Buyback yield (TTM)
6.91%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
7.01%
5Y share count change
18.0%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$8.61B
Cumulative buybacks
$39.9B
Key takeaways
- Capital One Financial (COF) repurchased about $8.61B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 18.0% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 11.96× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +21.1% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 27% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Capital One Financial (COF)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Capital One Financial (COF)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Capital One Financial (COF)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Capital One Financial (COF)
Latest: $4.6B
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Capital One Financial (COF) reported buyback spend of $4.6B – surged 526.6% year-over-year.
Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, Capital One Financial buyback spend compounded at +21.1% per year, sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
Capital One Financial buyback spend peaked at $9.71B in 2021; the latest annual figure is $4.6B in 2025 (52.6% below peak).
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $9.71B in 2021 and its low of $0.00 in 1994.
Capital One Financial Buyback Spend 2025: $4.6B
Capital One Financial buyback spend in 2025 was $4.6B, surged 526.6% from 2024.
Capital One Financial Buyback Spend 2024: $734M
2024's buyback spend for Capital One Financial came in at $734M, edged up 2.2% from 2023.
Capital One Financial Buyback Spend 2023: $718M
Capital One Financial posted buyback spend of $718M in 2023, plunged 85.5% below 2022.
Capital One Financial Buyback Spend 2022: $4.95B
In 2022, Capital One Financial reported buyback spend of $4.95B, plunged 49.0% below 2021.
Capital One Financial Buyback Spend 2021: $9.71B
Capital One Financial buyback spend in 2021 was $9.71B.
See more financial history for Capital One Financial (COF).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $4.6B | $776M | $3.82B | 3.01% | 541M | +41.1% | |
| 2024 | $734M | $569M | $165M | 1.08% | 384M | +0.1% | |
| 2023 | $718M | $513M | $205M | 1.43% | 383M | -2.5% | |
| 2022 | $4.95B | $314M | $4.63B | 13.91% | 393M | -11.5% | |
| 2021 | $9.71B | $331M | $9.37B | 15.83% | 444M | -3.2% | |
| 2020 | $1.77B | $203M | $1.57B | 3.90% | 459M | -2.3% | |
| 2019 | $2.48B | $239M | $2.24B | 5.23% | 470M | -2.7% | |
| 2018 | $2.28B | $170M | $2.11B | 6.43% | 483M | -1.1% | |
| 2017 | $240M | $244M | -$4M | 0.48% | 489M | -4.2% | |
| 2016 | $3.66B | $239M | $3.42B | 8.68% | 510M | -7.0% | |
| 2015 | $2.44B | $161M | $2.28B | 6.37% | 548M | -4.2% | |
| 2014 | $2.05B | $205M | $1.84B | 4.47% | 572M | -2.7% | |
| 2013 | $1.03B | $240M | $793M | 2.31% | 588M | +3.7% | |
| 2012 | $43M | $199M | -$156M | 0.13% | 567M | +23.4% | |
| 2011 | $42M | $189M | -$147M | 0.20% | 459M | +0.6% | |
| 2010 | $22M | $149M | -$127M | 0.11% | 456M | +5.8% | |
| 2009 | $14M | $146M | -$132M | 0.08% | 431M | +14.1% | |
| 2008 | $12.5M | $112M | -$99.1M | 0.10% | 378M | -4.4% | |
| 2007 | $3.02B | $339M | $2.69B | 17.27% | 396M | +24.8% | |
| 2006 | $21.6M | $211M | -$190M | 0.07% | 317M | +17.9% | |
| 2005 | $40M | $149M | -$109M | 0.15% | 269M | +8.1% | |
| 2004 | $17.2M | $127M | -$110M | 0.09% | 249M | +6.2% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $49.4M | -$49.4M | — | 234M | +2.3% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 229M | +3.8% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $11.1M | -$11.1M | — | 221M | +5.2% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 210M | -0.7% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 211M | +1.3% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 208M | +2.7% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 203M | +0.6% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 202M | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$4.6B
- 2024$734M
- 2023$718M
- 2022$4.95B
- 2021$9.71B
- 2020$1.77B
- 2019$2.48B
- 2018$2.28B
- 2017$240M
- 2016$3.66B
- 2015$2.44B
- 2014$2.05B
- 2013$1.03B
- 2012$43M
- 2011$42M
- 2010$22M
- 2009$14M
- 2008$12.5M
- 2007$3.02B
- 2006$21.6M
- 2005$40M
- 2004$17.2M
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
- 1994$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Capital One Financial (COF)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 11.96×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Capital One Financial (COF)
How Capital One Financial splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Capital One Financial, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $34.6B | |
| $24.1B | |
| $19.5B | |
| $13.4B | |
| $12.4B | |
| $11.7B | |
| $5.84B | |
| $0.00 |
- $34.6B
- $24.1B
- $19.5B
- $13.4B
- $12.4B
- $11.7B
- $5.84B
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $32.1B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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