Capital One Financial Corp. (COF)

KymberlyL3 (91.55) Submitted: 4/11/08 11:17 PM : Start Price: $47.43 COF Score: 14.23

Capital One has a great big credit card business. Even though the numbers are quite large, this business is remarkably easy to understand. Capital One takes in deposits at its retail and commercial banks and pays a small rate of interest on these "...

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morningstarboy (< 20) Submitted: 12/19/07 1:59 PM : Start Price: $45.32 COF Score: -2.09

As of close of business on 12/18/2007, this was a 5-star Morningstar stock trading at less than half it's Morningstar fair value.

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CoolinDulan (96.84) Submitted: 3/25/08 5:39 PM : Start Price: $49.30 COF Score: 10.00

Get out of this stock.

...35% of their debt securitizations are off balance sheet

...US and UK consumers are reaching record balances on their credit card debt with no sign of abating

...Layoffs in the financial and mortgage sectors have not yet ...

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TMFDeej (99.51) Submitted: 5/13/08 10:28 AM : Start Price: $53.91 COF Score: 19.57

Swish, Swish, Swish, Swish...What's that sound?

No it's not the sound of the rotors on Ben Bernanke's magical money-dropping helicopter. It's not the sound of Hillary's chance of becoming the next President of the United States being flushed down t...

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UncleJoe3 (< 20) Submitted: 1/24/07 1:59 PM : Start Price: $78.72 COF Score: 39.10

Look at the chart -- I hope I'm wrong because I've held the stock for about a year (I held it at the high of $90.04). Ever since they purchased North Fork Bank (NFB) they can't seem to keep the stock price above $80. Unless/Until they are able to s...

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g3jr (21.80) Submitted: 9/26/06 11:36 PM : Start Price: $76.66 COF Score: -44.53

Low PEG, they deal mainly with high-end credit users (lower default levels) and are now getting into Banking. Profits will continue to outgrow S&P

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funkyanimal (58.02) Submitted: 8/23/06 10:16 PM : Start Price: $70.70 COF Score: -42.73

Intergration with Hibernia continues to go smoothly even in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the recent merger with North Fork was just approved yesterday. COF continues to have a vast amount of cash on hand for future expansion into Texas.

COF co...

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soulseller80 (< 20) Submitted: 8/25/06 3:07 PM : Start Price: $69.72 COF Score: -42.35

i love the acquisitions of hibernia and north fork. from primarily a credit card player, cof has expanded into housing finance, auto finance, and banking. the nfb acquisition will trim their borrowing costs significantly - best of all, this stock is ...

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DataExec (89.76) Submitted: 5/24/08 3:32 PM : Start Price: $47.48 COF Score: 10.70

The risks in the consumer finance sector are grossly unrecognized and under reported. Fragile industry gets battered with a little bad news. Revenue and earnings are down for the quarter. With inflation and a weak economy, unsecured credit will be...

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RickyBobo (32.27) Submitted: 3/26/07 10:45 PM : Start Price: $75.74 COF Score: -37.50

They were smart enough to reject my credit card application

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