Collene buys COF 72.17: Investors of record on Monday, August 10th were paid a dividend of $0.40 per share.

Equities research analysts predict that Capital One Financial Corp. will post $7.20 EPS for the current fiscal year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.04 earnings per share. The financial services provider reported $1.78 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by $0.19. The firm had revenue of $5.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.74 billion. Borgmann sold 1,811 shares of Capital One Financial Corp. stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 21st. Alexander sold 14,212 shares of Capital One Financial Corp. stock in a transaction on Monday, July 20th.


September:
Wells Fargo & Co. cut shares of Capital One Financial Corp. from an outperform rating to a market perform rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th.

Ria:
BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on shares of Capital One Financial Corp. from $106.00 to $109.00 and gave the stock an outperform rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th.

Marietta:
RBC Capital lowered their price objective on shares of Capital One Financial Corp. from $89.00 to $88.00 and set an outperform rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 24th.

Shelby:
In PNC Financial's case, for instance, it has paid out $5.68 per share over the last 12 months.

Dell:
To normalize for size, another way to think about this issue is to compare how much capital each bank returns to its shareholders on a per share basis compared to its share price.

Zaida:
Each has more than $300 billion in assets (US Bancorp has more than $400 billion) compared to the other banks which each have less than $200 billion.

Indira:
I drew up the following chart with this in mind.

Shirly:
If a bank's shares are trading at or near book value, then buying back stock immediately boosts the book value of the remaining shares outstanding.

Josephina:
In certain instances, in fact, this is a more effective way to boost shareholder returns.

Roseline:
While the most direct way to return capital to shareholders is to pay a dividend, a second and equally valid method is to use excess earnings to repurchase shares of common stock.

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