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

Capital One Financial (COF) posted quarterly Net Margin of 13.66% for Q1 2026, up 41.0% YoY from 9.69% in Q1 2025, and up 3.15% sequentially from 13.25% in Q4 2025.

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

Capital One Financial has disclosed Net Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 13.66% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 41.0% year-over-year to 13.66%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.93% (down 658.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.08%, down 728.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin improved to 13.66% in Q1 2026, from 13.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Net Margin for COF reached as high as 28.36% in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 34.74% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 13.25% (2025), against an average of 11.99%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Net Margin surged 331 bps — and 2025, when it plunged 4033 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 12.84% in 2022, then sank 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.
  • According to Business Quant data, Net Margin over the past three periods registered 13.66%, 13.25%, and 20.09% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 587.74 Bn 575.34 Bn - 53.62%
2 Mastercard 465.55 Bn 455.34 Bn - 46.23%
3 American Express 238.39 Bn 184.35 Bn 17.43 Bn 15.71%
4 PayPal Holdings 40.24 Bn 30.89 Bn 7.84 Bn 13.32%
5 Affirm Holdings 28.27 Bn 26.55 Bn 261.64 Mn 30.76%
6 SoFi Technologies 23.54 Bn 20.13 Bn 929.25 Mn 15.15%
7 Ally Financial 14.34 Bn 13.89 Bn 1.98 Bn 13.84%
8 Credit Acceptance 7.51 Bn 7.49 Bn 562.70 Mn 21.04%
9 FinVolution 6.22 Bn 4.97 Bn 311.24 Mn 14.05%
10 Capital One Financial 1.43 Bn -75.06 Bn - 13.66%

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%