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Capital One Financial (COF) Q4 FY2025 earnings: revenue $15.6 billion, up 52.9% on the year

Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) reported revenue of $15.6 billion for Q4 FY2025, the quarter ended 31 December 2025, up 52.9% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $2.1 billion, up 94.7% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $3.26. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 19 February 2026.

Revenue
$15.6 billion
+52.9% on the year · +1.5% on the quarter
Q1 FY2024Q4 FY2025
Operating margin
n/a
Q1 FY2024Q4 FY2025
Net income
$2.1 billion
+94.7% on the year · -33.1% on the quarter
Q1 FY2024Q4 FY2025
Diluted EPS
$3.26
+22.1% on the year · -32.5% on the quarter
Q1 FY2024Q4 FY2025

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What management said

  • Quarterly net income lower than third quarter: Net income was $2.1 billion, or $3.26 per diluted share, against $4.83 in the third quarter and $2.67 a year earlier. Adjusted net income was $3.86 per diluted share.
  • Credit Card drove most loan growth: Credit Card period-end loans rose $8.5 billion, or 3 percent, to $279.6 billion, most of the $10.5 billion rise in total period-end loans held for investment.
  • Non-interest expense rose 13 percent: Non-interest expense rose 13 percent to $9.3 billion in the quarter, compared with the third quarter.
Read the earnings call summary

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionQ4 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2024On the quarterOn the yearLast 8 quarters
Revenue15,58315,35910,190+1.5%+52.9%
Pre-tax income2,0994,3821,459-52.1%+43.9%
Income tax3451,189366-71.0%-5.7%
Effective tax rate16.4%27.1%25.1%
Net income2,1343,1921,096-33.1%+94.7%
Net margin13.7%20.8%10.8%
Diluted EPS$3.26$4.83$2.67-32.5%+22.1%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFourth quarters are the year less the first three quarters. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionQ4 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2024On the quarterOn the yearLast 8 quarters
Operating cash flow7,8319,1542,448-14.5%+219.9%
Capital expenditure444387356+14.7%+24.7%
Free cash flow7,3878,7672,092-15.7%+253.1%
Cash from investing-7,809-9,951-14,249
Cash from financing3,544-2,2545,753-38.4%
Depreciation and amortisation1,6051,832814-12.4%+97.2%
Share-based compensation200174144+14.9%+38.9%
Buybacks2,5201,037161+143.0%+1,465.2%
Dividends paid508386232+31.6%+119.0%
Dividend per share$0.80$0.60$0.60+33.3%+33.3%
Diluted shares, weightedn/a640m383m
Shares outstanding at period end625m636m381m-1.7%+64.0%

Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.

Balance sheet

$ millionQ4 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2024On the quarterOn the yearLast 8 quarters
Shareholders' equity113,616113,81360,784-0.2%+86.9%
Deposits475,771468,785362,707+1.5%+31.2%
Repurchase agreements587616562-4.7%+4.4%
Debt51,00051,48245,551-0.9%+12.0%
Other liabilities28,03527,18120,540+3.1%+36.5%
Total liabilities and equity669,009661,877490,144+1.1%+36.5%
Fixed assets5,6025,5764,511+0.5%+24.2%
Goodwill28,50928,86315,059-1.2%+89.3%
Intangible assets16,57817,042233-2.7%+7,015.0%
Securities held for sale or to maturity91,05189,73383,013+1.5%+9.7%
Cash and equivalents62,09358,52743,671+6.1%+42.2%
Other assets465,176462,136343,657+0.7%+35.4%
Total assets669,009661,877490,144+1.1%+36.5%

Questions

What was Capital One Financial's revenue in Q4 FY2025?

Capital One Financial (COF) reported revenue of $15.6 billion for Q4 FY2025, the quarter ended 31 December 2025, up 52.9% on the same quarter a year earlier.

How much did Capital One Financial earn in Q4 FY2025?

Net income for Q4 FY2025 was $2.1 billion, up 94.7% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $3.26.

When did Capital One Financial report Q4 FY2025 results?

Capital One Financial filed its 10-K for the year that ended with the quarter on 19 February 2026; the fourth quarter is the year less the first three.

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Revenue8,1188,1738,2328,8059,0408,9039,0129,3669,5069,4029,50610,01410,19010,00012,49215,35915,58315,23115,85016,344
Interest expense3813875781,1971,9612,5683,0533,4503,6263,689n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Pre-tax income3,0592,9452,5642,1871,5441,1631,7282,2229321,5826512,2181,4591,729-5,9294,3822,0992,6993,8184,572
Tax rate21%18%21%23%20%17%17%19%24%19%8%20%25%19%n/a27%16%19%21%23%
Net income2,4252,4032,0311,6941,2329601,4311,7907061,2805971,7771,0961,404-4,2773,1922,1342,1743,0203,539
Net margin30%29%25%19%14%11%16%19%7%14%6%18%11%14%-34%21%14%14%19%22%
Diluted EPS$5.51$5.62$4.96$4.20$3.03$2.31$3.52$4.45$1.67$3.13$1.38$4.41$2.67$3.45-$8.58$4.83$3.26$3.34$4.73$5.61
Operating cash flow4,662-79.02,9542,7778,1572,9923,3547,1297,1003,0106,2436,4582,4484,6676,0669,1547,8316,0238,4445,712
Capital expenditure194230193221290235206259261247289312356348399387444553367392
Free cash flow4,468-3092,7612,5567,8672,7573,1486,8706,8392,7635,9546,1462,0924,3195,6678,7677,3875,4708,0775,320
Buybacks2,6522,4841,9883191572461571571582491631611613751671,0372,5202,7932,7472,684
Dividends paid254251236232231234232232233235232233232234388386508502500490
Shares outstanding414m399m384m382m381m382m381m381m380m382m382m382m381m383m640m636m625m616m613m602m
Filing10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

10-K for the period ended 31 December 2025, filed 19 February 2026: the filing.