Zacks Research Has Bullish Forecast for COF Q1 Earnings

Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Capital One Financial in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, April 10th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings of $3.51 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $3.47. The consensus estimate for Capital One Financial’s current full-year earnings is $15.65 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Capital One Financial’s Q1 2026 earnings at $4.23 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $4.46 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $4.59 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $17.60 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on COF. Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Capital One Financial from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $190.00 to $200.00 in a research report on Tuesday, March 11th. Citigroup cut their price objective on Capital One Financial from $245.00 to $230.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded Capital One Financial from a “moderate sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on Capital One Financial from $198.00 to $170.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on Capital One Financial from $190.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Capital One Financial presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $206.73.

Capital One Financial Stock Performance

Shares of COF stock opened at $162.37 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 0.98. The stock has a market cap of $61.94 billion, a PE ratio of 14.01, a P/E/G ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.24. Capital One Financial has a 1 year low of $128.23 and a 1 year high of $210.67. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $181.35 and a 200 day moving average price of $179.44.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 21st. The financial services provider reported $3.09 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.78 by $0.31. The business had revenue of $10.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.22 billion. Capital One Financial had a net margin of 9.46% and a return on equity of 9.45%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.81 EPS.

Capital One Financial Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were paid a dividend of $0.60 per share. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. Capital One Financial’s dividend payout ratio is currently 20.71%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial during the 4th quarter worth about $590,279,000. Lone Pine Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Capital One Financial during the fourth quarter worth approximately $577,012,000. Egerton Capital UK LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial in the fourth quarter worth $279,159,000. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 21.6% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 8,077,886 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,440,449,000 after acquiring an additional 1,436,935 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Meritage Group LP purchased a new stake in Capital One Financial during the 4th quarter worth $227,662,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.