Schroder Investment Management Group Reduces Holdings in Capital One Financial Corporation $COF

Schroder Investment Management Group reduced its stake in Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 430,526 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 14,931 shares during the quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group owned about 0.07% of Capital One Financial worth $91,521,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Private Advisor Group LLC grew its position in Capital One Financial by 6.7% during the 3rd quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 26,164 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $5,562,000 after purchasing an additional 1,634 shares during the last quarter. PFG Advisors purchased a new position in shares of Capital One Financial in the third quarter worth $237,000. Diversify Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 4.3% in the third quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 6,166 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,367,000 after buying an additional 256 shares during the last quarter. ProVise Management Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 9.1% during the third quarter. ProVise Management Group LLC now owns 2,431 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $517,000 after buying an additional 203 shares during the period. Finally, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd lifted its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 27.7% during the third quarter. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd now owns 7,072 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,504,000 after buying an additional 1,532 shares during the period. 89.84% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Capital One Financial

In other Capital One Financial news, insider Ravi Raghu sold 13,450 shares of Capital One Financial stock in a transaction on Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.00, for a total value of $3,362,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 30,337 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,584,250. The trade was a 30.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Lia Dean sold 3,284 shares of Capital One Financial stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $223.68, for a total transaction of $734,565.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 70,162 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,693,836.16. The trade was a 4.47% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 67,933 shares of company stock worth $14,363,897. Insiders own 1.26% of the company’s stock.

Capital One Financial Stock Down 1.3%

Capital One Financial stock opened at $185.25 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $220.67 and its 200 day moving average price is $222.02. The company has a quick ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. The firm has a market cap of $115.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 62.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 1.14. Capital One Financial Corporation has a 52 week low of $143.22 and a 52 week high of $259.64.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 22nd. The financial services provider reported $3.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.14 by ($0.28). Capital One Financial had a net margin of 3.54% and a return on equity of 10.68%. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.67 earnings per share. Capital One Financial’s revenue was up 53.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Capital One Financial Corporation will post 15.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Capital One Financial Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 19th were issued a dividend of $0.80 per share. This represents a $3.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 19th. Capital One Financial’s payout ratio is 108.11%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Zacks Research downgraded Capital One Financial from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 24th. Wall Street Zen cut Capital One Financial from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 10th. HSBC dropped their price target on Capital One Financial from $234.00 to $226.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Citigroup raised their price objective on Capital One Financial from $290.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 31st. Finally, TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Capital One Financial in a report on Thursday, January 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $274.70.

About Capital One Financial

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) is a diversified bank holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company’s core businesses include credit card lending, consumer and commercial banking, and auto finance. Capital One issues a wide range of credit card products for consumers and small businesses, and it operates deposit and digital banking services aimed at retail customers and small to midsize enterprises.

Products and services include credit and charge cards, checking and savings accounts (including the online-focused Capital One 360 platform), auto loans, and commercial lending solutions.