Insider trade

Officer sold ~$500K of COF shares in the open market

Traded Jan 6, 2026 · Filed Jan 8, 2026

~$500K
Reported value · 2,000 sh @ $250.00: 92K
Holds after · shares reported: -24.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +10.4%, $257.94 → $194.48 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Capital One's General Counsel & Corp Secy sold $500K of Capital One shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Jan 6, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jan 8, 2026

Officer$500K–$1MPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$500,000

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

77 days after results of Oct 21, 2025, 16 days before results of Jan 22, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $257.94 on Jan 6, 2026, at its 52-week high, after a 28% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $150.57 (Apr 4, 2025) to $257.94 (Jan 6, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $202.22 on Nov 20, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Sep 10, 2025 in the U.S. District Court, W.D. Texas. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

3 such cases were open. Williams-Bey v. Capital One, docket 3:25-cv-00379, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-4.0%	-0.3%	-3.7%
30 days	-10.6%	-0.0%	-10.6%
90 days	-21.9%	-2.0%	-19.8%
180 days	-23.0%	+7.4%	-30.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001727277-26-000002
Filed / recorded: Jan 8, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP
Issuer CIK: 927628
Ticker: COF
Reporting person: Matthew W Cooper
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: General Counsel & Corp Secy
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jan 6, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 2,000
Price per share: $250.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 92,486
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed pursuant to a trading plan entered into by the reporting person on January 23, 2025, in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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