With 4.13 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.8 million shares. During the session, the Credit Services company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $174.55 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $166.05. The 52-week range on COF shows that it touched its highest point at $210.67 and its lowest point at $128.23 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $218.39. With its current market cap of 65.82 billion, COF has annualized dividend of $2.40 while the current yield stands at 1.39%. COF paid its most recent dividend on 1739836800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1739836800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.27.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of COF was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.26%, but this was down by -14.89% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -6.47% while six-month performance rose 22.45%. The stock gained 27.33% in the past year, while it has lost -3.21% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for COF yields 11.59 with Next year EPS estimates of 18.30. For the next quarter, that number is 3.66. This implies an EPS growth rate of 9.94% for this year and 19.23% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 17.56% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 0.96%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 381.23 million COF shares are outstanding with a float of 376.16 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 21.61 million, which was 567.00002 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Richard D. Fairbank as the firm’s Founder, Chairman, CEO & President, Mr. Andrew M. Young serves as its Chief Financial Officer.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for COF since 12 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 6 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With COF analysts setting a high price target of 257.0 and a low target of 176.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 214.49684. Based on these targets, COF could surge 48.9% to reach the target high and rise by 1.97% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 24.27% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $14.15541 being high and $13.18545 being low. For COF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $13.67043. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $4.51 and the low estimate is $3.09. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $4.01.
