Trending NewsTrending NewsTop MarketRank™ StocksTop MarketRank™NYSE:COF Capital One Financial (COF) Stock Price, News & Analysis $201.26 -2.17 (-1.07%) Closing price 10/23/2026 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$202.08 +0.82 (+0.41%) As of 10/23/2026 07:57 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesNews and TrendsOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest About Capital One Financial Stock (NYSE:COF) View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced 1 Day 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced Show volume Show extended hours Get Capital One Financial alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$199.28▼$202.7450-Day Range$193.45▼$221.7752-Week Range$174.24▼$259.64Volume3.76 million shsAverage Volume3.96 million shsMarket Capitalization$123.47 billionP/E Ratio11.88Dividend Yield1.59%Price Target$256.32Consensus RatingModerate Buy Company Overview Capital One Financial Corporation is a diversified financial services company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Founded in 1994, the company operates as a bank holding company through Capital One, N.A., providing financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial customers. Capital One is best known for its credit card business, which offers a range of consumer and business cards. Its other activities include consumer banking products such as checking and savings accounts, auto loans and retail banking services, as well as commercial banking services for businesses and institutions. The company primarily serves customers in the United States through digital channels, branches and other distribution networks. In 2025, Capital One completed its acquisition of Discover Financial Services, expanding its credit card and payments-related operations and adding the Discover, PULSE and Diners Club networks to its business. Capital One was founded by Richard D. Fairbank, who remains the company's chairman and chief executive officer. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol COF.AI Generated. May Contain Errors. Read More Capital One Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks100th Percentile Overall ScoreCOF MarketRank™: 4.98725687458 of 5 starsCapital One Financial scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 6th out of 850 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion4.4 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingCapital One Financial has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 20 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Upside PotentialCapital One Financial has a consensus price target of $256.32, representing about 27.4% upside from its current price of $201.26.Amount of Analyst CoverageCapital One Financial has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about Capital One Financial's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation3.1 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth11.84% Earnings GrowthEarnings for Capital One Financial are expected to grow by 11.84% in the coming year, from $21.28 to $23.80 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Capital One Financial is 11.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.38.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Capital One Financial is 11.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.19.Price to Earnings Growth RatioCapital One Financial has a PEG Ratio of 0.95. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioCapital One Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.13. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short Interest5.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted1.47% of the float of Capital One Financial has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverCapital One Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Capital One Financial has recently decreased by 9.20%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. Dividend2.5 / 5Dividend StrengthModerate Dividend YieldCapital One Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 1.59%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthCapital One Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Capital One Financial is 18.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Capital One Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.45% next year. This indicates that Capital One Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.Read more about Capital One Financial's dividend. News and Social Media4.2 / 5News Sentiment0.77 News SentimentCapital One Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.77. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 62 news articles for Capital One Financial this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.Search Interest47 people have searched for COF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 38% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat Follows20 people have added Capital One Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 1,900% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership1.5 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Capital One Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $7,914,162.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders0.78% of the stock of Capital One Financial is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions89.84% of the stock of Capital One Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Capital One Financial's insider trading history. 