Zacks Research Issues Optimistic Forecast for COF Earnings

Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Capital One Financial in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $4.30 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $4.26. The consensus estimate for Capital One Financial's current full-year earnings is $15.41 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Capital One Financial's Q1 2026 earnings at $4.21 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $22.42 EPS.

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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.78 by $0.31. The company had revenue of $10.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.22 billion. Capital One Financial had a return on equity of 9.45% and a net margin of 9.46%. Capital One Financial's revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.81 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently commented on COF. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on Capital One Financial from $163.00 to $184.00 and gave the stock an "in-line" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. UBS Group upgraded Capital One Financial from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $168.00 to $235.00 in a report on Monday, January 13th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded Capital One Financial from a "moderate sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Barclays upped their price objective on Capital One Financial from $219.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Finally, Truist Financial upped their price objective on Capital One Financial from $229.00 to $257.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, January 27th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $196.31.

Capital One Financial Trading Up 2.5 %

COF traded up $4.94 during trading on Thursday, hitting $202.25. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,506,325 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,573,576. The stock has a market cap of $77.10 billion, a PE ratio of 17.45, a PEG ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.98. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $189.51 and its 200-day moving average price is $168.58. Capital One Financial has a twelve month low of $128.23 and a twelve month high of $208.63.

Capital One Financial Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be given a $0.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.19%. Capital One Financial's payout ratio is currently 20.71%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Capital One Financial

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of COF. CWM LLC lifted its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 10.5% during the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 8,420 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $1,261,000 after purchasing an additional 801 shares during the last quarter. CX Institutional bought a new position in shares of Capital One Financial during the third quarter worth about $4,091,000. Creative Planning lifted its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 7.2% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 52,492 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $7,860,000 after purchasing an additional 3,507 shares during the last quarter. Swedbank AB lifted its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 13.4% during the third quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 68,244 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $10,218,000 after purchasing an additional 8,074 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Regatta Capital Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 3.4% during the third quarter. Regatta Capital Group LLC now owns 8,336 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $1,248,000 after purchasing an additional 274 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.84% of the company's stock.

About Capital One Financial

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.