Capital One Financial Corp (COF): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE:COF) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.71M but it saw 2117962 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 68.94B USD, the company’s current market price of $180.69 came falling about -0.17 while comparing to the previous closing price of $181.00. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $198.30 and as low as $105.39. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $179.95 while lowest mark touched by it was $181.8.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Capital One Financial Corp (COF) gives us an average price of $174.99, while its current price level is -8.88% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 71.45% 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 $160.29 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $145.12. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.73% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.61%. 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 59.76 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 -2.61% down while it is 15.81% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 37.81% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 68.63%.

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 17.06 while having a 11.80 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.44. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.10 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.30. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.90% on average.