Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE:COF) does about 2.76M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 2051376 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 73.09B USD. Its current market price is $187.06, marking an increase of 2.42% compared to the previous close of $182.64. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $198.30 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $105.39. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $225 and a low of $121.
Capital One Financial Corp (COF) has a 20-day trading average at $177.75 and the current price is -5.67% off the 52-week high compared with 77.50% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $162.15 and its 200-day simple moving average is $145.62. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 1.86%, which increases to 2.60% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 65.30 to suggest the stock is neutral.
12 analysts observing the Capital One Financial Corp (COF) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $121 and $225. The consensus objective for the share price is $180.82, suggesting that the stock has a potential downside of -3.45% over the period. The median price target is -10.04% away from the current levels at $170.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 12 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 1 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 5 analysts have rated it as a buy and 6 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Hold and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.
Jefferies upgraded the stock to “Buy” from Hold on June 06, 2024 at a price target of $145-$165. Wolfe Research upgraded its price target at $189.
The current price level is 5.24%, 15.36%, and 28.46% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the COF price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Capital One Financial Corp (COF) stock is up 1.04% over the week and 22.05% over the past month. Its price is 42.66% year-to-date and 75.20% over the past year.
Its 12-month price target is $170. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to shrink -3.45 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $121, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $225.
Outstanding shares total 380.39M with insiders holding 3.43% of the shares and institutional holders owning 90.75% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 3.64% and return on equity of 7.36%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 17.66 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 12.20. The beta has a value of 1.44. Price to book ratio is 1.13 and price to sales ratio is 1.37.
