| Company name | Capital One Financial Corp. |
| Stock ticker | COF |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]COF[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Good |
| Sales growth | Poor |
| EPS growth | Good |
| P/E growth | Good |
| EBIT growth | Good |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Good |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $124.14 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $104.08 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $49.31 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $87.24 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=cof
Capital One Financial Corporation is a diversified financial services holding company with banking and non-banking subsidiaries. The Company and its subsidiaries offer a range of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through branches, the internet and other distribution channels. As of September 30, 2014, its principal subsidiaries included: Capital One Bank (USA), National Association (COBNA), which offers credit and debit card products, other lending products and deposit products; and Capital One, National Association (CONA), which offers a spectrum of banking products and financial services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. The Company’s principal operations are organized for management reporting purposes into three primary business segments, which are defined primarily based on the products and services provided or the type of customer served: Credit Card, Consumer Banking and Commercial Banking.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Capital One Financial Corp.
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How was this analysis of Capital One Financial Corp. calculated?
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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:
- Stock price at the time of the calculation: $80.32
- Growth: 0.11
- Current EPS (TTM): $7.58
- P/E: 11
- Future EPS Calc: $12.77
- Future Stock Price Calc: $140.5
- Target stock price: $87.23
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