Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC Acquires 170 Shares of Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF)

Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) by 1.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 11,376 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 170 shares during the quarter. Capital One Financial makes up approximately 0.6% of Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th biggest position. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Capital One Financial were worth $2,029,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of COF. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 4.3% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 430,654 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $64,482,000 after buying an additional 17,825 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd raised its position in shares of 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 valued at $8,234,000 after purchasing an additional 2,006 shares during the period. Artemis Investment Management LLP purchased a new position in shares of Capital One Financial during the 4th quarter valued at $46,915,000. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Capital One Financial by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 8,227,587 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,467,393,000 after buying an additional 207,427 shares during the period. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank increased its stake in Capital One Financial by 9.6% in the 4th quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 250,696 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $44,704,000 after buying an additional 22,063 shares in the last quarter. 89.84% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently commented on COF shares. Robert W. Baird upgraded Capital One Financial from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $190.00 to $200.00 in a research report on Tuesday, March 11th. UBS Group upgraded shares of Capital One Financial from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $168.00 to $235.00 in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Truist Financial reduced their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $257.00 to $215.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 21st. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price objective on shares of Capital One Financial from $185.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Barclays lifted their target price on Capital One Financial from $219.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Capital One Financial presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $206.63.

Capital One Financial Trading Down 9.9 %

COF stock opened at $164.06 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $188.98 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $178.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $62.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.24. 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 Co. has a twelve month low of $128.23 and a twelve month high of $210.67.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 21st. The financial services provider reported $3.09 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.78 by $0.31. Capital One Financial had a net margin of 9.46% and a return on equity of 9.45%. The company had revenue of $10.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.22 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.81 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts anticipate that Capital One Financial Co. will post 15.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Capital One Financial Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were given a $0.60 dividend. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.46%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 18th. Capital One Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.71%.

Capital One Financial Company 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.