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Capital One Financial (COF) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Capital One Financial has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 17 years, most recently at $7.4 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 253.11% to $7.4 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $26.1 billion through Dec 2025, up 54.17% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $26.1 billion for FY2025, 54.17% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $7.4 billion for Q4 2025 at Capital One Financial, down from $8.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $8.8 billion in Q3 2025 and troughed at -$309.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $4.1 billion (2021), against an average of $4.4 billion.
  • Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow crashed 121.19% in 2022 and then skyrocketed 992.23% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $4.5 billion in 2021, then surged by 76.07% to $7.9 billion in 2022, then dropped by 13.07% to $6.8 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 69.41% to $2.1 billion in 2024, then soared by 253.11% to $7.4 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COF's Free Cash Flow are $7.4 billion (Q4 2025), $8.8 billion (Q3 2025), and $5.7 billion (Q2 2025).