Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Capital One Financial Corp shares valued at $500,000 were sold by Cooper Matthew W on Jan 06 ’26. At $250.00 per share, Cooper Matthew W sold 2,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 92,486 shares worth approximately $21.37 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Raghu Ravi sold 13,450 shares, netting a total of over 3,362,500 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $250.00 each, the insider now holds 30,337 shares.
Before that, Dean Lia had sold 3,163 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $772,879, the Pres, Banking & Prem. Products traded Capital One Financial Corp shares for $244.35 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,163 shares, worth approximately $15.41 million.
Analysts at Rothschild & Co Redburn started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of July 08, 2025, TD Cowen has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for COF. Earlier on March 25, 2025, BTIG Research upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for COF stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing COF Stock Performance
On last trading session, Capital One Financial Corp [NYSE: COF] rose 1.00% to $231.01. The stock’s lowest price that day was $229.01, but it reached a high of $233.63 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.17%. Over the course of the year, Capital One Financial Corp shares have jumped approximately 20.97%.
Is Capital One Financial Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Capital One Financial Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.73 million shares to 8.67 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 7.94 million shares. A jump of 8.4% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.66 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.66.
Which companies own the most shares of Capital One Financial Corp (COF)?
In terms of Capital One Financial Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 285 in the next 12 months, up nearly 24.61% from the previous closing price of $228.72. Analysts anticipate Capital One Financial Corp stock to reach 308 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 218. In spite of this, 12 analysts ranked Capital One Financial Corp stock as Hold at the end of 2026. On March 12, 2025, Evercore ISI assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $200.
