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

Capital One Financial (COF) posted quarterly Deferred Taxes of $244.0 million for Q1 2026, down 6.87% YoY from $262.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 148.51% sequentially from -$503.0 million in Q4 2025.

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

Capital One Financial has disclosed Deferred Taxes across 11 years of filings, most recently posting $244.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Deferred Taxes fell 6.87% year-over-year to $244.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$1.9 billion (down 172.28% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$1.9 billion, down 123.56% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes improved to $244.0 million in Q1 2026, from -$503.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Deferred Taxes for COF reached as high as $858.0 million in Q3 2025 and fell as low as -$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.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Deferred Taxes tumbled 6100.0% — and 2025, when it surged 679.73%.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at -$401.0 million in 2022, then soared 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 surged by 148.51% to $244.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Deferred Taxes over the past three periods registered $244.0 million, -$503.0 million, and $858.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Visa 587.74 Bn 575.34 Bn - 453.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 465.55 Bn 455.34 Bn - 193.00 Mn
3 American Express 238.39 Bn 184.35 Bn 17.43 Bn 145.00 Mn
4 PayPal Holdings 40.24 Bn 30.89 Bn 7.84 Bn -290.00 Mn
5 Affirm Holdings 28.27 Bn 26.55 Bn 261.64 Mn -
6 SoFi Technologies 23.54 Bn 20.13 Bn 929.25 Mn 28.90 Mn
7 Ally Financial 14.34 Bn 13.89 Bn 1.98 Bn -22.00 Mn
8 Credit Acceptance 7.51 Bn 7.49 Bn 562.70 Mn -13.40 Mn
9 FinVolution 6.22 Bn 4.97 Bn 311.24 Mn -
10 Capital One Financial 1.43 Bn -75.06 Bn - 244.00 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