KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)

Capital One Financial (COF) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Capital One Financial has reported EBT Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 13.47% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin fell 85.0% to 13.47% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.27% through Dec 2025, down 1084.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 4.27% for FY2025, 1084.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin was 13.47% for Q4 2025 at Capital One Financial, down from 28.53% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 61.95% in Q2 2021 and troughed at 47.46% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 20.66% (2024), against an average of 22.82%.
  • Year-over-year, EBT Margin soared 8524bps in 2021 and then tumbled -5431bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 37.68% in 2021, then tumbled by -55bps to 17.08% in 2022, then tumbled by -43bps to 9.8% in 2023, then surged by 46bps to 14.32% in 2024, then decreased by -6bps to 13.47% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COF's EBT Margin are 13.47% (Q4 2025), 28.53% (Q3 2025), and 47.46% (Q2 2025).