Capital One Financial (COF) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Capital One Financial (COF) reported Tax Rate of 19.19% for Q1 2026, up 40.0% year-over-year from 13.71% in Q1 2025, and up 16.77% quarter-over-quarter from 16.44% in Q4 2025.

Capital One Financial (COF) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Capital One Financial (COF) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 19.19% in Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 19.19%, up 40.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.87% (down 771.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.46%, down 1122.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate climbed to 19.19% in Q1 2026 per COF's latest filing, from 16.44% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 28.1% in Q2 2025 and troughed at 8.29% in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 20.13% and a median of 19.44% in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Tax Rate plunged 889 bps in 2024, then jumped 1980 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 20.21% in 2022, then advanced by 20 bps to 24.25% in 2023, then climbed by 3 bps to 25.09% in 2024, then tumbled by 34 bps to 16.44% in 2025, then grew by 17 bps to 19.19% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COF's Tax Rate at 19.19% in Q1 2026, 16.44% in Q4 2025, and 27.13% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Visa 548.22 Bn 535.81 Bn - 16.07
2 Mastercard 437.48 Bn 427.27 Bn - 19.33
3 American Express 231.87 Bn 177.83 Bn 17.43 Bn 21.36
4 Capital One Financial 125.74 Bn 49.24 Bn - 19.19
5 PayPal Holdings 38.80 Bn 29.46 Bn 7.84 Bn 20.10
6 Synchrony Financial 25.78 Bn 5.22 Bn - 23.11
7 Affirm Holdings 24.65 Bn 22.93 Bn 261.64 Mn 4.19
8 SoFi Technologies 22.89 Bn 19.49 Bn 929.25 Mn 16.45
9 Ally Financial 14.15 Bn 13.70 Bn 1.98 Bn 20.25
10 Credit Acceptance 6.63 Bn 6.61 Bn 562.70 Mn 22.29

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 19.19%
Mar 31, 2026 19.19%
Dec 31, 2025 16.44%
Dec 31, 2025 16.44%
Sep 30, 2025 27.13%
Sep 30, 2025 27.13%
Jun 30, 2025 28.10%
Jun 30, 2025 28.10%
Mar 31, 2025 18.80%
Mar 31, 2025 18.80%
Dec 31, 2024 25.09%
Dec 31, 2024 25.09%
Sep 30, 2024 19.88%
Sep 30, 2024 19.88%
Jun 30, 2024 8.29%
Jun 30, 2024 8.29%
Mar 31, 2024 19.09%
Mar 31, 2024 19.09%
Dec 31, 2023 24.25%
Dec 31, 2023 24.25%