Capital One Financial Corporation COF

200.20 3.59 1.83% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$122.0B
P/E
12.4×
Indexes indicate stock being part of an index,
Growth Flags show if company had growth for consecutive years

Capital One Financial Corporation (COF) Free cash flow margin

Capital One Financial Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 37.7%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (37.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 31.4% (fiscal 2024) to 50.5% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 13.0% and above the Financial sector median of 15.6%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 37.8% 6.32
FY2024 31.4% (8.21)
FY2023 39.6% 6.09
FY2022 33.6% (2.70)
FY2021 36.3% (14.28)
FY2020 50.5% 3.88
FY2019 46.7% 9.27
FY2018 37.4% (6.50)
FY2017 43.9% 3.63
FY2016 40.3% 1.93

Against its own ten years

Low 31.4% High 50.5%
Ten-year median 38.3%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
V Visa Inc. compare 47.2%
MA Mastercard Incorporated compare 45.5%
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 41.8%
COF Capital One Financial Corporation 37.7%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 28.8%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 23.3%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 19.4%
AXP American Express Company compare 17.9%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare −157.6%
Credit Services industry median 13.0%
Financial sector median 15.6%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

The full definition of Free cash flow margin →

More on COF