With 3.57 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.99 million shares. 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 $214.68. With its current market cap of 69.77 billion, COF has annualized dividend of $2.40 while the current yield stands at 1.32%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.14.
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 1.31%, but this was down by -1.47% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.39% while six-month performance rose 21.67%. The stock gained 25.38% in the past year, while it has gained 2.16% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for COF yields 11.59 with Next year EPS estimates of 18.56. For the next quarter, that number is 3.69. This implies an EPS growth rate of 11.70% for this year and 19.00% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 17.62% 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 377.77 million shares on hand for trading.
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.
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.
