Capital One - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Capital One M&A Summary

Capital One has acquired 23 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Capital One’s largest acquisition to date was in 2024, when it acquired Discover Financial Services for $35.3B. Capital One has acquired in 13 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include financial services (61%) and internet software and services (31%).

Capital One Business Overview

Where is Capital One headquartered?

Capital One is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

What is Capital One’s revenue?

Capital One disclosed revenue of 36,787M USD for 2023 and 34,250M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Capital One have?

Capital One has 56,100 employees.

What sector is Capital One in?

Capital One is a financial services company.

When was Capital One founded?

Capital One was founded in 1988.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity23
    • M&A Buy Activity23
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 7
  • M&A Advisors 13

Capital One

Capital One Financial Corp.

1680 Capital One Drive,
McLean, Virginia 22102
United States,
(703) 720-1000
www.capitalone.com

Capital One Financial is a diversified financial services holding company with banking and non-banking subsidiaries. Capital One Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through branches, the internet and other distribution channels. Capital One was incorporated in 1988 and is based in McLean, Virginia.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 22 - - - - 1 23
vol $30.5B $35.3B $65.8B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  23

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Discover Financial Services 2024-02-19 35.3B USD Add-on Acquisition
Riverwoods, Illinois · www.discover.com
United Income 2019-07-31 - Add-on Acquisition
Washington, District of Columbia · www.unitedincome.com
BlueTarp Financial, Inc. 2019-06-21 - Add-on Acquisition
Portland, Maine · www.bluetarp.com
Confyrm, Inc. 2018-05-11 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.confyrm.com
Notch Co. 2018-01-05 - Add-on Acquisition
Richmond, Virginia · www.notch.io
General Electric Capital Corp - Healthcare Financial Services Lending Business 2015-12-01 - Divestiture
, United States
Monsoon Company 2015-07-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Oakland, California · www.monsoonco.com
Level Money 2015-01-12 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.levelmoney.com
Adaptive Path, Inc. 2014-10-01 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.adaptivepath.com
PushPoint 2014-10-01 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.pushpointmobile.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Adaptive Path, Inc.    - Measure Map 2006-02-14 1
San Francisco, California · www.adaptivepath.com , United States

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Financial Services 14 (61%) 65.8B (100%) - -
Internet Software and Services 7 (30%) - - -
Business Services 1 (4%) - - -
Information Technology 1 (4%) - - -
Total 23 $65.8B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 22 65.7B - -
  California 7 - - -
  New York 2 13.2B - -
  Maryland 2 520M - -
  Delaware 1 9.0B - -
  Washington 1 - - -
  Virginia 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 82M - -
  Maine 1 - - -
  Louisiana 1 4.9B - -
  Kansas 1 155M - -
  Illinois 1 35.3B - -
  District of Columbia 1 - - -
United Kingdom 1 100M - -
Domestic 22 (96%) 65.7B (100%) - -
Cross-border 1 (4%) 100M (< 1%) - -
Total 23 $65.8B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Centerview Partners
 6
Credit Suisse Investment Banking
 3
Morgan Stanley
 2
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
 4
Mayer Brown
 2
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
 2

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 5 $64.9B
$100M to $1B 3 $775M
< $100M 1 $82M
TOTAL $65.8B
Largest Discover Financial Services
$35.3B (2024-02-19)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
13%
3 (13%)
Strategic(s)
17%
4 (17%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Financial Services

Revenue

36,787   8% 2023
34,250   13% 2022
30,435   7% 2021
28,523   1% 2020
28,593   6% 2019
27,173   4% 2018
26,247   7% 2017
24,648   9% 2016
22,647   6% 2015
21,453   2014
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Employees

56,100

Established

1988

Public

NYSE: COF

Former Name

OakStone Financial Corp.

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