Insider Selling: Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) Insider Sells $323,765.78 in Stock

Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) insider Mark Daniel Mouadeb sold 1,994 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $162.37, for a total value of $323,765.78. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 19,776 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,211,029.12. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Capital One Financial Trading Up 0.2 %

COF opened at $185.21 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $70.66 billion, a PE ratio of 17.49, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.43. Capital One Financial Co. has a one year low of $102.63 and a one year high of $198.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a current ratio of 1.00. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $153.47 and its 200 day moving average price is $144.98.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 24th. The financial services provider reported $4.51 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.70 by $0.81. The business had revenue of $10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.88 billion. Capital One Financial had a return on equity of 9.00% and a net margin of 8.80%. The company’s revenue was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $4.45 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Capital One Financial Co. will post 13.46 EPS for the current year.

Capital One Financial Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 22nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 14th will be paid a $0.60 dividend. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. Capital One Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 22.66%.

Institutional Trading of Capital One Financial

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in COF. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its stake in Capital One Financial by 2.8% during the 1st quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 27,418 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $4,077,000 after acquiring an additional 736 shares in the last quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 101.1% in the first quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,064 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $158,000 after purchasing an additional 535 shares during the period. Advisory Alpha LLC acquired a new position in shares of Capital One Financial in the first quarter valued at approximately $254,000. Manchester Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Capital One Financial by 4.1% during the 1st quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 2,676 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $398,000 after buying an additional 106 shares during the period. Finally, Empirical Finance LLC lifted its holdings in Capital One Financial by 3.3% during the 1st quarter. Empirical Finance LLC now owns 14,444 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $2,151,000 after buying an additional 467 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.84% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently commented on COF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $156.00 to $157.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, October 7th. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $145.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Bank of America increased their target price on Capital One Financial from $158.00 to $161.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. Citigroup started coverage on Capital One Financial in a research note on Friday, September 20th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $190.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their price target on Capital One Financial from $163.00 to $184.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Capital One Financial has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $156.35.

About Capital One Financial

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.