KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)

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

Capital One Financial (COF) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.15% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 12.0% to 0.15% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.15% through Dec 2025, down 12.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.19% for FY2025, 9.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.15% at Capital One Financial, up from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Invested Capital was 0.28% in Q1 2024, with the low at 0.0% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.21%, with a median of 0.22% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Invested Capital increased 30bps in 2021, then fell -28bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.22% in 2021, then fell by -6bps to 0.21% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 32bps to 0.27% in 2023, then decreased by -1bps to 0.27% in 2024, then plummeted by -46bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods came in at 0.15%, 0.13%, and 0.0% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.