Treasurer of the State of North Carolina Increases Stock Holdings in Capital One Financial Corporation $COF

12 Dec 2025, 08:38 by Doug Wharley · The Cerbat Gem

Treasurer of the State of North Carolina boosted its stake in Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) by 79.1% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 423,255 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 186,879 shares during the quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina’s holdings in Capital One Financial were worth $90,052,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC boosted its stake in shares of Capital One Financial by 588,668.3% in the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 117,447,497 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $24,988,129,000 after purchasing an additional 117,427,549 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Capital One Financial by 74.8% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 56,380,913 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $11,995,603,000 after buying 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. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake 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 valued at $2,970,628,000 after acquiring an additional 5,474,328 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Capital One Financial during the second quarter worth about $1,701,511,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.84% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

COF has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. TD Cowen increased their price target on Capital One Financial from $258.00 to $261.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 6th. UBS Group cut their target price on Capital One Financial from $270.00 to $266.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Capital One Financial from $235.00 to $237.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $267.00 to $272.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of Capital One Financial from $260.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 12th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $262.70.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Capital One Financial news, insider Frank G. LapradeIii sold 17,840 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.03, for a total value of $3,961,015.20. Following the transaction, the insider owned 48,315 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,727,379.45. This trade represents a 26.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Richard D. Fairbank sold 103,487 shares of Capital One Financial stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.68, for a total value of $22,837,511.16. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 4,001,228 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $882,990,995.04. The trade was a 2.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 280,218 shares of company stock worth $62,395,804. Corporate insiders own 1.26% of the company’s stock.

Capital One Financial Price Performance

Shares of COF opened at $239.20 on Friday. Capital One Financial Corporation has a 52 week low of $143.22 and a 52 week high of $243.31. The company has a current ratio of 1.03, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The firm has a market cap of $152.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 100.93, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.16. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $217.32 and a 200-day moving average of $214.56.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 3rd. The financial services provider reported $5.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $15.46 billion for the quarter. Capital One Financial had a return on equity of 10.94% and a net margin of 2.24%. As a group, analysts forecast that Capital One Financial Corporation will post 15.65 EPS for the current year.

Capital One Financial Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 17th were given a $0.80 dividend. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 17th. This is an increase from Capital One Financial’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. Capital One Financial’s payout ratio is 135.02%.

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