CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP vs WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN, two Banks—Regional stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COF and WFC diverge most: on revenue growth, COF reads +47.5% and WFC reads +4.2%; on debt / equity, COF reads 0.11 and WFC reads 1.20. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What WFC'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 | WFC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $209.08 | $86.45 |
| Market cap | $130.3B | $269.5B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 53.3 | 13.4 |
| P/B | 1.16 | 1.49 |
| P/S | 2.22 | 3.17 |
| EV/EBITDA | 94.9 | — |
| Revenue growth | +47.5% | +4.2% |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 25.5% |
| Return on equity | 2.9% | 12.0% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.11 | 1.20 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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