Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE: COF) – Time For Strategy Change?

Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE:COF) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.61M but it saw 3347059 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 70.78B USD, the company’s current market price of $185.53 came falling about -0.67 while comparing to the previous closing price of $186.79. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $198.30 and as low as $103.79. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $184.91 while lowest mark touched by it was $189.18.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Capital One Financial Corp (COF) gives us an average price of $168.66, while its current price level is -6.44% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 78.76% 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 $155.99 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $143.93. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.55% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.64%. 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 67.26 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 -2.85% down while it is 18.38% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 41.50% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 77.76%.

Currently, Capital One Financial Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 380.39M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 3.64% and return on equity (ROE) at 7.36%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 17.52 while having a 12.14 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.45. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.12 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.33. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.90% on average.