Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) Short Interest Update

Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,300,000 shares, a drop of 5.4% from the March 15th total of 11,940,000 shares. Currently, 3.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,710,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Capital One Financial

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Trust Co. of Virginia VA acquired a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial during the first quarter worth $224,000. Kathmere Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Capital One Financial by 9.6% in the first quarter. Kathmere Capital Management LLC now owns 2,957 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $440,000 after acquiring an additional 258 shares during the period. Hennessy Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 16.7% in the first quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. now owns 7,000 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $1,042,000 after purchasing an additional 1,000 shares in the last quarter. Transform Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 2.6% in the first quarter. Transform Wealth LLC now owns 12,440 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $1,852,000 after purchasing an additional 310 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Procyon Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 5.1% in the first quarter. Procyon Advisors LLC now owns 15,225 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $2,267,000 after purchasing an additional 740 shares in the last quarter. 89.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently weighed in on COF shares. Wolfe Research raised Capital One Financial from a "peer perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $189.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 4th. Citigroup raised their target price on Capital One Financial from $152.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, February 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Capital One Financial from $160.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Capital One Financial from $134.00 to $152.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 3rd. Finally, UBS Group raised their target price on Capital One Financial from $132.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Capital One Financial has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $137.05.

Capital One Financial Trading Down 2.0 %

Shares of NYSE COF traded down $2.82 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $136.36. The stock had a trading volume of 2,206,326 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,690,615. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $139.00 and its 200 day simple moving average is $123.52. The firm has a market cap of $51.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.00 and a beta of 1.48. Capital One Financial has a fifty-two week low of $83.93 and a fifty-two week high of $149.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 1.01.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 25th. The financial services provider reported $2.24 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.50 by ($0.26). Capital One Financial had a return on equity of 9.24% and a net margin of 9.88%. The company had revenue of $9.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.45 billion. Research analysts anticipate that Capital One Financial will post 13.84 EPS for the current year.

Capital One Financial Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, February 12th were paid a dividend of $0.60 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 9th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.76%. Capital One Financial's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.08%.

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.