Capital One Financial (COF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Capital One Financial (COF) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $9.0 billion for Q2 2026, up 29.35% year-over-year from $7.0 billion in Q2 2025, and up 6.84% quarter-over-quarter from $8.5 billion in Q1 2026.

Capital One Financial (COF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Capital One Financial (COF) has reported Operating Expenses for 18 consecutive years, with $9.0 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Operating Expenses rose 29.35% year-over-year to $9.0 billion; the TTM figure through Jun 2026 stood at $35.1 billion (up 44.52% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $30.5 billion, up 41.94% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses improved to $9.0 billion in Q2 2026 per COF's latest filing, from $8.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $9.3 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $4.6 billion in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $6.1 billion across 5 years, with a median of $5.2 billion in 2024.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Expenses decreased 1.8% — and 2025, when it soared 55.49%.
  • Capital One Financial's Operating Expenses stood at $5.1 billion in 2022, then advanced by 12.54% to $5.7 billion in 2023, then increased by 6.51% to $6.1 billion in 2024, then surged by 53.42% to $9.3 billion in 2025, then fell by 3.2% to $9.0 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COF's Operating Expenses at $9.0 billion in Q2 2026, $8.5 billion in Q1 2026, and $9.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Visa 618.21 Bn 605.85 Bn - 4.76 Bn
2 Mastercard 506.53 Bn 493.04 Bn - 3.69 Bn
3 American Express 232.32 Bn 183.00 Bn 17.99 Bn 14.48 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 136.19 Bn 81.48 Bn - 9.04 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 52.34 Bn 41.08 Bn - 7.26 Bn
6 Eason Technology 35.89 Bn 35.89 Bn - -
7 Synchrony Financial 26.09 Bn 9.90 Bn - 1.33 Bn
8 Affirm Holdings 25.93 Bn 24.20 Bn - 950.34 Mn
9 SoFi Technologies 23.04 Bn 22.68 Bn -41.62 Mn 891.92 Mn
10 Ally Financial 13.61 Bn 5.77 Bn 2.08 Bn 1.32 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 9.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 8.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 9.34 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 8.26 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 6.99 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 5.90 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 6.09 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 5.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 4.95 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 5.14 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 5.72 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 4.86 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 4.79 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 4.95 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 5.08 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 4.95 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 4.58 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 4.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 4.68 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 4.19 Bn