Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE: COF) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 15.61x compared to its average ratio. COF has 36-month beta value of 1.26. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 10 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 10 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for COF is 376.16M, and currently, short sellers hold a 5.74% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of COF on March 25, 2025 was 3.78M shares.
COF) stock’s latest price update
Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE: COF)’s stock price has plunge by 3.45relation to previous closing price of 174.82. Nevertheless, the company has seen a 9.44% surge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2025-03-24 that MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at approximately 4:05 p.m. Eastern Time, Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) will release its first quarter 2025 earnings results. Additionally, the company will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to review financial and operating performance for the quarter ending March 31, 2025. The call will be webcast live and the earnings release will be available on the company’s homepage at www.capitalone.com. A replay of t.
COF’s Market Performance
COF’s stock has risen by 9.44% in the past week, with a monthly drop of -9.66% and a quarterly rise of 3.68%. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.32% while the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.79% for Capital One Financial Corp The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 1.07% for COF’s stock, with a 9.75% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of COF
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for COF stocks, with Evercore ISI repeating the rating for COF by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for COF in the upcoming period, according to Evercore ISI is $200 based on the research report published on March 12, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Robert W. Baird, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see COF reach a price target of $200, previously predicting the price at $190. The rating they have provided for COF stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on March 11th, 2025.
BofA Securities gave a rating of “Buy” to COF, setting the target price at $235 in the report published on February 19th of the current year.
COF Trading at -5.17% 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 -14.15% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.79%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.32%, as shares sank -9.53% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +0.40% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, COF rose by +9.44%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +34.49% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $178.95. In addition, Capital One Financial Corp saw 1.42% 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 Zamsky Michael, who sale 10,541 shares at the price of $190.26 back on Nov 12 ’24. After this action, Zamsky Michael now owns 26,482 shares of Capital One Financial Corp, valued at $2,005,492 using the latest closing price.
Young Andrew M, the Chief Financial Officer of Capital One Financial Corp, sale 5,901 shares at $183.51 during a trade that took place back on Nov 08 ’24, which means that Young Andrew M is holding 28,974 shares at $1,082,893 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for COF
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.11 for the present operating margin
- 1.0 for the gross margin
The net margin for Capital One Financial Corp stands at 0.1. The total capital return value is set at 0.01. Equity return is now at value 7.86, with 0.96 for asset returns.
Based on Capital One Financial Corp (COF), the company’s capital structure generated 0.43 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.4. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.74. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.36.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 11.6 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.26. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.52. The receivables turnover for the company is 18.37for 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 0.49.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Capital One Financial Corp (COF) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating 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.
