Capital One
About: Capital One is a diversified financial services holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Originally a spinoff of Signet Financial's credit card division in 1994, the company is now primarily involved in credit card lending, auto loans, and commercial lending.
Employees: 52,600
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Funds holding %
of 7,419 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 6 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
188% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 230 | Existing positions closed: 80
57% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 21 [Q3] → 33 (+12) [Q4]
24% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $51.4B [Q3] → $63.9B (+$12.4B) [Q4]
23% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.16B | Put options by funds: $947M
10% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,205 [Q3] → 1,331 (+126) [Q4]
4.27% more ownership
Funds ownership: 89.83% [Q3] → 94.09% (+4.27%) [Q4]
2% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 447 | Existing positions reduced: 458
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$170
8%
downside
Avg. target
$213
15%
upside
High target
$235
27%
upside
6 analyst ratings
5 positive
83%
1 neutral
17%
0 negative
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Wells Fargo Donald Fandetti 41% 1-year accuracy 14 / 34 met price target | 22%upside $225 | Overweight Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
JP Morgan Richard Shane 40% 1-year accuracy 26 / 65 met price target | 8%downside $170 | Neutral Maintained | 8 Apr 2025 |
Citigroup Keith Horowitz 4% 1-year accuracy 1 / 26 met price target | 24%upside $230 | Buy Maintained | 24 Mar 2025 |
Truist Securities Brian Foran 37% 1-year accuracy 7 / 19 met price target | 16%upside $215 | Buy Maintained | 21 Mar 2025 |
Baird David George 50% 1-year accuracy 7 / 14 met price target | 8%upside $200 | Outperform Upgraded | 11 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 46 articles about COF published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Fox Business
1 day ago
Capital One CEO says US consumers are in 'good shape,' but there are 'worrying signs'
Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank on Tuesday shared his perspective on how American consumers are holding up during the financial institution's quarterly earnings call.
Positive
Market Watch
1 day ago
Why Capital One and other banks took ‘rainy day' money off their balance sheets
Capital One Financial Corp.'s customers continued to spend last quarter, and the company ended up releasing money it had set aside for losses on loans.
Positive
The Motley Fool
1 day ago
Why Shares of Capital One Are Rising Today
Shares of the large lender Capital One (COF 4.64%) were trading nearly 5% higher at noon today. The company reported its first-quarter earnings results after the market closed yesterday, delivering an earnings beat but a slight miss on revenue.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
COF Stock Up 2.8% on Q1 Earnings Beat, NII Rises on Upbeat Card Spend
Solid auto loan originations and credit card spend, and lower funding costs drive Capital One's Q1 NII growth. This, along with higher fee income, aids earnings.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
COF Up as Q1 Earnings Beat on Higher NII & Fee Income, Provisions Dip
An increase in total revenues and lower provisions support Capital One's Q1 earnings, while a decline in loan balance and higher expenses act as spoilsports.
Neutral
Business Insider
1 day ago
With tariffs looming, Capital One's CEO says 'the US consumer is in good shape' — for now
US consumer spending remains strong despite economic uncertainty. Capital One reported a 5% rise in credit card purchase volume to $157.9 billion in the first quarter.
Positive
PYMNTS
1 day ago
Capital One CEO Says Discover Acquisition Will Build ‘Something Really Special'
With less than one month to go before its acquisition of Discover Financial Services, Capital One is on track to deliver synergies and forge an expanded consumer card and digital banking footprint in what the latter's CEO, Richard Fairbank, said will create “something really special.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 day ago
Capital One Financial Corporation (COF) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 22, 2025 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Jeff Norris - SVP, Finance Andrew Young - CFO Richard Fairbank - Chairman and CEO Conference Call Participants Ryan Nash - Goldman Sachs Sanjay Sakhrani - KBW Terry Ma - Barclays Moshe Orenbuch - TD Cowen Rick Shane - JP Morgan John Pancari - Evercore ISI Mihir Bhatia - Bank of America Don Fandetti - Wells Fargo Bill Carcache - Wolfe Research Securities John Hecht - Jefferies Erika Najarian - UBS Brian Foran - Truist Robert Wildhack - Autonomous Research Operator Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Capital One Q1 2025 Earnings Call.
Neutral
Market Watch
1 day ago
Capital One says consumers are doing OK. Here's where they may be trying to beat tariffs.
Credit-card giant Capital One Financial Services Inc. says consumers are hanging in there as the U.S. braces for the fallout from a global trade war, but that there appears to be a bit of a “pull forward” in auto purchases, as consumers try to get ahead of potential price increases.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
Capital One (COF) Q1 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Capital One (COF) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
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