Brandywine Oak Private Wealth LLC Purchases New Position in Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF)

Brandywine Oak Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 1,170 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $209,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. bought a new position in Capital One Financial during the fourth quarter valued at about $32,000. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial in the third quarter worth about $36,000. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV raised its stake in Capital One Financial by 135.0% in the third quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 289 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 166 shares in the last quarter. Eastern Bank purchased a new stake in Capital One Financial in the third quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Finally, Prospera Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in Capital One Financial during the third quarter valued at approximately $47,000. 89.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have commented on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $190.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on Capital One Financial from $163.00 to $184.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Hsbc Global Res raised Capital One Financial from a “moderate sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on Capital One Financial from $229.00 to $257.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Finally, Bank of America lowered Capital One Financial from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $203.00 to $200.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $196.31.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Michael Zamsky sold 10,541 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $190.26, for a total transaction of $2,005,530.66. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 26,482 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,038,465.32. This represents a 28.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders own 1.30% of the company’s stock.

Capital One Financial Trading Up 1.5 %

Shares of NYSE:COF opened at $206.93 on Friday. Capital One Financial Co. has a 12-month low of $128.23 and a 12-month high of $208.63. The company has a current ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74. The company has a market cap of $78.89 billion, a PE ratio of 17.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.47. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $187.77 and a 200 day moving average of $165.89.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January 21st. The financial services provider reported $3.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.78 by $0.31. Capital One Financial had a net margin of 9.46% and a return on equity of 9.45%. The firm had revenue of $10.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.22 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.81 earnings per share. Capital One Financial’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Capital One Financial Co. will post 15.44 EPS for the current year.

Capital One Financial 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.