Zacks Research Has Bullish Forecast for COF Q3 Earnings

Capital One Financial Co. (NYSE:COF) – Analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Capital One Financial in a report released on Tuesday, February 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $4.30 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $4.26. The consensus estimate for Capital One Financial’s current full-year earnings is $15.41 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Capital One Financial’s Q1 2026 earnings at $4.21 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $22.42 EPS.

COF has been the topic of several other reports. Argus upgraded shares of Capital One Financial to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $163.00 to $184.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. UBS Group upgraded shares of Capital One Financial from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $168.00 to $235.00 in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their target price on Capital One Financial from $185.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their target price on Capital One Financial from $229.00 to $257.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 27th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $196.31.

Capital One Financial Price Performance

Shares of NYSE COF opened at $196.36 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $188.99 and its 200-day simple moving average is $167.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $74.86 billion, a PE ratio of 16.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.47. Capital One Financial has a fifty-two week low of $128.23 and a fifty-two week high of $208.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 0.98.

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, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.78 by $0.31. The company had revenue of $10.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.22 billion. Capital One Financial had a return on equity of 9.45% and a net margin of 9.46%. Capital One Financial’s quarterly revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.81 earnings per share.

Capital One Financial Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.22%. Capital One Financial’s payout ratio is currently 20.71%.

Institutional Trading of Capital One Financial

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in COF. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Capital One Financial by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,744,818 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $5,660,736,000 after purchasing an additional 234,863 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Capital One Financial by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 16,506,861 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,471,572,000 after buying an additional 74,784 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 10,718,860 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,911,387,000 after buying an additional 331,595 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Capital One Financial by 0.7% during the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 9,694,297 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,451,527,000 after acquiring an additional 72,097 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Capital One Financial by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 8,227,587 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,467,393,000 after acquiring an additional 207,427 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.