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 debt / equity, COF reads 0.11 and RY reads 0.00; on net margin, COF reads 5.5% and RY reads 31.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What COF's price implies is an extreme bet versus history and the cohort (earnings-power basis). What RY's price implies is an extreme bet versus history and the cohort (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | COF | RY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $208.01 | $215.59 |
| Market cap | $129.7B | $301.5B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 53.1 | 20.1 |
| P/B | 1.16 | 2.93 |
| P/S | 2.21 | 6.05 |
| EV/EBITDA | 94.4 | 121.5 |
| Revenue growth | +47.5% | +12.1% |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 31.0% |
| Return on equity | 2.9% | 15.0% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.11 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 9 / 9 |
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