Capital One Financial (COF) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2026)

Capital One Financial (COF) reported Deferred Taxes of $244.0 million for Q1 2026, down 6.87% year-over-year from $262.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 148.51% on a QoQ basis from -$503.0 million in Q4 2025.

Capital One Financial (COF) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Capital One Financial (COF) has 11 years of Deferred Taxes data on file, last reported at $244.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Deferred Taxes fell 6.87% year-over-year to $244.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$1.9 billion (down 172.28% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$1.9 billion, down 123.56% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes climbed to $244.0 million in Q1 2026 per COF's latest filing, from -$503.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $858.0 million in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$2.5 billion in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$198.0 million (2022), against an average of -$235.9 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Deferred Taxes tumbled 6100.0%; it then soared 679.73% in 2025.
  • Tracing COF's Deferred Taxes over 5 years: stood at -$401.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 47.63% to -$210.0 million in 2023, then slumped by 67.62% to -$352.0 million in 2024, then slumped by 42.9% to -$503.0 million in 2025, then soared by 148.51% to $244.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest COF Deferred Taxes figures stand at $244.0 million (Q1 2026), -$503.0 million (Q4 2025), and $858.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 453.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 193.00 Mn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 145.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 244.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn -290.00 Mn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn -
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 28.00 Mn
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 28.90 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn -22.00 Mn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn -13.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 244.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -503.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 858.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -2.52 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 262.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -352.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -148.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -469.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 116.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -210.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -113.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -231.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -169.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -401.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -360.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -198.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 187.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 25.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 6.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 229.00 Mn