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In the second quarter, Capital One earned $3 billion, or $4.73 per diluted common share. As a reminder, the Brex acquisition closed in early April, and we have provided additional details related to the purchase accounting in the appendix of tonight's presentation. Net of these adjusting items, second quarter earnings per share were $5.81. Relative to the first quarter, revenue increased 4% and non-interest expense grew 7%, resulting in pre-provision earnings growth of 1%.
Our total portfolio coverage ratio decreased 26 basis points and now stands at 5.02%. I'll cover the drivers of the changes in allowance and coverage ratio by segment on slide five. The coverage ratio decreased by 41 basis points and now stands at 6.99%. The allowance build was primarily driven by strong growth in the auto business.
| Metric | Period | Current guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Post-integration earnings power (ROTCE) | After Discover integration | Still expected to be consistent with the deal-announcement thesis, inclusive of Brex and travel insourcing; ROTCE math shown at 12.5% CET1 for comparability (capital need defined as 11%) |
| Discover synergies | By H2 2027 | On track for full $2.5 billion; ~one-third of opex synergies realized to date, remainder by H2 2027 |
| Discover card loan 'brownout' | Through 2026 | Continued near-term contraction, bottoming around Q4 2026 before returning to growth on Capital One's tech stack |
| Net interest margin | Near term | Back half of 2025 a reasonable proxy for structural NIM; ~9 bps day-count tailwind in each of the next two quarters; NII roughly neutral to rates |
| Discover tech migration | Q3 2026 - Q1 2027 | Front-book originations fully on Capital One tech by end of Q3 2026; back-book conversion waves (July/October/January) completing in Q1 2027 |
| Metric | YoY | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Total net revenue | +4% sequentially to $15.9B | Revenue grew 4% versus the first quarter; year-over-year comparisons are distorted by the Discover acquisition, which closed May 18, 2025. |
| GAAP net income / diluted EPS | $3.0B / $4.73 (vs $(8.58) loss) | Prior-year quarter included the Discover day-one CECL provision; adjusted EPS was $5.81. |
| Domestic card revenue | +30% (9.5% ex-Discover) | Largely the addition of a partial quarter of Discover, plus underlying organic growth in legacy Capital One purchase volume and loans; revenue margin 17.4%. |
| Consumer banking revenue | +26% | Partial-quarter Discover operations, Discover revenue synergies, and auto loan growth (auto originations +19%). |
| Net interest margin | 8.01% (+14 bps QoQ) | One additional day, lower retail deposit rates, and a $5 billion decline in average cash. |
| Provision for credit losses | $3.0B (down $1.1B / 27% QoQ) | $662 million allowance release on favorable observed credit; $3.7 billion of net charge-offs. |
| Efficiency ratio | 57.05% (adjusted 51.38%) | Sustained investment in technology, AI, network acceptance, and marketing; operating efficiency ratio 46.57%. |
| CET1 ratio | 13.7% (-70 bps QoQ) | $2.7 billion of buybacks, ~40 bps Brex impact, and higher risk-weighted assets. |
| Topic | Previous mention | Current period | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discover integration and brownout | Integration underway | 14 of 24 months complete; debit synergies fully in run rate, ~one-third of opex synergies realized; Discover card loans in a temporary brownout (down 1.5% YoY) bottoming around Q4 2026, with front-book tech migration done by Q3 2026 and back-book conversions through Q1 2027. | — |
| Global payments network | Debit converted to Discover Network | Debit conversion a 'smashing success' with full-quarter debit synergies now in results; testing origination and migration of Capital One credit accounts onto the Discover Network, and investing in domestic gap-closing and international acceptance (Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, U.K.) via four levers. | — |
| Brex acquisition | Closed early April | Over 100 days in, management is 'as excited as ever'; early tailwinds from Capital One's brand and lower cost of funds, a high-potential lead-sharing program launched, with marketing and travel-portal integration to follow; framed through Capital One's 'horizontal accounting' value-creation lens. | — |
| Heavy-spender franchise and marketing | Ongoing investment | Total marketing of ~$1.7 billion (+23% YoY) funds heavy-spender acquisition at the top of the card market and national checking growth, with strong new-account originations. | — |
| Technology and AI transformation | Multi-year tech transformation | In year 14 of its bottom-up tech transformation, investing in foundational capabilities plus AI infrastructure and experiences, alongside efficiency gains from retiring legacy tech. | — |
| Consumer credit strength | — | Management sees a resilient U.S. consumer and strong portfolio metrics: payment rates above pre-pandemic levels, stabilized revolve rates, and 2024-2025 originations outperforming 2022-2023 vintages, with no observed K-shaped weakness in its book. | — |