Capital One Financial Corp banner
Financial profile · Q3 FY2026

A deposit-funded lender whose earnings remain sensitive to credit cycles

Capital One’s long-run model is loan-intensive and led by net interest income, while changes in credit-loss provisions can materially alter reported profit. Its deposit-funded lending base has expanded, and recent acquisitions have added scale alongside integration and acquisition-accounting effects.

What is developing

The latest comparable quarter shows higher earnings alongside growth in interest and fee income, while reported results still reflect changing credit provisions and acquisition-related costs. This is a development within the established lending model, not evidence of a new financial model.

What matters next

Whether loan growth continues without a material increase in credit-loss provisions.

USD
Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
20.9B 22.5B 22.9B 23.3B 22.9B 24.2B 27.1B 29.2B 31.2B 42.9B
22.9B 25.2B 27.2B 28.5B 26B 25.8B 31.2B 41.9B 46B 58.7B
2B 2.8B 4.3B 5.2B 3.1B 1.6B 4.1B 12.7B 14.8B 15.8B
4.6B 4.8B 5.2B 5.3B 5.6B 6.3B 7.1B 7.5B 7.9B 10.6B
25.5B 27.2B 28.1B 28.6B 28.5B 30.4B 34.3B 36.8B 39.1B 53.4B
(6.5B) (7.6B) (5.9B) (6.2B) (6.3B) 1.9B (5.8B) (10.4B) (11.7B) (20.7B)
(13.6B) (14.2B) (14.9B) (15.5B) (19.1B) (16.6B) (19.2B) (20.3B) (21.5B) (30.5B)
5.5B 5.5B 7.3B 6.9B 3.2B 15.8B 9.2B 6B 5.9B 2.3B
(1.7B) (1.6B) (1.3B) (1.3B) (486m) (3.4B) (1.9B) (1.2B) (1.2B) (193m)
3.8B 3.9B 6B 5.5B 2.7B 12.4B 7.4B 4.9B 4.7B 2.1B
3.5B 1.7B 5.7B 5.2B 2.4B 12B 7B 4.6B 4.4B 2.2B
6.89 3.48 11.81 11.04 5.18 26.95 17.91 11.95 11.58 4.02