Investor Report – COF Stock Analysis and Insights

By Tamara Parker • Tuesday, September 30 15:29 • Permanent Link

Capital One Financial logged a -4.4% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $213.78 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. COF's trading volume is 7,479,518 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,404,138.

Capital One Financial trades -15.94% away from its average analyst target price of $254.33 per share. The 21 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $202.0 to $290.0, and on average have given Capital One Financial a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in COF, you'll want to know the following:

Capital One Financial's current price is 5.2% above its Graham number of $203.28, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Capital One Financial has moved 52.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.7%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.36, Capital One Financial has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 593.8 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
COF has a forward P/E ratio of 13.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $15.66 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.3 compared to its sector average of 1.78
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.
Based in McLean, the company has 76,500 full time employees and a market cap of $136.99 Billion. Capital One Financial currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.1%.

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