Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) Stock Holdings Lessened by Assenagon Asset Management S.A.

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. reduced its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF - Free Report) by 16.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 345,493 shares of the financial services provider's stock after selling 66,862 shares during the quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. owned approximately 0.09% of Capital One Financial worth $61,608,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in COF. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Capital One Financial during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $36,000. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV increased its position in Capital One Financial by 135.0% during the third quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 289 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 166 shares in the last quarter. Eastern Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial in the third quarter valued at $44,000. Prospera Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial in the third quarter valued at $47,000. Finally, Concord Wealth Partners boosted its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 115.3% during the third quarter. Concord Wealth Partners now owns 323 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $48,000 after acquiring an additional 173 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.84% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Capital One Financial

In other news, insider Kara West sold 721 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.73, for a total value of $133,190.33. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 12,929 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,388,374.17. The trade was a 5.28 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Michael Zamsky sold 10,541 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated 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 in the company, valued at approximately $5,038,465.32. This trade represents a 28.47 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 13,256 shares of company stock valued at $2,462,487 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 1.30% of the company's stock.

Capital One Financial Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of COF stock traded down $2.16 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $188.52. The company had a trading volume of 2,801,985 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,029,784. The company has a market capitalization of $71.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a current ratio of 1.00. Capital One Financial Co. has a twelve month low of $123.23 and a twelve month high of $198.30. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $183.63 and its 200 day simple moving average is $159.76.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 24th. The financial services provider reported $4.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.70 by $0.81. The company had revenue of $10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.88 billion. Capital One Financial had a net margin of 8.80% and a return on equity of 9.00%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $4.45 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Capital One Financial Co. will post 13.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Capital One Financial Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 14th were issued a $0.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 14th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.27%. Capital One Financial's dividend payout ratio is currently 22.66%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

COF has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Evercore ISI upped their target price on shares of Capital One Financial from $163.00 to $184.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. HSBC raised shares of Capital One Financial from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $176.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Capital One Financial from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Barclays upgraded Capital One Financial from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $158.00 to $219.00 in a report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, UBS Group upgraded Capital One Financial from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their target price for the company from $168.00 to $235.00 in a research note on Monday. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $188.06.

Capital One Financial Company 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.