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COF (Capital One Financial) Debt-to-Equity : 0.78 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Capital One Financial Debt-to-Equity?

Capital One Financial's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0 Mil. Capital One Financial's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $48,816 Mil. Capital One Financial's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $62,925 Mil. Capital One Financial's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.78.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Capital One Financial's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

COF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.55   Med: 0.91   Max: 1.25
Current: 0.78

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Capital One Financial was 1.25. The lowest was 0.55. And the median was 0.91.

COF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
58.28% of 441 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 1.1 vs COF: 0.78

Capital One Financial Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Capital One Financial's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Capital One Financial Debt-to-Equity Chart

Capital One Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.96 0.66 0.69 0.91 0.85

Capital One Financial Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.91 0.85 0.86 0.82 0.78

Competitive Comparison of Capital One Financial's Debt-to-Equity

For the Credit Services subindustry, Capital One Financial's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Capital One Financial's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Capital One Financial's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Capital One Financial's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Capital One Financial Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Capital One Financial's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capital One Financial's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Capital One Financial  (NYSE:COF) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Capital One Financial Business Description

Address
1680 Capital One Drive, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Capital One is a diversified financial services holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Originally a spinoff of Signet Financial's credit card division in 1994, the company is now primarily involved in credit card lending, auto loans, and commercial lending.
Executives
Michael Zamsky officer: Chief Consumer Credit Officer 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Andrew M Young officer: Head of Fin. Plng. & Analysis 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Kara West officer: Chief Audit Officer 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Robert M. Alexander officer: Chief Information Officer 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Ravi Raghu officer: Pres, Software, Intl & Sm Bus 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Mark Daniel Mouadeb officer: President, U.S. Card 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Laprade,iii Frank G. officer: Chief Enterprise Srvcs Officer 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Kevin S. Borgmann officer: Chief Risk Officer 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Celia Karam officer: Chief Audit Officer 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Lia Dean officer: Head of Bank Mktg and Retail 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Timothy P Golden officer: Controller 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Ann F Hackett director
Richard D Fairbank director, officer: Chairman, CEO and President 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Neal Blinde officer: EC, Commercial Banking 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Sheldon Hall officer: Chief Risk Officer 1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102