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Large US bank best known for credit cards, also offering auto lending and retail/commercial banking.
Large US bank best known for credit cards, also offering auto lending and retail/commercial banking.
Earns interest and fees on card balances and auto loans, so it depends on the credit cycle. The 2025 purchase of Discover gave it a payments network, which lets it collect fees from merchants and banks and cut what it pays Visa and Mastercard on its own cards.
Moat: narrow (data, scale, distribution). Data-driven underwriting scale in cards plus, post-Discover deal, its own payment network reduce reliance on Visa/Mastercard.
Headquarters: McLean, Virginia, US · Founded: 1994 · Employees: 76,300
Size Capital One (COF) is a United States Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $121B, the 105th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $201.87 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 7.0%, against +9.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 26.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.0%); the operating margin is 21.0% (peer median 38.3%).
Valuation It trades at 1.11× book value against a peer median of 1.77× (5th cheapest of 21).
Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 11.1%; Capital One delivers 9.3%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
Credit Capital One has 29 bonds outstanding ($31.8B), rated BBB+ by the agencies and trading like BBB at a weighted spread of 76 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 1.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $79.2B | $69.1B | $53.7B | $49.2B | $38.2B |
| Revenue growth | — | +29% | +9% | +29% | — |
| Net income | $10.8B | $2.43B | $4.67B | $4.81B | $7.27B |
| Free cash flow | $26.3B | $26.1B | $17.0B | $19.6B | $12.9B |
| Capital expenditure | $1.76B | $1.58B | $1.20B | $961M | $934M |
| Total debt | $49.8B | $52.3B | $46.8B | $51.2B | $50.2B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital One COF | $121B | +7% | +26% | 9% | 1.11× | 11.1% |
| American Express AXP | $215B | +2% | +10% | 36% | 6.02× | 47.1% |
| Synchrony Financial SYF | $23.0B | +1% | -2% | 20% | 1.55× | 16.7% |
| JPMorgan Chase JPM | $889B | +11% | +9% | 18% | 2.53× | 20.7% |
| Citigroup C | $200B | -5% | +5% | 9% | 1.03× | 10.9% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | COF | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +1.2% | +2.9% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +7.0% | +9.6% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 13.1% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Price / book | 1.11× | 1.77× | 5th cheapest of 21 |
| Trailing P/E | 11.9× | 12.2× | 9th cheapest of 20 |
| ROE the price implies | 11.1% | 14.4% | 6th least demanding of 21 |
| ROE delivered | 9.3% | 13.1% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Bond spread | 76 bp | 72 bp | 6th widest of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital One COF | United States | $121B | +7% | +26% | 9% | 1.11× | 11.1% | 9.3% |
| Intesa Sanpaolo ISP.MI | Italy | $120B | +6% | -6% | 16% | 1.81× | 20.7% | 16.4% |
| Bank of Montreal BMO.TO | Canada | $120B | +16% | -2% | 11% | 2.14× | 16.4% | 10.6% |
| HDFC Bank HDFCBANK.NS | India | $129B | -1% | +5% | 14% | 2.00× | 24.8% | 13.9% |
| BNP Paribas BNP.PA | France | $114B | 0% | +8% | 11% | 0.84× | 10.4% | 10.9% |
| Bank of Nova Scotia BNS.TO | Canada | $114B | +21% | -3% | 12% | 1.99× | 16.3% | 11.6% |
| UniCredit UCG.MI | Italy | $130B | +6% | +2% | 17% | 1.77× | 25.8% | 17.3% |
| Mizuho Financial 8411.T | Japan | $110B | +7% | +6% | 13% | 1.52× | 11.5% | 12.5% |
| Bank of Communications 3328.HK | Hong Kong | $107B | +19% | +3% | 8% | 0.55× | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria BBVA.MC | Spain | $140B | +20% | +9% | 20% | 2.15× | 24.8% | 19.6% |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 8316.T | Japan | $145B | +35% | +11% | 11% | 1.42× | 10.0% | 11.2% |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking O39.SI | Singapore | $97.6B | +23% | -3% | 13% | 2.02× | 14.9% | 13.2% |
| DBS D05.SI | Singapore | $155B | +19% | -5% | 16% | 2.83× | 21.4% | 16.3% |
| U.S. Bancorp USB | United States | $92.6B | +8% | +1% | 13% | 1.55× | 13.9% | 12.8% |
| China Merchants Bank 600036.SS | China | $164B | +12% | +9% | 14% | 0.94× | 5.4% | 13.6% |
| ING Groep INGA.AS | Netherlands | $89.8B | +11% | +7% | 14% | 1.63× | 12.5% | 13.6% |
| PNC Financial Services PNC | United States | $89.4B | +4% | +8% | 13% | 1.59× | 13.2% | 12.9% |
| Cm Bank 3968.HK | Hong Kong | $165B | +16% | +3% | 13% | 0.99× | 10.2% | 13.3% |
| Westpac Banking WBC.AX | Australia | $87.6B | +4% | +2% | 9% | 1.78× | 16.4% | 9.5% |
| National Australia Bank NAB.AX | Australia | $86.2B | +9% | -8% | 10% | 2.02× | 20.2% | 10.0% |
| Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. Sponsored ADR Pfd ITUB | United States | $84.9B | -12% | +8% | 22% | 1.84× | 11.8% | 21.7% |
Capital One has 29 bonds outstanding with $31.8B face value. The agencies rate it BBB+; its bonds trade like BBB. Weighted yield 4.71%, a spread of 76 bp over government bonds.