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COF

LONGSHORTINSIDER SELLCONGRESS BUY

CAPITAL ONE FINL CORP

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Buyers
3
3.97
Sellers
3
2.94
vs SPY
+4.2%
Stock return (since Q-end)
+6.3%
SPY return (since Q-end)
+2.1%
Current price
$212.48
Days to cover (short int.)
2.3d-16.6%
as of 2026-07-31

News Summary

Positive

Capital One delivered a strong Q2 2026 earnings rebound with $3.0B net income (vs. $4.3B loss YoY), driven by significantly improved credit conditions and 26% YoY growth in credit card purchase volume. The company is executing a critical phase of its Discover acquisition integration beginning July 2026, with a 12-24 month full integration timeline, while maintaining 82% analyst buy consensus and average price targets of $265.

Funds Buying (3)

FundManagerShares Held∆ SharesPosition Value% of FundQoQStatus
Point72Steve Cohen2.5M+881K$507M0.8%+53%Existing
Maverick CapitalLee Ainslie1.4M+136K$278M2.5%+11%Existing
Third PointDan Loeb825K+685K$166M3.6%+489%Existing

Shares Held and Position Value reflect total quarter-end holdings. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the position's share of the fund's reported equity portfolio — it drives the size weighting in the conviction score.

Portfolio Context

Where COF ranks in each buying fund's book, and the positions immediately around it. What a holding sits next to often says more about the thesis than the position size does.

Point72

position #12 of this fund's book

  1. 9SNOWFLAKE INC$716M
  2. 10PROCTER & GAMBLE CO$634M
  3. 11RTX CORPORATION$626M
  4. 12CAPITAL ONE FINL CORP$507M
  5. 13ORACLE CORP$500M
  6. 14MONDELEZ INTL INC$475M
  7. 15KEURIG DR PEPPER INC$457M
Third Point

position #13 of this fund's book

  1. 10BLOCK INC$194M
  2. 11NORFOLK SOUTHN CORP$189M
  3. 12FLEX LTD$167M
  4. 13CAPITAL ONE FINL CORP$166M
  5. 14HUT 8 CORP$152M
  6. 15CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP$133M
  7. 16API GROUP CORP$121M
Maverick Capital

position #15 of this fund's book

  1. 12DICKS SPORTING GOODS INC$334M
  2. 13MICROSOFT CORP$310M
  3. 14RTX CORPORATION$294M
  4. 15CAPITAL ONE FINL CORP$278M
  5. 16REPLIGEN CORP$271M
  6. 17PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC$264M
  7. 18VISA INC$258M

Values are quarter-end position sizes. Shown only for funds where COF ranks inside their 40 largest equity positions — below that, neighbouring names carry no signal. Adjacency is an inference about a fund's reasoning, not a disclosure of it.

Funds Reducing / Exiting (3)

FundManagerShares Held∆ SharesPosition Value% of FundQoQStatus
Berkshire HathawayWarren Buffett3.0M-4,149,666$602M0.5%-58%Existing
Viking GlobalAndreas Halvorsen388K-1,224,721$78M0.8%-76%Existing
Lone Pine CapitalSteve Mandel0−2.3M3.3%-100%EXITED

Shares Held reflects quarter-end positions for partial reductions. Funds that fully exited show 0 shares held. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the prior-quarter position size — how much of the book was sold down.

Signal History

QuarterDirectionFundsScorevs SPY
Q2 2026SHORT32.94+4.2%
Q2 2026LONG33.97+4.2%
Q1 2026LONG32.75+5.5%

Same issuer appearing in consecutive quarters — persistent institutional conviction. Returns are frozen at each archived quarter's last refresh.

Insider Activity

NameTitleTypeSharesPriceValueFiledSrc
Dean LiaPres, Banking & Prem. ProductsSELL2K$225.52$0.49M2026-08-17
Dean LiaPres, Banking & Prem. ProductsSELL1$225.92$0.00M2026-08-17
Karam CeliaPres, Retail BankSELL2K$225.52$0.43M2026-08-17
Karam CeliaPres, Retail BankSELL1$225.92$0.00M2026-08-17
Mouadeb Mark DanielPresident, CardSELL1K$225.00$0.27M2026-08-13
Zamsky MichaelChief Credit & Fin'l Risk Off.SELL5K$218.02$1.19M2026-08-10
Raghu RaviPres, Software, Intl & Sm BusSELL50$218.49$0.01M2026-08-07
Mouadeb Mark DanielPresident, CardSELL1K$220.00$0.26M2026-08-04
Cooper Matthew WGeneral Counsel & Corp SecySELL4K$219.33$0.77M2026-08-04
Mouadeb Mark DanielPresident, CardSELL690$215.00$0.15M2026-08-03
Raghu RaviPres, Software, Intl & Sm BusSELL3K$209.27$0.72M2026-07-31
Raghu RaviPres, Software, Intl & Sm BusSELL6K$210.02$1.22M2026-07-31
Raghu RaviPres, Software, Intl & Sm BusSELL444$210.70$0.09M2026-07-31
Golden Timothy PSVP, Chief Accounting OfficerSELL3K$211.00$0.74M2026-07-29
Cooper Matthew WGeneral Counsel & Corp SecySELL4K$208.00$0.73M2026-07-07

Beneficial Ownership (13D/13G)

FilerFormShares% of ClassFiledSrc
Vanguard Capital ManagementSC 13G46.7M7.5%2026-04-29

SC 13D = active intent to influence control (10-day filing deadline after crossing 5%). SC 13G = passive accumulation, no intent to influence control.

Congressional Trading

MemberChamberStateTypeAmount RangeTransaction DateFiledSrc
Alan ArmstrongsenateBUY$1,001 - $15,0002026-03-272026-07-21

Periodic Transaction Reports filed under the STOCK Act. Amounts are disclosed as ranges, not exact dollar figures.