Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) Insider Sells $425,740.62 in Stock

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) insider Lia Dean sold 2,066 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $206.07, for a total value of $425,740.62. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 61,195 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,610,453.65. The trade was a 3.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Lia Dean also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 17th, Lia Dean sold 2,193 shares of Capital One Financial stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $225.52, for a total transaction of $494,565.36.

Capital One Financial Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:COF traded down $3.61 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $203.24. 4,214,020 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,740,019. The stock has a market cap of $124.68 billion, a PE ratio of 12.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.76 and a beta of 1.02. The business’s fifty day moving average is $212.75 and its two-hundred day moving average is $198.36. Capital One Financial Corporation has a one year low of $174.24 and a one year high of $259.64. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 21st. The financial services provider reported $5.81 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.79 by $1.02. The business had revenue of $15.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $15.76 billion. Capital One Financial had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 11.28%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 26.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $5.48 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Capital One Financial Corporation will post 20.29 earnings per share for the current year.

Capital One Financial Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 17th were paid a $0.80 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 17th. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.6%. Capital One Financial’s payout ratio is presently 19.80%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Capital One Financial

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in COF. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Capital One Financial during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $150,000. Junto Capital Management LP increased its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 30.0% in the 2nd quarter. Junto Capital Management LP now owns 294,794 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $59,142,000 after purchasing an additional 68,036 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in Capital One Financial by 12.8% in the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 25,766 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $5,169,000 after buying an additional 2,917 shares in the last quarter. Van Hulzen Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Capital One Financial in the 2nd quarter valued at about $202,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Capital One Financial by 5.6% during the second quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 9,488 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,904,000 after purchasing an additional 501 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.84% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on COF shares. Wolfe Research boosted their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $255.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 25th. HSBC upgraded Capital One Financial from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $226.00 to $229.00 in a research report on Sunday, July 12th. Barclays lowered their price objective on Capital One Financial from $242.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. TD Cowen decreased their price target on Capital One Financial from $260.00 to $253.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 7th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Capital One Financial from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, August 2nd. Twenty-one investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $258.91.

Capital One Financial Company Profile

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) is a diversified financial services company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Founded in 1994, the company initially built its business as a credit card issuer and has since expanded into consumer banking, commercial banking and payments.

Capital One offers a range of credit card products for consumers and businesses, along with deposit accounts, savings products, auto loans and other consumer lending services. Through its commercial banking operations, the company provides financing, treasury management and related services to commercial real estate clients, middle-market companies and other businesses.

Capital One primarily serves customers in the United States, with additional operations and financial services activities in Canada and the United Kingdom.