Capital One Financial Corp [COF] is 45.65% higher this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

Capital One Financial Corp [NYSE: COF] gained 15.01% or 24.92 points to close at $190.97 with a heavy trading volume of 12146557 shares.

The daily chart for COF points out that the company has recorded 33.70% gains over the past six months.

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If we look at the average trading volume of 2.31M shares, COF reached to a volume of 12146557 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Capital One Financial Corp [COF]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for COF shares is $173.06 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on COF stock is a recommendation set at 2.27. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

BTIG Research have made an estimate for Capital One Financial Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on June 07, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Jefferies raised their target price from $145 to $165. The new note on the price target was released on June 06, 2024, representing the official price target for Capital One Financial Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $189, while Wolfe Research analysts kept a Outperform rating on COF stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Capital One Financial Corp is set at 6.32, with the Price to Sales ratio for COF stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.37. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.16. Price to Free Cash Flow for COF in the course of the last twelve months was 3.36.

Trading performance analysis for COF stock

Capital One Financial Corp [COF] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 14.51. With this latest performance, COF shares gained by 27.74% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 33.70% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 81.10% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for COF stock in for the last two-week period is set at 78.34, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 82.36, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 74.94 for Capital One Financial Corp [COF]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 151.86, while it was recorded at 169.00 for the last single week of trading, and 142.67 for the last 200 days.

Capital One Financial Corp [COF]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis

Capital One Financial Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Current Ratio set at 1.90.

Capital One Financial Corp [COF]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for COF. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Capital One Financial Corp go to 14.01%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at Capital One Financial Corp [COF]

There are presently around $90.03%, or 93.44%% of COF stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of COF stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 31.21 million shares, which is approximately 8.166%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 25.15 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$3.48 billion in COF stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$2.81 billion in COF stock with ownership which is approximately 5.3089%.