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What investors are saying about Capital One Financial (COF)
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In the past 30 days, 5 people on 4 investor and market shows discussed Capital One Financial (COF) in 6 views. Going by each speaker's latest call, 3 are bullish and 1 is bearish. Chorus has followed Capital One Financial since October 11, 2026.
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Jim Cramer · CNBCBullish
Capital One's selloff on fears of a credit-card rate cap was overdone; the stock shouldn't have moved at all.
Capital One fell as much as $8 intraday when the crowd decided Democrats would cap high credit-card interest rates. Cramer says the same fear appeared in January, when the president's temporary 10% cap on credit card rates failed. Buyers came in after an hour of free fall, lifting the stock about five points, and it finished down only $2. He argues the move shouldn't have happened at all, which implies the market overpriced the policy risk to a high-rate card business.
“Now let's talk about the other direction, Capital One... saw its stock plummet $8 at one point today as the crowd decided the democrats would cap rates... I would argue that it shouldn't have moved at all.”at 45:56
Mad Money with Jim Cramer: Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 11/4/26 ·
Patrick Ceresna · Big Picture TradingBearish
Capital One is a short on consumer-credit deterioration from AI-driven job losses, with technical weakness confirming it.
Ceresna argues that if AI displaces workers and cuts their earning power, consumers will struggle to service debt, so productivity gains for businesses could bring deteriorating credit quality at consumer lenders. Capital One, with heavy exposure to credit cards and auto loans, is a candidate to express that view. The technical picture reinforces it: the stock peaked in January, has spent most of the year under pressure, and is pivoting at its 50-day moving average. A failure there would confirm the bear structure. He recommends a January 2027 $200/$175 bear put spread at about $5.96 net debit, with roughly 3:1 reward to risk, and notes implied volatility is near the bottom of its one-year range, which makes owning the $200 put outright reasonable too.
“We're expressing a specific vulnerability in consumer credit through a stock already showing technical weakness with a defined capital commitment and more than $3 of profit potential for every $1 risked.”at 42:37
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Bonawyn Eison · CNBCUncertain
Capital One's delinquencies ticked up, a stress signal to monitor in the K-shaped recovery.
Eisen says Capital One has sequentially lower charge-offs and some loan loss reserve provisions being released. The thing that stands out is a slight tick up in delinquency. There are no defaults yet, but she sees more stress on the balance sheet in that cohort in the context of a K-shaped recovery. That is something to monitor.
“So we haven't seen defaults, but we did see a slight tick up in delinquency. You're pretty much just seeing a bit more stress on the balance sheet in that cohort.”at 24:55
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Karen Finerman · Metropolitan Capital AdvisorsBullish
Capital One's quarter was strong: credit quality beat and expenses fell.
Capital One topped earnings and revenue estimates after hours. Finerman says credit quality was a nice beat and expenses were down, so it was a really good quarter. She calls the stock interesting and notes the bank group saw similar results, though this credit-quality story differs from the others.
“I think the credit quality was a nice beat there, and the expenses were down. I mean, was a really, really pretty good quarter.”at 37:32
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Jim Cramer · CNBCBullish
Capital One is about to take off after a flat stretch since the Discover merger, though he is only hanging on.
Cramer argues Capital One's stock has done little since the Discover merger, but he thinks it is about to take off, citing CEO Richard Fairbank's reputation as a skilled operator. He hedges that investors prefer Mastercard and Visa because they carry no credit exposure and grow faster. He says he is still hanging with Capital One, but he is not confident. The support is thin, and the view is mainly a bet on a recovery rather than on the numbers.
“Capital One's Richard Fairbank. He's money, and the stock has not done much lately at all after they merged with Discover. I think it's about to take off.”at 12:00
Mad Money with Jim Cramer: Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 10/15/26 ·
Chris Davis · Davis AdvisorsBullish
Capital One is the most successful fintech ever yet trades at only 9-10x earnings.
Davis says he reread Rich Fairbank's 2025 annual report for Capital One and was struck by how far ahead the company is. He calls it the most valuable and successful fintech company in history, still run by its founder. Yet it trades at nine or 10 times earnings. The report also spells out what it takes to be a business capitalising on AI, which Davis sees as the big question for companies. His point is that the valuation looks low given the company's position and its AI capability.
“it's just amazing how far ahead they are as the most valuable and successful fintech company in history, still run by the founder, and yet it trades at nine or 10 times earnings.”at 47:46
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