Capital One Financial (COF) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Capital One Financial (COF) reported Net Margin of 13.66% for Q1 2026, up 41.0% year-over-year from 9.69% in Q1 2025, and up 3.15% quarter-over-quarter from 13.25% in Q4 2025.

Capital One Financial (COF) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Capital One Financial (COF) has 18 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 13.66% in Q1 2026.

  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 13.66%, up 41.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.93% (down 658.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.08%, down 728.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin advanced to 13.66% in Q1 2026 per COF's latest filing, from 13.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 28.36% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 34.74% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 11.99% and a median of 13.25% in 2025 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Net Margin surged 331 bps in 2024, then slumped 4033 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 12.84% in 2022, then tumbled by 48 bps to 6.72% in 2023, then surged by 49 bps to 10.03% in 2024, then jumped by 32 bps to 13.25% in 2025, then advanced by 3 bps to 13.66% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COF's Net Margin at 13.66% in Q1 2026, 13.25% in Q4 2025, and 20.09% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 548.22 Bn 535.81 Bn - 53.62%
2 Mastercard 437.48 Bn 427.27 Bn - 46.23%
3 American Express 231.87 Bn 177.83 Bn 17.43 Bn 15.71%
4 Capital One Financial 125.74 Bn 49.24 Bn - 13.66%
5 PayPal Holdings 38.80 Bn 29.46 Bn 7.84 Bn 13.32%
6 Synchrony Financial 25.78 Bn 5.22 Bn - 16.44%
7 Affirm Holdings 24.65 Bn 22.93 Bn 261.64 Mn 30.76%
8 SoFi Technologies 22.89 Bn 19.49 Bn 929.25 Mn 15.15%
9 Ally Financial 14.15 Bn 13.70 Bn 1.98 Bn 13.84%
10 Credit Acceptance 6.63 Bn 6.61 Bn 562.70 Mn 21.04%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 13.66%
Dec 31, 2025 13.25%
Sep 30, 2025 20.09%
Jun 30, 2025 -34.74%
Mar 31, 2025 13.25%
Dec 31, 2024 10.03%
Sep 30, 2024 16.90%
Jun 30, 2024 5.59%
Mar 31, 2024 12.76%
Dec 31, 2023 6.72%
Sep 30, 2023 18.20%
Jun 30, 2023 14.99%
Mar 31, 2023 9.96%
Dec 31, 2022 12.84%
Sep 30, 2022 18.35%
Jun 30, 2022 23.68%
Mar 31, 2022 28.36%
Dec 31, 2021 28.28%
Sep 30, 2021 38.15%
Jun 30, 2021 46.73%