Capital One Financial (COF) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Capital One Financial (COF) posted quarterly Free Cash Flow of $8.1 billion for Q2 2026, up 42.53% year-over-year from $5.7 billion in Q2 2025, and up 47.66% quarter-over-quarter from $5.5 billion in Q1 2026.

Capital One Financial (COF) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Capital One Financial (COF) has reported Free Cash Flow for 18 consecutive years, with $8.1 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Free Cash Flow rose 42.53% year-over-year to $8.1 billion; the TTM figure through Jun 2026 stood at $29.7 billion (up 62.98% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $26.1 billion, up 54.17% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow rose to $8.1 billion in Q2 2026 per COF's latest filing, from $5.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $8.8 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$309.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $5.0 billion across 5 years, with a median of $5.6 billion in 2025.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow slumped 121.19% — and 2023, when it jumped 992.23%.
  • Capital One Financial's Free Cash Flow stood at $7.9 billion in 2022, then decreased by 13.07% to $6.8 billion in 2023, then sank by 69.41% to $2.1 billion in 2024, then jumped by 253.11% to $7.4 billion in 2025, then increased by 9.34% to $8.1 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COF's Free Cash Flow at $8.1 billion in Q2 2026, $5.5 billion in Q1 2026, and $7.4 billion in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Visa 618.21 Bn 605.85 Bn - 6.14 Bn
2 Mastercard 506.53 Bn 493.04 Bn - 3.51 Bn
3 American Express 232.32 Bn 183.00 Bn 17.99 Bn 4.47 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 136.19 Bn 81.48 Bn - 8.08 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 52.34 Bn 41.08 Bn - 1.78 Bn
6 Eason Technology 35.89 Bn 35.89 Bn - -
7 Synchrony Financial 26.09 Bn 9.90 Bn - 2.42 Bn
8 Affirm Holdings 25.93 Bn 24.20 Bn - -32.90 Bn
9 SoFi Technologies 23.04 Bn 22.68 Bn -41.62 Mn -2.38 Bn
10 Ally Financial 13.61 Bn 5.77 Bn 2.08 Bn 1.35 Bn

Historic Data

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Jun 30, 2026 8.08 Bn
Jun 30, 2026 8.08 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 5.47 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 5.47 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 7.39 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 8.77 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 8.77 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 5.67 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 5.67 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 4.32 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 4.32 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.09 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.09 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 6.15 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 6.15 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 5.95 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 5.95 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.76 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.76 Bn