Capital One Financial Corporation (COF), a financial services company, has gained more than 31% over the past year. Yesterday, BTIG analyst Vincent Caintic upgraded the stock to Buy from Hold, while maintaining a price target of $208 per share. Caintic remains bullish on COF stock, whether or not its $35.3 billion merger with Discover Financial (DFS) goes through. The shareholders have approved the deal, but it still faces regulatory hurdles. Given these developments, it’s worth exploring who owns COF.
Now, according to TipRanks’ ownership page, public companies and individual investors own 38.84% of COF. They are followed by mutual funds, ETFs, public companies and individual investors, and insiders at 32.18%, 19.23%, 8.43%, and 1.31%, respectively.
Digging Deeper into COF’s Ownership Structure
Looking closely at top shareholders, Vanguard owns the highest stake in COF at 7.39%. Next up is Vanguard Index Funds, which holds a 6.60% stake in the company.
Among the top ETF holders, the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) owns a 3% stake in Capital One Financial stock, followed by the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) with a 2.77% stake.
Moving to Mutual funds, Vanguard Index Funds holds about 6.60% of COF. Meanwhile, Dodge & Cox Funds owns 3.49% of the stock.
Is COF Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Wall Street has a Moderate Buy consensus rating on COF stock based on 12 Buys and five Holds. The average Capital One Financial stock price target of $211.06 implies about 16% upside potential from current levels.
Conclusion
TipRanks’ Ownership Tab provides valuable insights into the category-wise ownership structure of the company, enabling investors to make well-informed investment decisions.