Capital One Financial COF
$201.87 −$1.97 (-0.97%)
Market closed · Nov 7, 9:10 am ET · Last extended-hours $202.14 +0.14%
Open$201.79
Prev close$203.84
Day range$201.24 – $206.28
Volume3.52M
Market cap$121.43B
P/E (TTM)11.6
Dividend yield1.59%
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Institutional ownership90.8%+1.87 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,398-6 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)18 buys / 32 sellsNet selling
Short interest1.22% of floatDays to cover 2.0 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share12.1%5-day average of daily volume
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$145.78M (6 inflow days, 14 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 25.1% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has fallen from 1.75% to 1.22% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,990,399 | 1.0% |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,216,757 | 0.8% |
| Wellington Management Group | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,887,497 | 1.2% |
| Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,675,318 | 0.7% |
| AQR Capital Management | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,629,350 | 0.9% |
| Norges Bank Investment Management | Sovereign Wealth Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,355,425 | 1.7% |
| Ribbit Management Company, LLC | VC/PE Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,330,289 | 0.2% |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,273,481 | 0.2% |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,230,823 | 0.2% |
| Harris Associates L.P. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,134,363 | 1.9% |
| Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +933,759 | 0.4% |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +921,776 | 2.1% |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | Private Company | 2026/Q3 | +920,197 | 0.2% |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +880,577 | 0.4% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +829,293 | 1.1% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | Richard Fairbank | Chairperson & CEO | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -90,743 | $202.86 | – |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Celia S. Karam | President of Retail Bank | Automatic Disposition | -1,927 | $195.86 | 30,281 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Lia Dean | President of Banking & Premium Products | Automatic Disposition | -1,887 | $195.86 | 32,090 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Matthew Cooper | President of Discover Integration, General Counsel & Secretary | Automatic Disposition | -3,500 | $196.22 | 34,160 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Celia S. Karam | President of Retail Bank | Automatic Disposition | -2,017 | $206.07 | 32,203 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Lia Dean | President of Banking & Premium Products | Automatic Disposition | -2,066 | $206.07 | 33,977 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Matthew Cooper | President of Discover Integration, General Counsel & Secretary | Automatic Disposition | -3,500 | $214.10 | 37,660 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Celia S. Karam | President of Retail Bank | Automatic Disposition | -1,888 | $225.92 | 34,215 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Lia Dean | President of Banking & Premium Products | Automatic Disposition | -2,193 | $225.92 | 36,043 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Mark Mouadeb | President of Card | Automatic Disposition | -1,199 | $225.00 | 49,132 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Michael Zamsky | Chief Credit & Financial Risk Officer | Open Market Disposition | -5,473 | $218.02 | 27,992 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Ravi Raghu | President of Capital One Software | Automatic Disposition | -50 | $218.49 | 26,278 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Matthew Cooper | President of Discover Integration, General Counsel & Secretary | Open Market Disposition | -3,500 | $219.33 | 41,160 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Mark Mouadeb | President of Card | Automatic Disposition | -1,183 | $220.00 | 50,331 |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Mark Mouadeb | President of Card | Automatic Disposition | -690 | $215.00 | 51,514 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Jason Hanson | President of Global Payment Network | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -893 | $209.01 | 23,857 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Jason Hanson | President of Global Payment Network | Derivative Exercise and Retained | +1,121 | – | 23,857 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Ravi Raghu | President of Capital One Software | Automatic Disposition | -9,726 | $210.70 | 26,328 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Timothy Golden | Chief Accounting Officer | Open Market Disposition | -3,487 | $211.00 | – |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Matthew Cooper | President of Discover Integration, General Counsel & Secretary | Automatic Disposition | -3,500 | $208.00 | 44,660 |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 7,471,998 | 1.2% | 2.0 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 8,951,001 | 1.5% | 2.3 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 9,857,399 | 1.6% | 3.1 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 10,993,320 | 1.8% | 3.5 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 10,747,577 | 1.8% | 3.7 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 10,742,421 | 1.8% | 2.3 |
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