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Capital One Financial (COF) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Capital One Financial has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.18 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 63.21% to 0.18 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.09 through Dec 2025, up 63.2% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.06 for FY2025, 5.51% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.18 for Q4 2025 at Capital One Financial, up from 0.04 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.3 in Q3 2021 and troughed at 0.81 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.08 (2023), against an average of 0.05.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Payout Ratio surged 1569.13% in 2021 and then plummeted 743.66% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.21 in 2021, then plummeted by 53.33% to 0.1 in 2022, then increased by 12.23% to 0.11 in 2023, then fell by 0.21% to 0.11 in 2024, then soared by 63.21% to 0.18 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COF's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.18 (Q4 2025), 0.04 (Q3 2025), and 0.07 (Q2 2025).