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Capital One Financial (COF) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Capital One Financial (COF) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 0.02% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity fell 1.0% to 0.02% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.02% through Dec 2025, down 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.0% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.02% at Capital One Financial, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Equity was 0.09% in Q1 2024, with the low at 0.0% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.03%, with a median of 0.02% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Equity increased 8bps in 2023, then dropped -7bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Equity stood at 0.0% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 70bps to 0.0% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 456065bps to 0.09% in 2023, then plummeted by -76bps to 0.02% in 2024, then fell by -25bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity over the past three periods came in at 0.02%, 0.01%, and 0.02% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.