Professional fees
Capital One Financial Professional fees increased by 8.1% to $693.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 10.0%, from $630.00M to $693.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Professional fees shows an upward trend with a 13.9% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
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Detailed definition
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is_professional_feesHistorical 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 | $341.00M | $358.00M | $449.00M | $397.00M | $458.00M | $471.00M | $481.00M | $324.00M | $290.00M | $295.00M | $359.00M | $262.00M | $316.00M | $402.00M | $630.00M | $437.00M | $653.00M | $641.00M | $693.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +5.0% | +25.4% | -11.6% | +15.4% | +2.8% | +2.1% | -32.6% | -10.5% | +1.7% | +21.7% | -27.0% | +20.6% | +27.2% | +56.7% | -30.6% | +49.4% | -1.8% | +8.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +34.3% | +31.6% | +7.1% | -18.4% | -36.7% | -37.4% | -25.4% | -19.1% | +9.0% | +36.3% | +75.5% | +66.8% | +106.6% | +59.5% | +10.0% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Capital One Financial's professional fees?
- Capital One Financial (COF) reported professional fees of $693.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Capital One Financial's professional fees changed year-over-year?
- Capital One Financial's professional fees increased by 10.0% year-over-year, from $630.00M to $693.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Capital One Financial's professional fees?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Capital One Financial's professional fees has grown at a 13.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.44B to $2.42B.
- What does professional fees mean?
- The total expenditure on external legal, consulting, and professional advisory services.