KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)

Capital One Financial (COF) Net Margin (2016 - 2026)

Capital One Financial has reported Net Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 13.25% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin rose 322.0% to 13.25% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.0% through Dec 2025, down 737.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 4.08% for FY2025, 728.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 13.25% for Q4 2025 at Capital One Financial, down from 20.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 46.73% in Q2 2021 and troughed at 34.74% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 15.94% (2024), against an average of 17.44%.
  • Year-over-year, Net Margin soared 6508bps in 2021 and then crashed -4033bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 28.28% in 2021, then plummeted by -55bps to 12.84% in 2022, then tumbled by -48bps to 6.72% in 2023, then surged by 49bps to 10.03% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 32bps to 13.25% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COF's Net Margin are 13.25% (Q4 2025), 20.09% (Q3 2025), and 34.74% (Q2 2025).