Share Buybacks
Capital One Financial Share Buybacks increased by 143.0% to $2.52B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 1465.2%, from $161.00M to $2.52B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Share Buybacks shows a downward trend with a -14.3% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
Large repurchases signal that management believes the stock is undervalued or that they have excess cash with no better internal investment opportunities.
Detailed definition
The cash spent by a company to buy back its own shares from the open market. This reduces the total number of shares out...
Peer comparison
Highly profitable tech giants often prioritize repurchases over dividends due to tax efficiencies and the impact on EPS.
cf_share_repurchasesHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.67B | $2.71B | $2.65B | $2.48B | $1.99B | $319.00M | $157.00M | $246.00M | $157.00M | $157.00M | $158.00M | $249.00M | $163.00M | $161.00M | $161.00M | $375.00M | $167.00M | $1.04B | $2.52B |
| QoQ Change | — | +62.5% | -2.1% | -6.3% | -20.0% | -84.0% | -50.8% | +56.7% | -36.2% | +0.0% | +0.6% | +57.6% | -34.5% | -1.2% | +0.0% | +132.9% | -55.5% | +521.0% | +143.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +19.2% | -88.2% | -94.1% | -90.1% | -92.1% | -50.8% | +0.6% | +1.2% | +3.8% | +2.5% | +1.9% | +50.6% | +2.5% | +544.1% | >999% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Capital One Financial's share buybacks?
- Capital One Financial (COF) reported share buybacks of $2.52B in Q4 2025.
- How has Capital One Financial's share buybacks changed year-over-year?
- Capital One Financial's share buybacks increased by 1465.2% year-over-year, from $161.00M to $2.52B.
- What is the long-term trend for Capital One Financial's share buybacks?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Capital One Financial's share buybacks has grown at a -14.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $7.61B to $4.10B.
- What does share buybacks mean?
- The money a company spends to buy back its own stock.