Capital One: 1Q Earnings Snapshot
Posted April 25, 2019 1:54 pm.
MCLEAN, Va. (AP) _ Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $1.41 billion.
The McLean, Virginia-based company said it had net income of $2.86 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.90 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.68 per share.
The credit card issuer and bank posted revenue of $8.38 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $7.08 billion, also beating Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $7.01 billion.
Capital One shares have risen 16 per cent since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index has increased 17 per cent. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $88.05, a drop of 5 per cent in the last 12 months.
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