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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Capital One Financial Corporation (COF) trades at a price to free cash flow of 4.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.2× (April 2020) to 7.6× (December 2025); the current reading is higher than 68% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 3.0× and below the Financial sector median of 10.0×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 5.0× 24.55%
FY2024 4.0× 56.27%
FY2023 2.6× (8.96%)
FY2022 2.8× (48.83%)
FY2021 5.5× 95.35%
FY2020 2.8× (7.35%)
FY2019 3.1× 1.93%
FY2018 3.0× (18.20%)
FY2017 3.7× (9.55%)
FY2016 4.1× (0.61%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 4.2× 0.72%
Mar 2026 4.2× (17.00%)
Dec 2025 5.0× (23.07%)
Sep 2025 6.5× 10.40%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.2× High 7.6×
Ten-year median 3.8×
Current reading's percentile 68

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare n/m
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 2.5×
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 2.6×
COF Capital One Financial Corporation 4.2×
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 7.3×
AXP American Express Company compare 13.9×
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 24.2×
V Visa Inc. compare 31.1×
MA Mastercard Incorporated compare 31.3×
Credit Services industry median 3.0×
Financial sector median 10.0×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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