Catalyst Financial Partners LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF)

Catalyst Financial Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) by 3.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,428 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after buying an additional 54 shares during the quarter. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC’s holdings in Capital One Financial were worth $255,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. raised its position in Capital One Financial by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 150,030 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $27,038,000 after buying an additional 3,261 shares during the last quarter. Avestar Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 3.0% during the 4th quarter. Avestar Capital LLC now owns 7,617 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,358,000 after purchasing an additional 222 shares during the last quarter. MontVue Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial during the 4th quarter valued at about $206,000. Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC increased its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC now owns 1,777 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $317,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TFB Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. TFB Advisors LLC now owns 1,488 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $265,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.84% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $182.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Hsbc Global Res raised shares of Capital One Financial from a “moderate sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Bank of America lowered shares of Capital One Financial from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $203.00 to $200.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Capital One Financial from $162.00 to $186.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $196.31.

Capital One Financial Trading Up 2.5 %

Shares of COF opened at $202.25 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.98. The firm has a market cap of $77.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.47. Capital One Financial Co. has a 1 year low of $128.23 and a 1 year high of $208.63. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $189.22 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $167.98.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January 21st. The financial services provider reported $3.09 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.78 by $0.31. The firm had revenue of $10.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.22 billion. Capital One Financial had a return on equity of 9.45% and a net margin of 9.46%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.81 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Capital One Financial Co. will post 15.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Capital One Financial Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be given a $0.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.19%. Capital One Financial’s dividend payout ratio is presently 20.71%.

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.