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COF — structural market context

Capital One Financial

Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.

What changed

As of the close on Oct 22. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.

Price

Close $203.43 (Oct 22) vs $206.66 (Oct 21): −1.56%.

Volume

1.39× its 20-session average (3.9M) on Oct 22.

Includes pre- and post-market trading.

Short interest

Short interest 9.0M shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 9.9M (Sep 15).

No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.

Fails-to-deliver

Latest file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): 3 days with fails, largest 2K shares on Sep 17.

Previous file (settlements Sep 1–Sep 14, published Sep 30): 1 day with fails, largest 1 shares on Sep 8.

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Analyst rating actions

1 rating action recorded.

UBS — Rating maintained — Oct 22

Insider filings (Form 4)

None recorded in this window.

COF events and their magnitude

Latest SEC filing in the event study

8-K 2.02 · Earnings release · filed 2026-10-20 · View on sec.gov ↗

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COF short interest & days to cover

SHARES SHORT
9.0M
% OF FLOAT
1.5%
DAYS TO COVER
2.3
CHANGE VS PRIOR
-9.2%

FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (23d ago)

COF fails-to-deliver (FTD)

Settlement dateFailed sharesPrice
2026-09-28 · 25d2$200.2
2026-09-23 · 30d10$200.55
2026-09-17 · 36d2K$203.19

SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.

COF insider buying and selling (Form 4)

Last 12 months, Form 4 codes P and S: 0 purchases · 11 sales

InsiderTypeSharesValueFiled
Dean Lia · officer: Pres, Banking & Prem. ProductsSale (S)2K$370K2026-10-19
Karam Celia · officer: Pres, Retail BankSale (S)2K$377K2026-10-19
Cooper Matthew W · officer: General Counsel & Corp SecySale (S)4K$687K2026-10-07
Karam Celia · officer: Pres, Retail BankSale (S)2K$416K2026-09-16
Dean Lia · officer: Pres, Banking & Prem. ProductsSale (S)2K$426K2026-09-16

SEC Form 4 filings: purchases and sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S) only; grants and option exercises excluded. Attributed public records.

COF offering filings (SEC)

1 SEC filing in the last 90 days, by filing date. Filed by CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP, the issuer of COF, COFPRI, COFPRJ, COFPRK, COFPRL and COFPRN.

FiledFormDocument
2026-09-08Prospectus supplement filed under Rule 424(b)(5) 424B5View on sec.gov ↗

See all filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SEC filings listed by filing date. A registration statement or prospectus does not by itself show that any shares were sold, how many, or at what price. Some of these filings cover debt securities or resales by existing holders. A filing is made by the issuer and appears under each of its tickers. Source: SEC EDGAR daily index; each filing links to its page on sec.gov.

Source: SEC EDGAR daily index, read once a day after the SEC publishes it (around 10:30 pm ET). Forms covered: S-1, S-3, F-1 and F-3 with their amendments, S-3ASR, F-3ASR, 424B4 and 424B5. · as of 2026-10-22

COF analyst ratings

FirmActionRatingPublished
UBSholdBuy2026-10-22
Capital One FinancialholdMarket Perform2026-10-21
Capital One Financialprice_target—2026-10-21
Cowen & Co.holdBuy2026-10-21
Piper SandlerholdOverweight2026-10-21

Rating actions as published by the firms, from public feeds. They are not graded here.

Frequently asked questions

What is COF's short interest?
As of the FINRA settlement date 2026-09-30, COF had 9.0M shares sold short — 1.5% of its float, with 2.3 days to cover at average volume. FINRA publishes this data roughly two weeks after each twice-monthly settlement, so it is inherently delayed. A short-interest figure describes an aggregate position; it does not predict what the stock will do.
Are insiders buying COF?
In the last 12 months of SEC Form 4 filings, COF recorded 0 insider purchases and 11 sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S; grants and option exercises excluded). These are attributed public records — information, not instruction.
What are the SEC offering filings listed for COF?
They are registration statements (Forms S-1, S-3, F-1 and F-3, with their amendments and the S-3ASR and F-3ASR automatic shelf forms) and prospectuses filed under Rule 424(b)(4) or 424(b)(5). In the last 90 days the issuer of COF filed 1; the most recent was a prospectus supplement filed under Rule 424(b)(5) on 2026-09-08. A registration statement or prospectus does not by itself show that any shares were sold, how many, or at what price, and some of these filings cover debt securities or resales by existing holders.
What do analysts say about COF?
The most recent action: UBS hold to Buy on 2026-10-22. Rating actions are shown as published by the firms; they are not graded here.
Is this page telling me to buy or sell COF?
No. Everything on this page is descriptive, structural market context from public data, shown with its as-of dates. TradeAI News does not issue directional recommendations, price predictions, or buy/sell advice — for any ticker.
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