Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF): Think Like A Lender, Not An Investor

Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.25M but it saw 2741046 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 58.90B USD, the company’s current market price of $154.25 came falling about -1.13 while comparing to the previous closing price of $156.02. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $160.45 and as low as $88.23. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $153.0 while lowest mark touched by it was $156.995.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) gives us an average price of $152.81, while its current price level is -3.86% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 74.83% 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 $146.84 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $140.81. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.11% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.07%. 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 54.84 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 -2.42% down while it is 4.68% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 17.64% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 70.67%.

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 14.51 while having a 10.14 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.45. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.02 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.13. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.91% on average.