Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) Shares Bought by Quent Capital LLC

Quent Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) by 5.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,929 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after buying an additional 104 shares during the quarter. Quent Capital LLC’s holdings in Capital One Financial were worth $344,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 146,769 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $21,976,000 after purchasing an additional 7,331 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in Capital One Financial by 4.3% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 430,654 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $64,482,000 after buying an additional 17,825 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd lifted its holdings in Capital One Financial by 4.5% during the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 46,174 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $8,234,000 after buying an additional 2,006 shares during the last quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC grew its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 8.1% in the 3rd quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC now owns 1,609 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $241,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CWA Asset Management Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $1,649,000. 89.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

COF has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Barclays raised their price objective on Capital One Financial from $219.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Bank of America lowered shares of Capital One Financial from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $203.00 to $200.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Capital One Financial from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Capital One Financial from $145.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their target price on Capital One Financial from $185.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $196.31.

Capital One Financial Price Performance

Shares of NYSE COF opened at $199.32 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $75.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.20, a P/E/G ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.47. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $188.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $167.22. Capital One Financial Co. has a fifty-two week low of $128.23 and a fifty-two week high of $208.63. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 21st. The financial services provider reported $3.09 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.78 by $0.31. The company had revenue of $10.19 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.22 billion. Capital One Financial had a net margin of 9.46% and a return on equity of 9.45%. Capital One Financial’s revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.81 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Capital One Financial Co. will post 15.41 EPS for the current year.

Capital One Financial Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be given a $0.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.20%. Capital One Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 20.71%.

Capital One Financial Profile

Capital One Financial Corporation operates as the financial services holding company for the Capital One, National Association, which engages in the provision of various financial products and services in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It operates through three segments: Credit Card, Consumer Banking, and Commercial Banking.