Natixis Advisors LLC Purchases 398 Shares of Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF)

Natixis Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) by 0.3% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 156,990 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 398 shares during the quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Capital One Financial were worth $27,995,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its holdings in Capital One Financial by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 430,654 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $64,482,000 after buying an additional 17,825 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd raised its holdings in Capital One Financial by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 46,174 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $8,234,000 after purchasing an additional 2,006 shares in the last quarter. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd raised its holdings in Capital One Financial by 36.8% in the 3rd quarter. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd now owns 11,162 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,671,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000 shares in the last quarter. Artemis Investment Management LLP bought a new position in Capital One Financial in the 4th quarter worth $46,915,000. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Capital One Financial by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 9,694,297 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,451,527,000 after purchasing an additional 72,097 shares in the last quarter. 89.84% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

COF has been the subject of several research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of Capital One Financial from $182.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. HSBC upgraded shares of Capital One Financial from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $176.00 price objective for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Capital One Financial from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $207.00 to $235.00 in a report on Wednesday, February 19th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $185.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Capital One Financial from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $190.00 to $200.00 in a research note on Tuesday, March 11th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $206.67.

Capital One Financial Stock Performance

Shares of COF stock opened at $165.06 on Tuesday. Capital One Financial Co. has a one year low of $128.23 and a one year high of $210.67. The company’s 50-day moving average is $192.01 and its 200 day moving average is $175.78. The company has a market capitalization of $62.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 0.98.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 21st. The financial services provider reported $3.09 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.78 by $0.31. The company had revenue of $10.19 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.22 billion. Capital One Financial had a net margin of 9.46% and a return on equity of 9.45%. Capital One Financial’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.81 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Capital One Financial Co. will post 15.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Capital One Financial Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were paid a $0.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.45%. Capital One Financial’s dividend payout ratio is presently 20.71%.

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.