Capital One Financial (COF) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Capital One Financial (COF) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.09 for Q1 2026, up 69.39% year-over-year from 0.05 in Q1 2025, and up 33.45% on a QoQ basis from 0.07 in Q4 2025.
Capital One Financial (COF) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Capital One Financial (COF) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.09 in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 69.39% year-over-year to 0.09 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.07 (down 17.12% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.06, up 5.51% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio advanced to 0.09 in Q1 2026 per COF's latest filing, from 0.07 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.36 in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 0.81 in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.07 (2025), against an average of 0.03.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio slumped 743.66%; it then surged 967.73% in 2024.
- Tracing COF's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.03 in 2022, then rose by 16.03% to 0.03 in 2023, then surged by 967.73% to 0.36 in 2024, then plunged by 81.1% to 0.07 in 2025, then soared by 33.45% to 0.09 in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest COF FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.09 (Q1 2026), 0.07 (Q4 2025), and 0.04 (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visa | 539.53 Bn | 527.13 Bn | - | 0.49 |
| 2 | Mastercard | 441.81 Bn | 431.60 Bn | - | 0.28 |
| 3 | American Express | 215.01 Bn | 160.96 Bn | 17.43 Bn | 0.22 |
| 4 | Capital One Financial | 114.99 Bn | 38.50 Bn | - | 0.09 |
| 5 | PayPal Holdings | 41.29 Bn | 31.95 Bn | 7.84 Bn | 0.14 |
| 6 | Affirm Holdings | 24.62 Bn | 22.89 Bn | 261.64 Mn | - |
| 7 | Synchrony Financial | 24.22 Bn | 3.66 Bn | - | 0.01 |
| 8 | SoFi Technologies | 23.71 Bn | 20.31 Bn | 929.25 Mn | - |
| 9 | Ally Financial | 13.13 Bn | 12.69 Bn | 1.98 Bn | 0.02 |
| 10 | Credit Acceptance | 6.46 Bn | 6.44 Bn | 562.70 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.09 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.07 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.04 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.07 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.05 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.36 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.04 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.04 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.09 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.03 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.03 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.07 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.08 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.03 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.09 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.09 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.81 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.21 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.30 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.05 |