Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) Insider Lia Dean Sells 2,066 Shares of Stock

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) insider Lia Dean sold 2,066 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.07, for a total transaction of $425,740.62. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 61,195 shares in the company, valued at $12,610,453.65. This trade represents a 3.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Lia Dean also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 17th, Lia Dean sold 2,193 shares of Capital One Financial stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $225.52, for a total transaction of $494,565.36.

Capital One Financial Stock Down 1.7%

Shares of Capital One Financial stock opened at $203.24 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $212.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $198.32. The stock has a market capitalization of $124.68 billion, a PE ratio of 12.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.76 and a beta of 1.02. Capital One Financial Corporation has a 52-week low of $174.24 and a 52-week high of $259.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.02.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 21st. The financial services provider reported $5.81 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.79 by $1.02. Capital One Financial had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 11.28%. The firm had revenue of $15.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $15.76 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $5.48 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts anticipate that Capital One Financial Corporation will post 20.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Capital One Financial Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 17th were issued a dividend of $0.80 per share. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 17th. Capital One Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.80%.

Key Headlines Impacting Capital One Financial

Here are the key news stories impacting Capital One Financial this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain bullish on Capital One among selected financial stocks, supporting the investment case and potentially limiting downside sentiment. Analysts Are Bullish on These Financial Stocks
• Positive Sentiment: Capital One completed a €1.5 billion senior-notes offering. The transaction strengthens liquidity and diversifies funding, although investors will also consider the added interest expense and debt burden. Capital One Completes €1.5 Billion Senior Notes Offering
• Neutral Sentiment: Management presented at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference, giving investors updated commentary on strategy and industry conditions; the available report does not identify a material new outlook change. Capital One Barclays Conference Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Capital One reported August credit-card and auto-loan metrics. Charge-offs and delinquencies remain important indicators for future credit costs, but the supplied report does not provide enough detail to determine whether the data improved or deteriorated. Capital One Reports August Credit Card and Auto Metrics
• Negative Sentiment: Insiders Lia Dean and Celia Karam sold a combined 4,083 shares for approximately $841,384. Both transactions were executed under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, reducing their individual holdings by roughly 3.3%. The planned nature of the sales makes them a relatively weak bearish signal, but the transactions may still weigh modestly on sentiment. SEC Insider Sale Filing

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Capital One Financial from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, August 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $245.00 target price on shares of Capital One Financial in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. TD Cowen decreased their target price on shares of Capital One Financial from $260.00 to $253.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 7th. Weiss Ratings raised Capital One Financial from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, August 13th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price target on Capital One Financial from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Twenty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Capital One Financial has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $258.91.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Capital One Financial

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Capital One Financial during the second quarter valued at approximately $150,000. Junto Capital Management LP boosted its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 30.0% during the 2nd quarter. Junto Capital Management LP now owns 294,794 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $59,142,000 after acquiring an additional 68,036 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 12.8% during the 2nd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 25,766 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $5,169,000 after acquiring an additional 2,917 shares during the last quarter. Van Hulzen Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial during the 2nd quarter valued at $202,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 5.6% during the 2nd quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 9,488 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,904,000 after acquiring an additional 501 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.84% of the company’s stock.

Capital One Financial Company Profile

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) is a diversified financial services company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Founded in 1994, the company initially built its business as a credit card issuer and has since expanded into consumer banking, commercial banking and payments.

Capital One offers a range of credit card products for consumers and businesses, along with deposit accounts, savings products, auto loans and other consumer lending services. Through its commercial banking operations, the company provides financing, treasury management and related services to commercial real estate clients, middle-market companies and other businesses.

Capital One primarily serves customers in the United States, with additional operations and financial services activities in Canada and the United Kingdom.