Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Boosts Holdings in Capital One Financial Corporation $COF

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC boosted its stake in Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) by 4.4% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 99,691 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,161 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in Capital One Financial were worth $24,161,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Tompkins Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. Tompkins Financial Corp now owns 977 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $237,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 1,570 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $380,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the period. First Command Advisory Services Inc. lifted its stake in Capital One Financial by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 1,067 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $259,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. Stephens Consulting LLC lifted its stake in Capital One Financial by 10.3% in the fourth quarter. Stephens Consulting LLC now owns 504 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $122,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dogwood Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Capital One Financial by 26.0% during the fourth quarter. Dogwood Wealth Management LLC now owns 228 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $55,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the period. 89.84% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Capital One Financial news, General Counsel Matthew W. Cooper sold 3,500 shares of Capital One Financial stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $183.93, for a total transaction of $643,755.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the general counsel owned 97,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,876,892.42. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Lia Dean sold 1,692 shares of Capital One Financial stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $185.61, for a total value of $314,052.12. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 65,454 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,148,916.94. The trade was a 2.52% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 8,040 shares of company stock worth $1,498,615 in the last quarter. 0.78% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Capital One Financial Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of COF stock opened at $184.44 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $114.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.72, a PEG ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $189.13 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $207.34. Capital One Financial Corporation has a 1 year low of $174.24 and a 1 year high of $259.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 1.03.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 21st. The financial services provider reported $4.42 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.08 by ($0.66). The company had revenue of $15.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.68 billion. Capital One Financial had a return on equity of 10.59% and a net margin of 4.29%.Capital One Financial’s revenue was up 52.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $4.06 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that Capital One Financial Corporation will post 19.51 earnings per share for the current year.

Capital One Financial Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 19th were issued a dividend of $0.80 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 19th. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.7%. Capital One Financial’s dividend payout ratio is 112.28%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

COF has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Capital One Financial from $213.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 22nd. TD Cowen cut their price target on Capital One Financial from $290.00 to $260.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on Capital One Financial from $300.00 to $260.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 7th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on Capital One Financial from $283.00 to $270.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Capital One Financial from $275.00 to $255.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. Seventeen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $258.75.

Capital One Financial Company Profile

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) is a diversified bank holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company’s core businesses include credit card lending, consumer and commercial banking, and auto finance. Capital One issues a wide range of credit card products for consumers and small businesses, and it operates deposit and digital banking services aimed at retail customers and small to midsize enterprises.

Products and services include credit and charge cards, checking and savings accounts (including the online-focused Capital One 360 platform), auto loans, and commercial lending solutions.