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) Return on invested capital

Capital One Financial Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 7.92%, up 6.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.40%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.40% (fiscal 2025) to 12.2% (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 4.09% and above the Financial sector median of 4.85%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 1.40% (4.55)
FY2024 5.95% 0.01
FY2023 5.94% (2.41)
FY2022 8.35% (3.81)
FY2021 12.2% 8.78
FY2020 3.38% (0.93)
FY2019 4.31% (0.42)
FY2018 4.73% 1.08
FY2017 3.65% 0.02
FY2016 3.63% (0.18)

Against its own ten years

Low 1.40% High 12.2%
Ten-year median 4.31%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MA Mastercard Incorporated compare 70.5%
V Visa Inc. compare 38.0%
AXP American Express Company compare 20.0%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 16.9%
SYF Synchrony Financial compare 16.8%
COF Capital One Financial Corporation 7.92%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 4.64%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare 4.26%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 2.16%
Credit Services industry median 4.09%
Financial sector median 4.85%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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