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Capital One is a bank, but its largest business is in credit cards. It has a sizable business lending to consumers with lower credit ratings.

Capital One is a highly profitable financial institution trading at a cheap valuation. The pending acquisition of Discover not only creates opportunities for synergies, but gives Capital One an in-house payment network.

Capital One (COF) records y/y increases in revenues and expenses in the second quarter of 2024.

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Capital One Financial is technically a bank, but it is heavily focused on the credit card space. The financial company has long targeted lower-credit-quality customers.

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 23, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Jeff Norris - SVP, Finance Andrew Young - CFO Richard Fairbank - Chairman & CFO Conference Call Participants Sanjay Sakhrani - KBW Mihir Bhatia - Bank of America Richard Shane - JPMorgan Ryan Nash - Goldman Sachs Bill Carcache - Wolfe Research Don Fandetti - Wells Fargo Moshe Orenbuch - TD Cowen Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Capital One Q2 2024 Earnings Call.

It's earnings season for America's biggest financial services companies and institutions. So far, the common theme has been a softening of consumer credit and mixed signals around corporate spending.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Capital One (COF) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Capital One (COF) came out with quarterly earnings of $3.14 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.28 per share. This compares to earnings of $3.52 per share a year ago.

Capital One is one of the few bank stocks left in Berkshire's portfolio, and it trades below book value. NVR has been a beneficiary of a strong environment for homebuilders and could be a big winner as the housing market normalizes.

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