Capital One Financial Corporation COF

200.20 3.59 1.83% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$122.0B
P/E
12.4×
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Capital One Financial Corporation (COF) P/E ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Capital One Financial Corporation (COF) trades at a P/E ratio of 12.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2020) to 117× (September 2025); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 9.6× and in line with the Financial sector median of 12.6×.

P/E ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 81.6× 431.75%
FY2024 15.3× 39.16%
FY2023 11.0× 111.96%
FY2022 5.2× (3.36%)
FY2021 5.4× (72.11%)
FY2020 19.3× 108.24%
FY2019 9.3× 45.71%
FY2018 6.4× (77.58%)
FY2017 28.4× 121.61%
FY2016 12.8× 26.85%

Quarterly

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 12.4× (80.61%)
Mar 2026 64.0× (21.56%)
Dec 2025 81.6× (8.64%)
Sep 2025 89.3× (17.30%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 117×
Ten-year median 10.7×
Current reading's percentile 64

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 7.4×
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 9.0×
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 10.3×
COF Capital One Financial Corporation 12.4×
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 12.6×
AXP American Express Company compare 18.7×
V Visa Inc. compare 30.1×
MA Mastercard Incorporated compare 31.2×
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare 32.5×
Credit Services industry median 9.6×
Financial sector median 12.6×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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