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Capital One Financial (COF) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Capital One Financial (COF) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 16 consecutive years, with 0.18 as the latest value 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 for Q4 2025 was 0.18 at Capital One Financial, up from 0.04 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 0.3 in Q3 2021, with the low at 0.81 in Q1 2022.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.05, with a median of 0.08 recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Payout Ratio soared 1569.13% in 2021, then tumbled 743.66% in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.21 in 2021, then crashed by 53.33% to 0.1 in 2022, then grew by 12.23% to 0.11 in 2023, then decreased by 0.21% to 0.11 in 2024, then surged by 63.21% to 0.18 in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods came in at 0.18, 0.04, and 0.07 for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.