Capital One Financial Corporation $COF Stock Sold by PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators

PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators reduced its stake in Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 132,609 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 2,667 shares during the period. PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators’ holdings in Capital One Financial were worth $25,603,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Krilogy Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 69.0% during the third quarter. Krilogy Financial LLC now owns 25,629 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $4,948,000 after acquiring an additional 10,464 shares during the period. Sculptor Capital LP acquired a new position in shares of Capital One Financial in the first quarter valued at approximately $33,932,000. Swiss National Bank grew its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 6.5% in the first quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 1,865,716 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $340,363,000 after purchasing an additional 113,200 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company acquired a new position in shares of Capital One Financial in the second quarter valued at approximately $73,364,000. Finally, Levin Capital Strategies L.P. increased its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 3.3% during the first quarter. Levin Capital Strategies L.P. now owns 179,757 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $32,793,000 after purchasing an additional 5,707 shares during the period. 89.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently weighed in on COF shares. Weiss Ratings raised Capital One Financial from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 4th. Deutsche Bank set a $245.00 price target on Capital One Financial in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. TD Cowen upped their price objective on Capital One Financial from $242.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 21st. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 price objective on shares of Capital One Financial in a research report on Tuesday, October 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Capital One Financial from $227.00 to $241.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 21st. Twenty analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Capital One Financial presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $256.50.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Celia Karam sold 2,017 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $206.07, for a total transaction of $415,643.19. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 57,696 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,889,414.72. This represents a 3.38% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Lia Dean sold 2,193 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $225.52, for a total value of $494,565.36. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 63,261 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,266,620.72. This trade represents a 3.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 202,145 shares of company stock worth $41,281,806 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.78% of the company’s stock.

Capital One Financial Stock Down 1.8%

Shares of COF opened at $193.66 on Friday. Capital One Financial Corporation has a 12 month low of $174.24 and a 12 month high of $259.64. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $202.14 and its 200-day moving average is $200.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $116.49 billion, a PE ratio of 11.43, a P/E/G ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 20th. The financial services provider reported $6.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.53 by $1.16. The company had revenue of $16.31 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.25 billion. Capital One Financial had a net margin of 13.70% and a return on equity of 11.64%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $5.95 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that Capital One Financial Corporation will post 21.53 EPS for the current year.

Capital One Financial Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.80 per share. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 16th. Capital One Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 18.89%.

Capital One Financial Company Profile

Capital One Financial Corporation is a bank holding company that provides credit cards, consumer banking, auto financing and commercial banking services. Its offerings include credit cards, deposit accounts, loans and financial services for businesses. The company traces its roots to a credit card business established within Signet Banking Corporation in 1988 and became an independent company in 1994. Capital One is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, and serves customers primarily in the United States, with credit card operations also in the United Kingdom.