Are Analysts Too Bullish On Capital One Financial Corp. (COF)

Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.37M but it saw 1996370 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 54.90B USD, the company’s current market price of $143.77 came falling about -1.26 while comparing to the previous closing price of $145.60. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $153.35 and as low as $88.23. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $142.845 while lowest mark touched by it was $147.17.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) gives us an average price of $139.86, while its current price level is -6.25% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 62.95% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $141.09 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $135.86. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.00% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.13%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 54.49 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Jefferies upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on June 06, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $145-$165. Wolfe Research issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $189.

Over the week, COF’s stock price is moving 0.98% up while it is 9.40% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 9.65% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 38.91%.

Currently, Capital One Financial Corp.’s total number of outstanding shares is 380.39M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 3.87% and return on equity (ROE) at 7.65%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 13.52 while having a 9.44 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.44. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.95 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.05. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.91% on average.