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Unsubscribe at any time by replying "STOP" to any text message that you receive from MarketBeat or by visiting our mailing preferences page. Read our full terms of service and privacy policy. COF Stock News HeadlinesCapital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) Stock Has Average Price Target of $255.04 According to BrokeragesOctober 25 at 3:47 AM | americanbankingnews.comHead-To-Head Analysis: SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) vs. Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF)October 25 at 2:15 AM | americanbankingnews.comA letter from Shannon StansberryPorter Stansberry nearly canceled the entire project. When he first saw the claimed returns - only one down year in nearly two decades and total gains of almost 2,000% - his immediate reaction was disbelief. It took a trusted friend's personal vouching for Emmet Savage and a face-to-face trip to Ireland to change his mind. The full documentary, Investigating Project Prophet, is now live.October 25 at 1:00 AM | Porter & Company (Ad)Consensus price target for Capital One Financial Corporation - preferred stock decreased by 19.97% to $18.15October 23 at 12:48 PM | msn.comCapital One: Discover Makes It Interesting But The Credit Cycle DecidesOctober 23 at 12:31 PM | seekingalpha.comCapital One Earnings: After a Double Beat the Rally Is OnCapital One posted Q3 2026 adjusted EPS of $6.69, up 12%, with revenue up 6% to $16.3 billion, as the Discover integration drove margin gains despite the stock giving back post-earnings gains.October 23 at 10:20 AM | marketbeat.comCapital One Financial (NYSE:COF) Insider Sells 1,887 Shares of Company StockOctober 20, 2026 | insidertrades.comCapital One Financial (NYSE:COF) General Counsel Sells $686,770.00 in StockOctober 8, 2026 | insidertrades.comSee More Headlines COF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have COF shares performed this year? Capital One Financial's stock was trading at $242.52 on January 1st, 2026. Since then, COF shares have decreased by 17.0% and is now trading at $201.2570. How were Capital One Financial's earnings last quarter? Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 20th. The financial services provider reported $6.69 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $5.53 by $1.16. Capital One Financial's revenue for the quarter was up 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Read the conference call transcript. Does Capital One Financial have any subsidiaries? The following companies are subsidiaries of Capital One Financial: Lola.com, Freebird, Freebird, KippsDeSanto & Co, Capital One Investing, United Income, Capital One Trade Credit, and more. Who are Capital One Financial's major shareholders? Capital One Financial's top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.13%), Evergreen Capital Management LLC (0.08%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.07%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). Insiders that own company stock include Richard D Fairbank, Matthew W Cooper, Robert M Alexander, Lia Dean, Ann F Hackett, Celia Karam, Frank G LapradeIii, Kevin S Borgmann, Jason P Hanson, Neal Blinde, Michael Zamsky, Ravi Raghu, Mark Daniel Mouadeb, Kara West and Timothy P Golden. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Capital One Financial? Shares of COF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of Capital One Financial own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Capital One Financial investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Bank of America (bac), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel (INTC), Visa (V) and Wells Fargo & Company (WFC). Company Calendar Record date for 9/1 Dividend8/17/2026Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend8/17/2026Dividend Payable9/01/2026Last Earnings10/20/2026Today10/25/2026Fiscal Year End12/31/2026Get Stock Alerts Health Indicator TradeSmith's Health IndicatorA long-term volatility-based measure designed for securities held 12 months or longer.Green: Strong and healthy uptrend with normal pullbacks.Yellow: Significant pullback but still within expected volatility.Red: Dropped beyond expected volatility; considered unhealthy. Green Zone (1w+) 1-Year History Oct 25 Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26 For the last 10 days, COF's financial health has been in the Green zone, according to TradeSmith. Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorFinance Industry Consumer Finance Sub-IndustryConsumer Finance Current SymbolNYSE:COF CIK927628 Webwww.capitalone.com Phone(703) 720-1000Fax302-636-5454Employees76,300Year Founded1994Price Target and Rating Average Price Target for Capital One Financial$256.32 High Price Target$300.00 Low Price Target$220.00 Potential Upside/Downside+27.4%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.83 Research Coverage24 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)$16.94 Trailing P/E Ratio11.88 Forward P/E Ratio9.46 P/E Growth0.95Net Income$2.45 billion Net Margins13.70% Pretax Margin16.62% Return on Equity11.64% Return on Assets1.94% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.45 Current Ratio1.02 Quick Ratio1.02 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$69.25 billion Price / Sales1.78 Cash Flow$24.82 per share Price / Cash Flow8.11 Book Value$178.74 per share Price / Book1.13Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares613,480,000Free Float608,700,000Market Cap$123.47 billion OptionableOptionable Beta1.04 Social Links 10 Stocks Powering The Next AI Boom The AI boom is creating opportunities across semiconductors, cloud computing, enterprise software, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and automation. 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