Capital One Shatters Expectations: Record Earnings Crush Top and Bottom Line Forecasts

Capital One just delivered a financial knockout punch that left Wall Street analysts scrambling to upgrade their models.

The Earnings Blowout

Revenue and profit figures smashed through consensus estimates, proving traditional banking can still surprise when everyone's looking at crypto. Both top-line and bottom-line performance exceeded projections by margins that would make even the most bullish crypto trader raise an eyebrow.

Banking's Unexpected Resilience

While decentralized finance captures headlines, this old-school financial institution demonstrated that regulated entities can still generate staggering returns. The numbers don't lie—sometimes the most boring investments deliver the most exciting results.

Another quarter proving that while crypto promises revolutionary returns, traditional finance keeps quietly printing money like it's going out of style—which, given these results, it clearly isn't.

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The credit card issuer announced earnings per share (EPS) of $5.95, which handily beat the consensus analyst estimate of $4.38. Revenue in the July through September period totaled $15.36 billion versus the consensus estimate of $15.08 billion.

Capital One’s earnings per share.: Main Street Data

Is COF Stock a Buy?

The stock of Capital One has a consensus Moderate Buy rating among 19 Wall Street analysts. That rating is based on 14 Buy and five Hold recommendations issued in the last three months. The average COF price target of $254.56 implies 17.10% upside from current levels. These ratings are likely to change after the company’s latest financial results.