New York State Teachers Retirement System Has $65.25 Million Stock Holdings in Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF)

New York State Teachers Retirement System lessened its holdings in Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF - Free Report) by 10.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 365,907 shares of the financial services provider's stock after selling 41,870 shares during the period. New York State Teachers Retirement System owned approximately 0.10% of Capital One Financial worth $65,249,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 5.3% during the third quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 146,769 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $21,976,000 after buying an additional 7,331 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 4.3% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 430,654 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $64,482,000 after buying an additional 17,825 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 4.5% during the fourth 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 buying an additional 2,006 shares in the last quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 8.1% in the third quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC now owns 1,609 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $241,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CWA Asset Management Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial in the third quarter valued at approximately $1,649,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.84% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $145.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $229.00 to $257.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, January 27th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $185.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $162.00 to $186.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, HSBC raised shares of Capital One Financial from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $176.00 price target for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $198.50.

Capital One Financial Stock Up 3.5 %

COF stock traded up $7.18 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $209.98. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,669,486 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,382,293. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.98. Capital One Financial Co. has a twelve month low of $128.23 and a twelve month high of $210.10. The company's fifty day moving average price is $190.24 and its 200 day moving average price is $169.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $80.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.12, a PEG ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.47.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 21st. The financial services provider reported $3.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.22 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.81 EPS. The company's revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Capital One Financial Co. will post 15.65 EPS for the current year.

Capital One Financial Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.14%. 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.