.07. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.99 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.76. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 16.521.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, CFFN has reached a high of $7.20, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.76. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.50%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.90%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 749.61K shares per day over the past 3-months and 1115600 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 132.74M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 122.89M. Insiders hold about 7.45% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 75.43% stake in the company. Shares short for CFFN as of 1732838400 were 3423390 with a Short Ratio of 4.57, compared to 1730332800 on 3168349. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3423390 and a Short% of Float of 4.65.

Dividends & Splits

In the trailing 12 months, CFFN’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.34, compared to 0.34 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.056572378The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.11.

Most Popular