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Capital One Financial (COF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$206.93 -1.37 (-0.66%)
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About Capital One Financial Stock (NYSE:COF)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$205.71
$208.86
50-Day Range
$191.71
$227.19
52-Week Range
$174.24
$259.64
Volume
1.42 million shs
Average Volume
4.74 million shs
Market Capitalization
$126.95 billion
P/E Ratio
12.79
Dividend Yield
1.55%
Price Target
$258.91
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

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. The company is led by Richard D. Fairbank, who serves as chairman, chief executive officer and president.

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Capital One Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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COF MarketRank™: 

Capital One Financial scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 1st out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Capital One Financial has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.88, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 21 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Capital One Financial has a consensus price target of $258.91, representing about 25.1% upside from its current price of $206.93.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Capital One Financial has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Capital One Financial's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Capital One Financial are expected to grow by 17.59% in the coming year, from $20.29 to $23.86 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Capital One Financial is 12.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.13.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Capital One Financial is 12.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.55.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Capital One Financial has a PEG Ratio of 0.77. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Capital One Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.16. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Capital One Financial's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.81% of the float of Capital One Financial has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Capital One Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.46, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Capital One Financial has recently increased by 2.29%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Capital One Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 1.54%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Capital One Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Capital One Financial is 19.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Capital One Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.41% next year. This indicates that Capital One Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Capital One Financial's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Capital One Financial has a news sentiment score of 1.28. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.88 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 26 news articles for Capital One Financial this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 37 people have searched for COF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -12% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    19 people have added Capital One Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 46% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Capital One Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $6,366,998.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.78% of the stock of Capital One Financial is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    89.84% of the stock of Capital One Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Capital One Financial's insider trading history.
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COF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Capital One Financial's stock was trading at $242.52 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, COF shares have decreased by 14.7% and is now trading at $206.9340.

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 21st. The financial services provider reported $5.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.79 by $1.02. Capital One Financial's revenue for the quarter was up 26.9% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Capital One Financial subsidiaries include Lola.com, Freebird, Freebird, KippsDeSanto & Co, Capital One Investing, United Income, Capital One Trade Credit, and others.

Top institutional shareholders of Capital One Financial include California State Teachers Retirement System (28.15%), BlackRock Inc. (8.32%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.17%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (1.16%). Insiders that own company stock include Richard D Fairbank, Matthew W Cooper, Robert M Alexander, Lia Dean, Celia Karam, Ann F Hackett, Frank G LapradeIii, Kevin S Borgmann, Jason P Hanson, Neal Blinde, Michael Zamsky, Ravi Raghu, Mark Daniel Mouadeb, Kara West and Timothy P Golden.
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Shares of COF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Capital One Financial investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), Verizon Communications (VZ), The RMR Group (RMR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) and Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
7/21/2026
Record date for 9/1 Dividend
8/17/2026
Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend
8/17/2026
Dividend Payable
9/01/2026
Today
9/14/2026
Barclays 24th Annual Global Financial Services Conference
9/16/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
10/20/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Consumer Finance
Sub-Industry
Consumer Finance
Current Symbol
NYSE:COF
CIK
927628
Employees
76,300
Year Founded
1994

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$300.00
Low Price Target
$222.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+25.1%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.88
Research Coverage
24 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$16.16
Trailing P/E Ratio
12.81
Forward P/E Ratio
10.20
P/E Growth
0.77
Net Income
$2.45 billion
Net Margins
13.37%
Pretax Margin
16.52%
Return on Equity
11.28%
Return on Assets
1.90%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.39
Current Ratio
1.02
Quick Ratio
1.02

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$69.25 billion
Price / Sales
1.83
Cash Flow
$24.67 per share
Price / Cash Flow
8.39
Book Value
$178.72 per share
Price / Book
1.16

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
613,480,000
Free Float
608,700,000
Market Cap
$126.97 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.02

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This page (NYSE:COF) was last updated on 9/14/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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