Capital One Financial Corporation Dividends
The next dividend date for Capital One Financial Corporation has not yet been scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for Capital One Financial Corporation (COF)
| 05/19/2026 | 05/08/2026 | 05/19/2026 | 06/01/2026 | $0.80 |
| 02/19/2026 | 02/03/2026 | 02/19/2026 | 03/02/2026 | $0.80 |
| 11/17/2025 | 11/04/2025 | 11/17/2025 | 12/01/2025 | $0.80 |
| 08/15/2025 | 07/29/2025 | 08/15/2025 | 09/02/2025 | $0.60 |
| 05/23/2025 | 05/08/2025 | 05/23/2025 | 06/05/2025 | $0.60 |
| 02/18/2025 | 02/07/2025 | 02/18/2025 | 03/03/2025 | $0.60 |
| 11/14/2024 | 11/04/2024 | 11/14/2024 | 11/22/2024 | $0.60 |
| 08/12/2024 | 07/31/2024 | 08/12/2024 | 08/23/2024 | $0.60 |
| 05/10/2024 | 05/02/2024 | 05/13/2024 | 05/24/2024 | $0.60 |
| 02/09/2024 | 01/31/2024 | 02/12/2024 | 02/23/2024 | $0.60 |
More About Capital One Financial Corporation
Capital One Financial Corporation operates as the financial services holding company for the Capital One, National Association, which engages in the provision of various financial products and services in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It operates through three segments: Credit Card, Consumer Banking, and Commercial Banking. The company accepts checking accounts, money market deposits, negotiable order of withdrawals, savings deposits, time deposits, and sweep accounts. Its loan products include credit card and personal loans; auto and retail banking loans; and commercial and multifamily real estate, and commercial and industrial loans. The company offers credit and debit card products; bank lending; and provides advisory, capital markets, net interchange, treasury management, and depository services. It serves consumers, small businesses, and commercial clients through digital channels, branches, cafés, and other distribution channels located in New York, Louisiana, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. Capital One Financial Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
Owning Capital One Financial Corporation Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Capital One Financial Corporation stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Capital One Financial Corporation stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Capital One Financial Corporation stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Capital One Financial Corporation stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Capital One Financial Corporation dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Capital One Financial Corporation Options on the Dividend Date
Unlike the stock price, which will normally have an abrupt decrease by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, option prices typically do not reflect the same phenomenon.
The reason is that in the time leading up to the ex-dividend date, that projected drop in Capital One Financial Corporation stock price from the dividend is already baked into Capital One Financial Corporation option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Capital One Financial Corporation ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the Capital One Financial Corporation ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Capital One Financial Corporation call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Capital One Financial Corporation put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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