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Capital One Financial COF

US equityMarket cap rank #127Credit Card PaymentAsset Management
$196.10
+$0.00 (0.00%)
Market open · Sep 24, 2:00 pm ET
After hours $196.00 -0.05%
Open$196.10
Prev close$196.10
Day range$193.71 – $196.99
Volume1.82M
Market cap$120.30B
P/E (TTM)10.4
Dividend yield1.53%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

COF at a glance

Shares of Capital One Financial are flat at $196.10. The company is worth $120.30B, number 127 out of 300 on our list.

The 52-week range is $173.62 to $256.63. Today's price is about 27% of the way from the low to the high. Holders are behind 11.2% over twelve months, and down 1.8% across the last three months.

On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($212.21) and 200-day ($205.69) moving averages; RSI is 33, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 24% annualized volatility.

For the quarter ended Jun 2026 it reported $15.85B in revenue, up 26.9% from a year earlier, with $3.02B of net profit (a 16.4% margin).

Buyers are paying 10.4 times trailing earnings, 79% below its five-year average of 48.9. The median for its industry group is 17.0.

19 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $258.83, sits 32.0% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Capital One Financial: the business

Capital One issues credit cards and makes auto and consumer loans, and owns Discover after buying it in 2025.

What tends to move it. Credit card charge-offs and integrating the Discover network are the key items to follow.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
+0.0%
1 week
-3.5%
1 month
-9.3%
3 months
-1.8%
6 months
+7.0%
Year to date
-18.1%
1 year
-11.2%
Day range
$193.71$196.99
52-week range
$173.62$256.63

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readStrong downtrend

1 bullish · 5 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-6.6%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average-7.6%Bearish
Price vs 200-day average-4.7%Bearish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)33.1Bearish
MACD (12,26,9)-3.69Bearish
Bollinger band position-1%Neutral

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$196.06 / $196.14
Average price today$195.58
Volume1.82MAvg (90d) 4.12M
Turnover$355.63M
Turnover rate0.30%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.59vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude1.67%
Market cap$120.30B
Float market cap$118.62B
Shares outstanding604.90M
EPS (TTM)$4.03
P/E (TTM)10.41
P/B1.06
Book value / share$185.49
Earnings yield0.10%
Dividend (TTM)$3.00 / shareYield 1.53%
Net profit (TTM)$2.47B
Net assets$113.79B
30-day volatility23.8%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)2.36%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-31.5%-23.1% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 2:00 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How COF ranks on BeStock

Market value#127 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#230 of 283
Dividend yield#144 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#239 of 300
Dollar volume today#116 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026

Revenue$15.85B+26.9% YoY
Net profit$3.02B+170.6% YoY
Diluted EPS$4.73+155.1% YoY
Free cash flow$8.08B+42.5% YoY
Operating cash flow$8.44B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$10.0BSep '24$10.2BDec '24$10.0BMar '25$12.5BJun '25$15.5BSep '25$15.4BDec '25$15.2BMar '26$15.9BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$1.8BSep '24$1.1BDec '24$1.4BMar '25$-4.3BJun '25$3.2BSep '25$2.1BDec '25$2.2BMar '26$3.0BJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Net margin16.4%
Return on equity9.1%
Return on assets1.5%
Liabilities / assets83.1%
Cash & investments$54.71B
Total debt$44.68B
Net cash (debt)$10.04B
Free cash flow / sales47.9%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q2

By business line

  • Credit Card$11.77B 74.2%
  • Consumer Banking$3.21B 20.2%
  • Commercial Banking$850.00M 5.4%
  • Other$26.00M 0.2%
Average move on report day±3.6%last 16 reports
Closed higher13 of 1681% of the time
Best reaction+9.2%
Worst reaction-7.6%

Stock move on the day after each report

+5.2%2024/Q3+4.0%2024/Q4+3.7%2025/Q1+0.9%2025/Q2+1.5%2025/Q3-7.6%2025/Q4-1.5%2026/Q1-2.4%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings10.8x
CheapRich

Around its usual level · 49th percentile, 5-year average 48.9x

#620 of 2975 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book1.1x
CheapRich

Above its usual level · 71st percentile, 5-year average 1.0x

#1404 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales2.0x
CheapRich

Above its usual level · 67th percentile, 5-year average 1.8x

#2461 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

-149x140x429x718xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$214.00
Price vs. fair value-8.4%Trading below the estimate
Star rating★★★☆☆
Economic moatNarrow
UncertaintyHigh

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts19
Average target$258.83+32.0% vs. price
  • Buy 89%
  • Hold 11%
Low $222.00Now $196.10Avg $258.83High $300.00

Latest rating actions

  • 16 Sep 2026BarclaysBUY · PT $240.00
  • 15 Sep 2026TD CowenBUY · PT $253.00
  • 15 Sep 2026Wells FargoBUY · PT $260.00
  • 15 Sep 2026BofA SecuritiesBUY · PT $253.00
  • 14 Sep 2026Wells FargoBUY · PT $260.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership89.0%-0.10 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,410-11 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)14 buys / 9 sellsNet buying
Short interest1.79% of floatDays to cover 3.5 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share14.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

8%13%18%23%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$56.61M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)1.53%
Last dividend$0.80Ex-date 17 Aug 2026
Next-to-last$0.80
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

1.6020181.6020191.0020202.0020212.4020222.4020232.4020242.602025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 7.2% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • A Quick Look at Today's Ratings for Capital One Financial(COF.US), With a Forecast Between $240 to $260Market news · 16 Sep 2026
  • Wells Fargo Maintains Capital One Financial(COF.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $260Market news · 14 Sep 2026
  • BofA Securities Maintains Capital One Financial(COF.US) With Buy Rating, Announces Target Price $253Market news · 1 Sep 2026
  • UBS Initiates Capital One Financial(COF.US) With Hold Rating, Announces Target Price $280Market news · 5 Aug 2026
  • UBS Maintains Capital One Financial(COF.US) With Buy Rating, Raises Target Price to $280Market news · 3 Aug 2026
  • Wells Fargo Maintains Capital One Financial(COF.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $260Market news · 26 Aug 2026

COF stock: common questions

What is COF's latest share price?

$196.10 is the latest print for COF, a move of +0.00% against yesterday's close of $196.10. Today's low and high so far: $193.71 and $196.99.

How big is Capital One Financial?

Equity value comes to $120.30B at the current price. By that measure it is number 127 of the 300 names in our coverage.

What multiple of earnings does COF sell for?

Buyers pay 10.4 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $4.03). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 48.9, and today's level ranks in the 49th percentile of its own history.

Where does COF sit in its 52-week range?

The year's floor is $173.62 and the ceiling $256.63. Shares are 23.6% away from that ceiling.

Does COF send cash back through a dividend?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.53% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was August 17, 2026.

What is the analyst view on Capital One Financial?

Of 19 analysts, 89% say buy, 11% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $258.83, with the most cautious at $222.00 and the most optimistic at $300.00.

What does Capital One Financial do?

Capital One issues credit cards and makes auto and consumer loans, and owns Discover after buying it in 2025.

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