Capital One Financial Corporation

COF Financial Services · Credit Services
Delayed 15 min
Last close
$198.86
Oct 16, 2026
52-week range
$174.24 — $259.64
-23% from high
Market cap
122B
Diluted basis
Dividend yield
1.6%
P/E
12.8
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Verdict status · Oct 16, 2026

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AI synthesis · written from this company's SEC filings · not investment advice

What the filing actually says.

AI · forensic preset

The data provided for Capital One Financial Corporation contains only two annual series from XBRL company facts: total revenues and net income, covering fiscal years 2018 through 2025. No Beneish M-Score, Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, or Fog Index is on file, so this synthesis gives no forensic score values and draws no conclusions from them. These scores are screening tools rather than proof of anything, and their absence means this data cannot test manipulation risk, financial distress, or the readability of the filing. The data also lacks MD&A text, risk-factor text, and classified news headlines, so the synthesis cannot connect the numbers to management's explanations or to the risks the company itself discloses. Across the eight-year span, revenues rose from $3.43 billion in 2018 to $8.06 billion in 2025, and 2025 is the highest revenue figure in the series. Net income moved in the opposite direction in the most recent year. It peaked at $12.39 billion in 2021, fell to $7.36 billion in 2022 and $4.89 billion in 2023, and reached $2.45 billion in 2025. That 2025 figure is about 19.8% of the 2021 peak and is the lowest net income value in the series, below the $2.71 billion reported for 2020. A reader can see the direction of these figures but not their cause from this data alone. Readers may want to compare these annual figures with the company's annual report and Form 10-K, where the MD&A and risk-factor disclosures that this data set does not include would explain the drivers behind the revenue and earnings changes.

Catalyst.The data on file contains no MD&A text, so this paragraph cannot attribute any driver to management. The reported figures show total revenues rising from $5.92 billion in 2024 to $8.06 billion in 2025, an increase of about 36.1%. Over the same period, net income fell from $4.75 billion to $2.45 billion, a decline of about 48.4%. Readers may want to look at the MD&A section of the company's annual report directly to see what management attributes these changes to, since that narrative is outside the data provided here.

Hidden risk.The most visible tension in the reported numbers is the divergence between the two lines: revenue grew by about 36.1% while net income fell by about 48.4% in 2025. Net income as a share of revenue dropped from about 80.2% in 2024 to about 30.4% in 2025. The data on file contains no risk-factor text, no balance-sheet or cash-flow figures, and no forensic scores, so this paragraph cannot say what causes the gap. A careful reader may want to check the income statement and the risk-factor section of the filing to understand why earnings did not keep pace with revenue.

Market signals · from trading data, not filings

What traders are betting.

The scores above come from what COF reports to the SEC. These readings come from how traders are positioned in its shares. They change quickly, they can be wrong, and they are not part of the verdict.
Short interest Shares sold short · reported twice a month
1.6%
of the shares available to trade
Low
0%5% · 10% · 20%25%+

The metric

Shares that traders have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers report the total to FINRA twice a month. Days to cover divides it by the shares that change hands on a typical day.

Shares sold short
9M
Change since Aug 31
−18.6%
Days to cover
2.5

What it tells us

Few traders are betting against COF. Levels this low are common for large, widely held companies.

Short sellers closed some of their bets: shares sold short fell 18.6% since the Aug 31 report.

At normal trading volume, short sellers would need about 2.5 days to buy back every borrowed share.

How investors use it

  • Squeeze watching. Some aggressive traders seek out heavily shorted stocks, betting that good news will force short sellers to buy back shares and push the price higher.
  • Hedging. Funds short one company to offset risk in another, often owning a stronger business and shorting a weaker one in the same industry.
  • Timing. Chart-based traders pair rising short interest with price patterns, such as a break below a level where buyers used to step in, to decide when to enter or exit.
  • Warning sign. Some owners treat a sharp rise in short interest as a red flag and respond by tightening stop-loss orders or holding smaller positions.

Lesson: short interest, explained →

Short-interest report for Sep 30, 2026, via Yahoo Finance. Reports come out about a week and a half after that date.

SEC filings · last 12 months

Quarterly report

The quarterly report (10-Q) and current reports (8-K) Capital One Financial filed in the last 12 months, each linked to the original document on SEC EDGAR.

  • Sep 15, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 8.01: Other events0
    EDGAR →
  • Sep 15, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 7.01: Regulation FD disclosure (investor materials)0
    EDGAR →
  • Sep 14, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 7.01: Regulation FD disclosure (investor materials)0
    EDGAR →
  • Sep 1, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 5.03: Charter or bylaw change; fiscal-year change
    ★ Curriculum-relevant
    EDGAR →
  • Aug 20, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 8.01: Other events0
    EDGAR →
  • Aug 14, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 7.01: Regulation FD disclosure (investor materials)0
    EDGAR →
  • Jul 28, 2026
    10-Q
    Quarterly report0
    EDGAR →
  • Jul 21, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 7.01: Regulation FD disclosure (investor materials)0
    EDGAR →
  • Jul 21, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 2.02: Results of operations (earnings)0
    EDGAR →
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