Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) has experienced a decline in its stock price by -1.47 compared to its previous closing price of 147.27. However, the company has seen a gain of 0.35% in its stock price over the last five trading days. fool.com reported 2024-07-22 that Capital One is one of the few bank stocks left in Berkshire’s portfolio, and it trades below book value. NVR has been a beneficiary of a strong environment for homebuilders and could be a big winner as the housing market normalizes.
Is It Worth Investing in Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) Right Now?
Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.36x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for COF is 1.46. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 9 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 rating it as “overweight,” 9 rating it as “hold,” and 2 rating it as “sell.”
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The public float for COF is 376.79M and currently, short sellers hold a 2.49% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of COF on July 23, 2024 was 2.34M shares.
COF’s Market Performance
The stock of Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) has seen a 0.35% increase in the past week, with a 5.05% rise in the past month, and a 1.54% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.82%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.34% for COF. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 3.66% for COF’s stock, with a simple moving average of 12.58% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of COF
Jefferies, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see COF reach a price target of $165, previously predicting the price at $145. The rating they have provided for COF stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on June 06th, 2024.
Wolfe Research gave a rating of “Outperform” to COF, setting the target price at $189 in the report published on April 04th of the current year.
COF Trading at 4.25% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought COF to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -5.37% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.34%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.82%, as shares surge +6.10% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +1.60% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, COF rose by +0.35%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +55.95% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $140.40. In addition, Capital One Financial Corp. saw 10.67% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at COF starting from Alexander Robert M., who sale 30,742 shares at the price of $150.00 back on Jul 17 ’24. After this action, Alexander Robert M. now owns 73,734 shares of Capital One Financial Corp., valued at $4,611,300 using the latest closing price.
Karam Celia, the Pres, Retail Bank of Capital One Financial Corp., sale 16,913 shares at $142.88 during a trade that took place back on May 08 ’24, which means that Karam Celia is holding 47,081 shares at $2,416,529 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for COF
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.19 for the present operating margin
- 1.0 for the gross margin
The net margin for Capital One Financial Corp. stands at 0.12. The total capital return value is set at 0.02. Equity return is now at value 9.11, with 1.07 for asset returns.
Based on Capital One Financial Corp. (COF), the company’s capital structure generated 0.47 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.41. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.87. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.78.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -4.0 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.1. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.23. The receivables turnover for the company is 17.74for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.09. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.87.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) has seen better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
