Capital One Financial Corporation (COF) To Go Ex-Dividend on February 19th

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of 0.80 per share by the financial services provider on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 19th.

Capital One Financial has raised its dividend by an average of 0.2%annually over the last three years. Capital One Financial has a dividend payout ratio of 17.2% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Capital One Financial to earn $18.17 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $3.20 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 17.6%.

Capital One Financial Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of COF stock opened at $225.56 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $235.46 and its 200 day moving average price is $223.50. Capital One Financial has a 1-year low of $143.22 and a 1-year high of $259.64. The company has a market cap of $143.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 76.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 1.04 and a quick ratio of 1.04.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 22nd. The financial services provider reported $3.86 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.14 by ($0.28). The business had revenue of $15.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.49 billion. Capital One Financial had a return on equity of 10.68% and a net margin of 3.54%.Capital One Financial’s revenue was up 53.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.67 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Capital One Financial will post 15.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of Capital One Financial from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. BTIG Research dropped their price target on Capital One Financial from $308.00 to $270.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Capital One Financial in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their target price on Capital One Financial from $263.00 to $256.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $265.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $274.70.

Capital One Financial Company Profile

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) is a diversified bank holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company’s core businesses include credit card lending, consumer and commercial banking, and auto finance. Capital One issues a wide range of credit card products for consumers and small businesses, and it operates deposit and digital banking services aimed at retail customers and small to midsize enterprises.

Products and services include credit and charge cards, checking and savings accounts (including the online-focused Capital One 360 platform), auto loans, and commercial lending solutions.