Capital One Financial (COF)☆

Capital One is a major U.S. consumer bank and credit-card issuer.

COF is a member of the S&P 500. It sits in the Financials sector. That sector covers banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy.

Capital One Financial trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol COF. The most recent market data puts the share price at about $201.29. That is up 1.22% on the session. At that price the company is worth roughly $123.49B.

Over the past 52 weeks, COF has traded between $174.24 and $259.64. Shares change hands at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 12.9. The P/E ratio sets the share price against a year of earnings. A higher number means the market is paying more for each dollar the company earns. COF also pays a dividend. It yields around 1.61% at the current price.

COF is one of the larger names in the Financials sector, so investors follow it closely. It tends to move with the rest of the sector. This page sums up each COF story as it breaks, and tags it bullish, bearish or neutral.

Size matters here as well. The S&P 500 is weighted by market value. COF is large enough that its own share price nudges the whole index. So it is worth watching even for investors who only hold index funds.