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Capital One on Delinquency Rates and Fitch's Broad View
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-12-15
Trader Mark submits: The beat goes on...Capital One Financial Corp COF, one of the largest issuers of MasterCard and Visa credit cards, said on Monday credit quality deteriorated in several areas of lending in November, as unemployment grew and the economy eroded. (I wonder what this will be like a...
Helmerich & Payne Inc. F4Q08 (Qtr End 10/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-11-20
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first call comes from Pierre Connor – Capital One Southcoast. Pierre Connor – Capital One Southcoast First question on term contract terms, you mentioned that we've got the coverage in the term days but what kind of cancellation provisions are in there? I'm assuming...
The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly in Bank Loans
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-11-20
Jeffrey Bernstein submits: The Federal Reserve's survey of loan quality for U.S. commercial banks is in. Bottom line, it's still all about residential housing delinquencies and charge-offs, which remain ugly and are killing the banks. Surprisingly to some, credit card delinquencies and losses are holding up reasonably well, and while...
Which is a Better Short Candidate - Capital One or American Express?
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-11-13
Lockstep Investing submits: Assume credit cards are the next crisis. Also, assume the crisis comes because the charge off rates go so high that no wants to buy credit card bonds. Where is the best place to be short? Looking at options, both Capital One Financial...
Capital One Worries About Tighter Credit-Card Rules
BNET
- 2008-11-11
Credit card companies are worried about new Federal Reserve rules due by year-end that would limit their ability to set credit card charges as they please. Consumer groups have long complained that credit card companies abuse customers through predatory and deceptive advertising and by erecting complicated and...
For Credit Card Lending Woes, Watch Capital One
BNET
- 2008-10-29
Now that many mortgage-laden financial institutions have fallen or been badly damaged, the next victims are expected to be credit card lenders. Common wisdom is that once the recession truly kicks in and unemployment increases, defaults or tardy payments will start crumbling the vast mountain of credit...
The Great American Short: Capital One
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-10-29
Colin Peterson submits: I am officially bearish on Capital One COF. Big lenders — like American Express AXP, Bank of America BAC, Citigroup C and even the retailer Target TGT— have begun tightening standards for applicants and are culling their portfolios of the riskiest customers. Capital One, another big...
Capital One Financial Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-10-16
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Craig Maurer - CLSA. Craig Maurer - CLSA A quick question on the U.K. You know, if you go back a number of years, the discussion around the U.K. when the consumer originally started to crack in...
Earnings Preview: Capital One Financial
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-10-16
Capital One Financial Corp. COF is expected to report Q3 earnings after market close Thursday Oct. 16 with a conference call scheduled for 10:00 am Friday Oct. 17. Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of $1.01 on revenue of $4.23B. The consensus range for EPS is 73c to $1.17, while...
JPMorgan Chase: Acquisition and Secondary Offering Make Stock 'Best of Breed'
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-10-01
Zachary Scheidt submits: JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM made headlines last week when the company agreed to purchase the operations of Washington Mutual. However, there was a bit less attention paid to the fact that the company issued an additional $10 billion dollars worth of stock in order...
The Fundamental Upside of the Short Sale Ban
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-23
Philip Gvinter submits: While the artificial nature and blatant bull-biased market manipulation and resulting historic short squeeze caused by the short sale ban are disturbing and in my opinion bad for the market there is one serious upside to this bit of government intervention. The upside lies in the...
Credit Card Clampdown
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-17
Brian A. Davis submits: If the extension of credit has been the driving force behind financial growth in the United States, then another revenue stream should be sought. It is safe to say, that credit card growth will not be a viable option. According to recent statistics...
Washington Post: Revisiting the Story Behind Capital One
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-10
In the Washington Post, Zachary Goldfarb does a nice job revisting the story behind Capital One COF, and getting at what makes the company tick. I especially like the scene of Rich Fairbank and Nigel Morris wringing their hands early on: But [Cap One's Information-Based Strategy] did not seem...
New York City Real Estate: As Good As T-Bills?
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-09
Jeffrey Bernstein submits: Last year investors were touting New York City multi-family rental properties as being as low risk as T-bills, but with upside. The upside was to be generated by "repositioning." In many cases, this was code for throwing out rent-controlled/stabilized tenants and capturing the arbitrage versus free market...
Discover Financial: A Creditable Investment - Barron's
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-07
Discover Financial DFS has long lagged behind American Express AXP, MasterCard MA and Visa V in the credit card market. Its focus on slow and selective growth has netted it just 7% in Q1 of the $666B in combined outstandings of Bank of America BAC, JPMorgan Chase JPM and Citigroup...
U.S. Stocks Battered Amid 'Tsunami' Warning
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-05
Jessica Johnson submits: Credit-card groups were among the key casualties of a battered US financial sector yesterday as fears grew of rising defaults. American Express AXP fell 5.3% to $38.75 after Lehman Brothers LEH forecast net charge-offs - a measure of uncollectable debts - on its cards would rise...
A Look at Post Click-Through Conversion Rates
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-02
Compete submits: Marketers invest a significant amount of time and money in online marketing campaigns aimed at delivering positive post-click advertising experiences. However, less than 1% of ads get clicked on and 95% of those clicks never lead to a sale. In fact, post-click experiences vary so widely in...
Playing the Market as Delinquencies Continue to Rise
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-01
Market Folly submits:click to enlarge I'll let the picture do the talking here. Taken from Calculated Risk, we see continued rising delinquencies across the board in Residential Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate, and Consumer Credit cards. How to play it: by Market Folly
Lehman Brothers Take-over: Implications for Financials
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-08-24
Benjamin Mackovak submits: I thought it would be interesting to take a look at what a Lehman LEH take-over would imply for the valuation of financials. I ran a screen for financials with market caps above $900m that trade in the US and trade below current book value. I then...
Big Ben's Jackson Hole, Wyoming Pep Rally
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- 2008-08-24
Brian A. Davis submits: I can remember back to high school. The big homecoming football game was always greeted with a pep rally. The band played, cheerleaders cheered, and the football team got pumped for the big game. This helped create a euphoric environment for a team that had a...
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- Revenue (Fiscal Year) $19.1B
- Profit (Fiscal Year) $1.5B
- Incorporated: 1994
- CEO: Mr. Richard D. Fairbank
Capital One Financial is a holding company. Co.'s key subsidiaries include Capital One Bank (COB), which offers credit and debit card products, other lending products, and deposit products; Capital One, National Association, which offers a range of banking products and financial services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients; and Superior Savings of New England, N.A., which focuses on telephonic and media-based generation of deposits. Co. also offers its products outside of the U.S. mainly through Capital One Bank (Europe) plc, an indirect subsidiary of COB located in the U.K. and through a branch of COB in Canada. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. had total assets of $150.50 billion.
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Mr. Richard D. Fairbank Chairman
Mr. Bradford H. Warner
Mr. Edward R. Campbell
Mr. W. Ronald Dietz
Mr. Patrick W. Gross
Ms. Ann Fritz Hackett
Mr. Lewis Hay III
Mr. Pierre E. Leroy
Mr. Mayo A. Shattuck III
Mr. Stanley Westreich
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Commercial Banking: 522110
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