KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)

Capital One Financial (COF) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Capital One Financial has reported Tax Rate over the past 17 years, most recently at 16.44% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 865.0% to 16.44% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 8.46% through Dec 2025, down 1122.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 8.46% for FY2025, 1122.0% down from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 16.44% for Q4 2025 at Capital One Financial, down from 27.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 28.1% in Q2 2025 and troughed at 8.29% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 20.45% (2022), against an average of 20.46%.
  • Year-over-year, Tax Rate tumbled -1462bps in 2021 and then skyrocketed 1980bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 20.69% in 2021, then fell by -2bps to 20.21% in 2022, then increased by 20bps to 24.25% in 2023, then rose by 3bps to 25.09% in 2024, then plummeted by -34bps to 16.44% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COF's Tax Rate are 16.44% (Q4 2025), 27.13% (Q3 2025), and 28.1% (Q2 2025).