With 2.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 5.6 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 $219.47. With its current market cap of 122.91 billion, COF has annualized dividend of $2.40 while the current yield stands at 1.25%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.13.
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 0.65%, but this was up by 3.39% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 9.01% while six-month performance rose 2.39%. The stock gained 40.02% in the past year, while it has gained 7.67% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for COF yields 11.91 with Next year EPS estimates of 19.30. For the next quarter, that number is 3.62. This implies an EPS growth rate of 7.68% for this year and 28.40% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 19.81% 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, 640.14 million COF shares are outstanding with a float of 631.26 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. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $4.53 and the low estimate is $3.5. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $4.05.
