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The price of Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE: COF) closed at $165.16 in the last session, up 1.47% from day before closing price of $162.77. In other words, the price has increased by $1.47 from its previous closing price. On the day, 12.12 million shares were traded. COF stock price reached its highest trading level at $171.16 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $161.51.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at COF’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.67 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.60.
On March 12, 2025, Evercore ISI Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was In-line but kept the price unchanged to $200.
Robert W. Baird Upgraded its Neutral to Outperform on March 11, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $190 to $200.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 12 ’24 when Zamsky Michael sold 10,541 shares for $190.26 per share. The transaction valued at 2,005,492 led to the insider holds 26,482 shares of the business.
Young Andrew M sold 5,901 shares of COF for $1,082,893 on Nov 08 ’24. The Chief Financial Officer now owns 28,974 shares after completing the transaction at $183.51 per share. On Nov 07 ’24, another insider, West Kara, who serves as the Chief Enterprise Risk Officer of the company, sold 721 shares for $184.73 each. As a result, the insider received 133,189 and left with 12,929 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, COF now has a Market Capitalization of 63249510400 and an Enterprise Value of 71963082752. As of this moment, Capital’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.25, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.98. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.85. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.19 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.04. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.627.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for COF is 1.13, which has changed by 0.11670053 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.017286062 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, COF has reached a high of $210.67, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $128.23. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -8.06%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.52%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, COF traded on average about 4.76M shares per day over the past 3-months and 6121480 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 381.23M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 377.77M. Insiders hold about 1.36% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.65% stake in the company. Shares short for COF as of 1743379200 were 21123466 with a Short Ratio of 4.44, compared to 1740700800 on 21607845. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 21123466 and a Short% of Float of 5.58.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for COF is 2.40, which was 2.4 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.014744732The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.71. The current Payout Ratio is 20.71% for COF, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-18 with an ex-dividend date of 1739836800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1999-06-02 when the company split stock in a 3:1 ratio.
