Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) Shares Sold by Choreo LLC

Choreo LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) by 11.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 35,455 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 4,488 shares during the quarter. Choreo LLC’s holdings in Capital One Financial were worth $6,311,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Czech National Bank raised its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 6.8% in the 3rd quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 77,788 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $11,647,000 after acquiring an additional 4,975 shares during the period. Mather Group LLC. increased its holdings in Capital One Financial by 37.9% in the 3rd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 1,106 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $166,000 after purchasing an additional 304 shares during the last quarter. Bangor Savings Bank raised its position in Capital One Financial by 20.8% in the third quarter. Bangor Savings Bank now owns 448 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $67,000 after purchasing an additional 77 shares during the period. City Holding Co. lifted its stake in Capital One Financial by 3.1% during the third quarter. City Holding Co. now owns 4,945 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $740,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brookstone Capital Management grew its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 4.1% in the third quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 4,354 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $652,000 after buying an additional 173 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.84% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on COF shares. Evercore ISI increased their target price on Capital One Financial from $163.00 to $184.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Bank of America lowered shares of Capital One Financial from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $203.00 to $200.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of Capital One Financial from $182.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $185.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Capital One Financial from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $196.31.

Capital One Financial Stock Up 1.9 %

Shares of NYSE:COF opened at $203.84 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $187.52 and a 200-day simple moving average of $165.62. The company has a market capitalization of $77.71 billion, a PE ratio of 17.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.47. Capital One Financial Co. has a twelve month low of $128.23 and a twelve month high of $208.63.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 21st. The financial services provider reported $3.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.78 by $0.31. Capital One Financial had a net margin of 9.46% and a return on equity of 9.45%. The company had revenue of $10.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.22 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.81 earnings per share. Capital One Financial’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts predict that Capital One Financial Co. will post 15.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Michael Zamsky sold 10,541 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $190.26, for a total value of $2,005,530.66. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 26,482 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,038,465.32. This represents a 28.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 1.30% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Capital One Financial Profile

Capital One Financial Corporation operates as the financial services holding company for the Capital One, National Association, which engages in the provision of various financial products and services in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It operates through three segments: Credit Card, Consumer Banking, and Commercial Banking.