The stock price of Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ: CFFN) has dropped by -0.96 compared to previous close of 5.75. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 0.09% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-02-12 that The margin will likely continue to grow because more liabilities than assets are scheduled to re-price downward over the next twelve months. I’m not as optimistic anymore about residential mortgage demand as I was previously. The Mortgage Bankers Association has also reduced its estimates for 2025. Nevertheless, the housing market is good enough to keep loan growth near the historical norm.
Is It Worth Investing in Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ: CFFN) Right Now?
Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ: CFFN) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 14.57x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.49. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CFFN is 121.84M, and at present, short sellers hold a 3.06% of that float. On March 21, 2025, the average trading volume of CFFN was 667.55K shares.
CFFN’s Market Performance
CFFN stock saw a decrease of 0.09% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -4.45% and a quarterly a decrease of -11.84%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.18%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.35% for Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -1.36% for CFFN’s stock, with a simple moving average of -4.67% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CFFN
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CFFN stocks, with Sidoti repeating the rating for CFFN by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for CFFN in the upcoming period, according to Sidoti is $15 based on the research report published on April 09, 2020 of the previous year 2020.
Stifel Nicolaus, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CFFN reach a price target of $13.50. The rating they have provided for CFFN stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on April 17th, 2012.
Stifel Nicolaus gave a rating of “Buy” to CFFN, setting the target price at $14 in the report published on January 31st of the previous year.
CFFN Trading at -2.52% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CFFN to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -20.90% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.35%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.18%, as shares sank -3.49% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -2.41% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CFFN fell by -0.35%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +11.18% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $5.77. In addition, Capitol Federal Financial saw -3.64% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CFFN starting from Jackson Rick C, who purchase 10,000 shares at the price of $5.88 back on Feb 24 ’25. After this action, Jackson Rick C now owns 191,428 shares of Capitol Federal Financial, valued at $58,760 using the latest closing price.
Johnson Jeffrey M, the Director of Capitol Federal Financial, purchase 5,000 shares at $5.97 during a trade that took place back on Jan 31 ’25, which means that Johnson Jeffrey M is holding 102,900 shares at $29,850 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CFFN
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.45 for the present operating margin
- 0.73 for the gross margin
The net margin for Capitol Federal Financial stands at 0.15. The total capital return value is set at 0.02. Equity return is now at value 4.93, with 0.53 for asset returns.
Based on Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), the company’s capital structure generated 0.68 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.02. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.11. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.7.
When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 8.08. The receivables turnover for the company is 0.04for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.04. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.04.
Conclusion
To sum up, Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
