Capital One Financial (COF-PN) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Capital One Financial (COF-PN) posted quarterly FCF Margin of 35.91% for Q1 2026, down 728.0% YoY from 5.72% in Q1 2025, and down 24.24% sequentially from 47.4% in Q4 2025.

Capital One Financial (COF-PN) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Capital One Financial has disclosed FCF Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 35.91% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 728.0% year-over-year to 35.91%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 46.52% (down 10.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 48.92%, up 557.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin retreated to 35.91% in Q1 2026, from 47.4% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for COF-PN reached as high as 87.02% in Q4 2022 and fell as low as 3.78% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 43.19% (2025), against an average of 44.7%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Margin soared 4432 bps — and 2024, when it slumped 5141 bps.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 87.02% in 2022, then fell by 17 bps to 71.94% in 2023, then slumped by 71 bps to 20.53% in 2024, then surged by 131 bps to 47.4% in 2025, then fell by 24 bps to 35.91% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 35.91%, 47.4%, and 57.08% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 587.74 Bn 575.34 Bn - 23.37%
2 Mastercard 465.55 Bn 455.34 Bn - 33.56%
3 American Express 238.39 Bn 184.35 Bn 17.43 Bn 14.04%
4 PayPal Holdings 40.24 Bn 30.89 Bn 7.84 Bn 10.81%
5 Affirm Holdings 28.27 Bn 26.55 Bn 261.64 Mn 6,779.64%
6 SoFi Technologies 23.54 Bn 20.13 Bn 929.25 Mn -216.52%
7 Ally Financial 14.34 Bn 13.89 Bn 1.98 Bn 65.22%
8 Credit Acceptance 7.51 Bn 7.49 Bn 562.70 Mn 46.37%
9 FinVolution 6.22 Bn 4.97 Bn 311.24 Mn 15.37%
10 Capital One Financial - - - 35.91%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 35.91%
Dec 31, 2025 47.40%
Sep 30, 2025 57.08%
Jun 30, 2025 45.37%
Mar 31, 2025 43.19%
Dec 31, 2024 20.53%
Sep 30, 2024 61.37%
Jun 30, 2024 62.63%
Mar 31, 2024 29.39%
Dec 31, 2023 71.94%
Sep 30, 2023 73.35%
Jun 30, 2023 34.93%
Mar 31, 2023 30.97%
Dec 31, 2022 87.02%
Sep 30, 2022 29.03%
Jun 30, 2022 33.54%
Mar 31, 2022 -3.78%
Dec 31, 2021 55.04%
Sep 30, 2021 22.87%
Jun 30, 2021 52.82%