COF - Latest News

Capital One Financial Corporation (COF), operates in Financial Services / Financial - Credit Services, trades on NYSE.

Market capitalization stands near $125.67B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 39.40. Beta to the broader market is 1.04.

The article list below shows the most recent COF headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent COF Headlines

Capital One Financial Corporation to Webcast Conference Call on Second Quarter 2026 Earnings

businesswire.com - Jun 25, 2026

MCLEAN, Va. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at approximately 4:05 p.

Capital One Announces Stress Test Results

businesswire.com - Jun 24, 2026

MCLEAN, Va. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) posted a summary of its company-run stress test results on its website (w

Capital One: Totally Mispriced For Recession And Rising Defaults

seekingalpha.com - Jun 22, 2026

Capital One Financial Corp. is fully priced at 1.

Capital One Software Introduces Databolt Connect for Secure Data Collaboration on Databricks Marketplace

gurufocus.com - Jun 16, 2026

Databricks Data + AI Summit – [url="]Capital One Software[/url], the enterprise B2B software business of Capital One, today announced Databolt Conne

Capital One Software Introduces Databolt Connect for Secure Data Collaboration on Databricks Marketplace

businesswire.com - Jun 16, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Databricks Data + AI Summit – Capital One Software, the enterprise B2B software business of Capital One, today announc

How News Affects COF Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track COF's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked COF news questions

What is the latest COF news headline?
The most recent COF headline (Jun 25, 2026) is "Capital One Financial Corporation to Webcast Conference Call on Second Quarter 2026 Earnings". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
How fresh is the COF news on this page?
News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
What COF news moves options pricing?
Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
How can I track unusual COF options activity related to news?
Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.