Bank of New York Mellon Corp Has $1.40 Billion Stock Holdings in Capital One Financial Corporation $COF

Bank of New York Mellon Corp decreased its stake in shares of Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) by 5.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,595,763 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 415,310 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp owned 1.03% of Capital One Financial worth $1,402,127,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in COF. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 74.8% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 56,380,913 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $11,995,603,000 after purchasing an additional 24,129,990 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in Capital One Financial by 63.4% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 27,780,128 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $5,910,500,000 after buying an additional 10,776,843 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,701,511,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Capital One Financial by 64.1% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 14,008,841 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $2,970,628,000 after acquiring an additional 5,474,328 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Boston Partners acquired a new position in shares of Capital One Financial during the second quarter valued at $534,777,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.84% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Capital One Financial

Here are the key news stories impacting Capital One Financial this week:

• Positive Sentiment: KBW reiterated a Buy on COF, highlighting strong credit discipline and underappreciated earnings power—supportive for longer‑term upside. KBW Buy Rating
• Positive Sentiment: Several bullish pieces (Seeking Alpha) frame recent weakness as a buying opportunity and emphasize Capital One’s growth profile—these help support demand from value/seeking‑income investors. Buying Opportunity Article
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks highlights the company’s card business as a durable growth engine (post‑Discover deal revenue surge), reinforcing the longer‑term growth thesis even if near‑term valuation is rich. Zacks Card Business Note
• Neutral Sentiment: Evercore trimmed its price target from $290 to $265 but kept an Outperform rating—still constructive but the PT cut reduces upside expectations versus prior forecasts. Evercore PT Adjustment
• Neutral Sentiment: A press item from Dev Accelerator references a commercial property named “Capital One” in India; this appears unrelated to Capital One Financial’s operations and is unlikely to affect fundamentals. Dev Accelerator Release
• Negative Sentiment: Pomerantz LLP launched an investor investigation into Capital One—heightened litigation risk can increase uncertainty, legal costs and investor caution. Pomerantz Investigation
• Negative Sentiment: Barclays and Wolfe Research trimmed price targets (Barclays to $287, Wolfe to $280), which suggests some analysts are lowering near‑term upside and could pressure sentiment among momentum traders. Barclays PT Cut Wolfe PT Cut

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Capital One Financial news, CEO Richard D. Fairbank sold 103,487 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $220.68, for a total transaction of $22,837,511.16. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 4,001,228 shares in the company, valued at approximately $882,990,995.04. This represents a 2.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Ravi Raghu sold 13,450 shares of Capital One Financial stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.00, for a total value of $3,362,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 30,337 shares in the company, valued at $7,584,250. This represents a 30.72% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 195,409 shares of company stock valued at $43,756,821. 1.26% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have weighed in on COF. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Capital One Financial in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $263.00 to $256.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. HSBC lowered their target price on shares of Capital One Financial from $234.00 to $226.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Wolfe Research cut their price target on Capital One Financial from $294.00 to $280.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, BTIG Research reduced their price target on Capital One Financial from $308.00 to $270.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Capital One Financial presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $274.70.

Capital One Financial Stock Performance

Shares of Capital One Financial stock opened at $217.23 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $233.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $223.38. The company has a current ratio of 1.04, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. The company has a market capitalization of $138.10 billion, a PE ratio of 73.39, a PEG ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 1.13. Capital One Financial Corporation has a 12 month low of $143.22 and a 12 month high of $259.64.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 22nd. The financial services provider reported $3.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.14 by ($0.28). Capital One Financial had a return on equity of 10.68% and a net margin of 3.54%.The business had revenue of $15.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.49 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.67 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 53.3% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts predict that Capital One Financial Corporation will post 15.65 EPS for the current year.

Capital One Financial Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 17th were paid a $0.80 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 17th. This is an increase from Capital One Financial’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.5%. Capital One Financial’s payout ratio is presently 108.11%.

Capital One Financial Profile

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) is a diversified bank holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company’s core businesses include credit card lending, consumer and commercial banking, and auto finance. Capital One issues a wide range of credit card products for consumers and small businesses, and it operates deposit and digital banking services aimed at retail customers and small to midsize enterprises.

Products and services include credit and charge cards, checking and savings accounts (including the online-focused Capital One 360 platform), auto loans, and commercial lending solutions.