CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP vs ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, two Banks—Regional stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COF and RY diverge most: on ev/ebitda, COF reads 16.4 and RY reads 106.4; on revenue growth, COF reads +46.4% and RY reads +12.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What COF's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | COF | RY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $199.23 | $191.88 |
| Market cap | $123.7B | $268.4B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 11.6 | 17.9 |
| P/B | 1.09 | 2.61 |
| P/S | 2.00 | 5.38 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.4 | 106.4 |
| Revenue growth | +46.4% | +12.1% |
| Net margin | 17.0% | 31.0% |
| Return on equity | 9.2% | 15.0% |
| Return on assets | 1.6% | 0.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 9 / 9 | 9 / 9 |
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