Capital One Financial (COF) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Capital One Financial (COF) reported Share-based Compensation of $131.0 million for Q1 2026, down 25.99% year-over-year from $177.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 34.5% on a QoQ basis from $200.0 million in Q4 2025.

Capital One Financial (COF) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Capital One Financial (COF) has 18 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $131.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation fell 25.99% year-over-year to $131.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $730.0 million (up 32.01% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $776.0 million, up 36.38% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation retreated to $131.0 million in Q1 2026 per COF's latest filing, from $200.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $225.0 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $65.0 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $131.0 million (2026), against an average of $135.5 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2025, when Share-based Compensation surged 114.29%; it then slipped 25.99% in 2026.
  • Tracing COF's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $76.0 million in 2022, then surged by 85.53% to $141.0 million in 2023, then rose by 2.13% to $144.0 million in 2024, then surged by 38.89% to $200.0 million in 2025, then slumped by 34.5% to $131.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest COF Share-based Compensation figures stand at $131.0 million (Q1 2026), $200.0 million (Q4 2025), and $174.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 275.00 Mn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 136.00 Mn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 203.00 Mn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 131.00 Mn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 259.00 Mn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 73.84 Mn
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - -
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 72.01 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn -
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 13.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 131.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 131.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 200.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 200.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 174.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 174.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 225.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 225.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 177.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 177.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 144.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 144.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 127.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 127.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 105.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 105.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 193.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 193.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 141.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 141.00 Mn