Analysts Offer Insights on Financial Companies: Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF), Equitable Group (Other OTC: EQGPF) and CME Group (NASDAQ: CME)We are maintaining our BUY rating on Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) following 3Q earnings, which showed average loans up 38% as the Discover portfolio was integrated. The company also saw an improvement in net charge-offs as a percent of average loans, both sequentially and year over year, producing much better-than-expected EPS. In May 2025, Capital One completed its acquisition of Discover Financial Services (DFS) in an all-stock deal valued at $35.3 billion. Discover shareholders received 1.0192 shares of COF for each DFS share. The acquisition included domestic card loans of $98.3 billion, personal loans of $9.9 billion, and deposits of $106.7 billion.