Capital One Financial (COF-PJ) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Capital One Financial (COF-PJ) reported Free Cash Flow of $5.5 billion for Q1 2026, up 26.65% year-over-year from $4.3 billion in Q1 2025, and down 25.95% quarter-over-quarter from $7.4 billion in Q4 2025.

Capital One Financial (COF-PJ) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Capital One Financial (COF-PJ) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $5.5 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $5.5 billion, up 26.65% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $27.3 billion (up 47.43% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $26.1 billion, up 54.17% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow declined to $5.5 billion in Q1 2026 per COF-PJ's latest filing, from $7.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $8.8 billion in Q3 2025 and troughed at -$309.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $4.8 billion and a median of $5.5 billion in 2026 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Free Cash Flow slumped 121.19% in 2022, then jumped 992.23% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $7.9 billion in 2022, then retreated by 13.07% to $6.8 billion in 2023, then plunged by 69.41% to $2.1 billion in 2024, then soared by 253.11% to $7.4 billion in 2025, then declined by 25.95% to $5.5 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COF-PJ's Free Cash Flow at $5.5 billion in Q1 2026, $7.4 billion in Q4 2025, and $8.8 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 2.63 Bn
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 2.82 Bn
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 2.66 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 5.47 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 903.00 Mn
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 2.18 Bn
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn 22.68 Bn
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn -2.38 Bn
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 1.37 Bn
10 Capital One Financial - - - 5.47 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 5.47 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 5.47 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.39 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 8.77 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 8.77 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 5.67 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 5.67 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 4.32 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 4.32 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.09 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.09 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 6.15 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 6.15 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 5.95 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 5.95 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.76 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 6.84 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 6.84 Bn