Capital One Financial (COF) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Capital One Financial (COF) reported Debt to Equity of $0.34 for Q1 2026, up 85.62% year-over-year from $0.18 in Q1 2025, and up 2394.21% quarter-over-quarter from $0.01 in Q4 2025.

Capital One Financial (COF) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Capital One Financial (COF) has 18 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.34 in Q1 2026.

  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 came in at $0.34, up 85.62% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $0.34 (up 85.62% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $0.01, up 48.41% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity climbed to $0.34 in Q1 2026 per COF's latest filing, from $0.01 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt to Equity peaked at $0.58 in Q2 2023 and troughed at $0.0 in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $0.17 and a median of $0.01 in 2025 frame the typical range for Debt to Equity.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Debt to Equity sank 99.74% in 2022, then jumped 69479.72% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $0.0 in 2022, then surged by 49392.34% to $0.31 in 2023, then sank by 97.02% to $0.01 in 2024, then surged by 48.41% to $0.01 in 2025, then soared by 2394.21% to $0.34 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COF's Debt to Equity at $0.34 in Q1 2026, $0.01 in Q4 2025, and $0.32 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Visa 548.22 Bn 535.81 Bn - 0.67
2 Mastercard 437.48 Bn 427.27 Bn - 2.82
3 American Express 231.87 Bn 177.83 Bn 17.43 Bn 0.05
4 Capital One Financial 125.74 Bn 49.24 Bn - 0.34
5 PayPal Holdings 38.80 Bn 29.46 Bn 7.84 Bn 0.47
6 Synchrony Financial 25.78 Bn 5.22 Bn - 0.46
7 Affirm Holdings 24.65 Bn 22.93 Bn 261.64 Mn 0.64
8 SoFi Technologies 22.89 Bn 19.49 Bn 929.25 Mn -
9 Ally Financial 14.15 Bn 13.70 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.26
10 Credit Acceptance 6.63 Bn 6.61 Bn 562.70 Mn 3.39

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.34
Dec 31, 2025 0.01
Sep 30, 2025 0.32
Jun 30, 2025 0.01
Mar 31, 2025 0.18
Dec 31, 2024 0.01
Sep 30, 2024 0.25
Jun 30, 2024 0.52
Mar 31, 2024 0.31
Dec 31, 2023 0.31
Sep 30, 2023 0.00
Jun 30, 2023 0.58
Mar 31, 2023 0.00
Dec 31, 2022 0.00
Sep 30, 2022 0.01
Jun 30, 2022 0.01
Mar 31, 2022 0.01
Dec 31, 2021 0.25
Sep 30, 2021 0.38
Jun 30, 2021 0.16