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Capital One Financial Corporation · COF-PN · FY2025 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2026
Capital One Emphasizes Brex, Discover Integration and Credit Risks
The supplied analysis supports a mixed but constructive view: strategic acquisitions, Discover integration, and technology investment may strengthen longer-term growth, while credit costs, regulatory risk, and integration execution could limit near-term earnings quality.
Reported Session unavailableNYSEFinancial Services
$115.63B market cap
75quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$3.86
Consensus $4.14
EPS surprise
-6.8%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$15.58B
Consensus $15.47B
Revenue surprise
+0.7%
Reported versus consensus
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What changed
The call added a planned Brex acquisition to Capital One's growth agenda while emphasizing continued Discover integration, higher technology investment, and ongoing attention to credit-loss and regulatory risks.
Guidance delta
Maintained, according to the supplied transcript analysis.
Key takeaways
- Management highlighted the strategic role of the Brex acquisition in corporate cards, spend management, and small-business banking.
- Discover integration remains focused on network migration, acceptance, and potential synergies.
- Credit-loss provisions, regulatory proposals, and integration execution remain important risks to the outlook.
Management priorities
- Integrate Discover and transition card activity to its network.
- Integrate Brex and expand business-payments capabilities.
- Invest in AI, data infrastructure, and global network acceptance.
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Firm-level rating actions
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| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 16, 2023 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 5, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Underweight | Maintain | Oct 2, 2023 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 20, 2023 |
| Stephens & Co. | Underweight | Underweight | Maintain | Jul 20, 2023 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 20, 2023 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 10, 2023 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jun 5, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 27, 2023 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 27, 2023 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Apr 11, 2023 |
| Odeon Capital | Sell | Hold | Downgrade | Mar 1, 2023 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 21, 2022 |
| Oppenheimer | Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jul 11, 2022 |
| Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Jun 16, 2022 |
| Wolfe Research | Underperform | Peer Perform | Downgrade | May 11, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Jul 22, 2021 |
| UBS | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Jun 21, 2020 |
| Nomura | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 23, 2020 |
| Nomura Instinet | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Feb 20, 2018 |
| Buckingham Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 23, 2018 |
| Compass Point | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Dec 21, 2017 |
| Wedbush | Neutral | Underperform | Upgrade | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Feb 16, 2017 |
| Stifel | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Nov 13, 2016 |
| CLSA | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 22, 2016 |
| Rafferty Capital | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jul 24, 2016 |
| Sterne Agee | Underperform | Neutral | Downgrade | Jun 7, 2016 |
| Guggenheim | Neutral | Sell | Upgrade | May 8, 2016 |
| Bernstein | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 5, 2015 |
| FBR Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Apr 23, 2015 |
| Susquehanna | Neutral | Positive | Downgrade | Jan 16, 2014 |
| Janney Montgomery Scott | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 17, 2013 |
| Rochdale Securities | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Oct 21, 2012 |
| Argus Research | Hold | Sell | Upgrade | May 7, 2012 |
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Snapshot as of publicationCapital One Financial Corporation functions as a holding company for its banking subsidiaries, Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, and Capital One, National Association. These entities deliver a wide array of financial products and services to customers across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The organization structures its operations into three primary divisions: Credit Card, Consumer Banking, and Commercial Banking. It collects deposits through various account types, including checking, money market, negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW), savings, and time deposits.…
Historical context
All COF-PN earningsFinancial Services peers this season
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWBC East West Bancorp, Inc. | FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026 | +1.5% | +2.2% | EWBC: Record Q3 Results, Higher NII Guidance |
| COF Capital One Financial Corporation | FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026 | +21.6% | +0.9% | Capital One posts Q3 beat as synergies and credit trends strengthen |
| KEY-PK KeyCorp | FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026 | +10.5% | — | KeyCorp posts strong Q3 as deposits and loan demand support growth |
| KEY-PL KeyCorp | FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026 | +10.5% | — | KeyCorp posts strong Q3 as deposits and commercial demand rise |
| KEY-PJ KeyCorp | FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026 | +10.5% | — | KeyCorp reports record revenue as deposits and commercial lending strengthen |
| KEY-PI KeyCorp | FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026 | +10.5% | — | KeyCorp posts record Q3 as deposits and commercial lending accelerate |
Latest beats and misses
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- EWBCFY2026 Q3 · October 20, 2026+1.5% EPS+2.2% move
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- RTXFY2026 Q3 · October 20, 2026+27.0% EPS+0.6% move
- MMMFY2026 Q3 · October 20, 2026+5.0% EPS+5.8% move
- GPCFY2026 Q3 · October 20, 2026+1.5% EPS-5.1% move
Missed on EPS
- PACFY2026 Q3 · October 20, 2026-2.2% EPS+7.1% move
- AGNCZFY2026 Q3 · October 19, 2026-0.6% EPS+0.3% move
- AGNCLFY2026 Q3 · October 19, 2026-0.6% EPS-0.3% move
- AGNCOFY2026 Q3 · October 19, 2026-0.6% EPS+0.3% move
- AGNCPFY2026 Q3 · October 19, 2026-0.6% EPS0.0% move
- AGNCMFY2026 Q3 · October 19, 2026-0.6% EPS-0.3% move
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
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