CAPITAL ONE FINL CORP

Capital One Financial Corp. (COF, CUSIP 14040H105) entered Q1 2026 with $93.1B of institutional 13F value held across 1,966 accounts — a holder base breadth consistent with Capital One's standing as a top-tier U.S. consumer banking and credit-card franchise with meaningful national credit-card-loan share and a distinctive digital-bank acquisition profile. The defining Q1 signal is a $3.09B reduction from BlackRock, making this the largest single-quarter seller of COF, paired with a $720M addition from Wellington Management — a rotation consistent with index-level or factor-mandate contributors (BlackRock) mechanically trimming while fundamental credit-and-banking analysts (Wellington) maintain or build the name at meaningful weight. The 1,966-holder base is universally diversified-financial-services ownership, and the Q1 rotation is therefore best read as a factor-sleeve rebalancing event rather than a Capital One-specific thesis revision. For smart-money trackers, COF's Q1 profile is dominated by the BlackRock exit as an index-mandate signal — the fundamental banking thesis (net interest margin trajectory, credit-quality trends, credit-card spending growth) has not changed; the rotation is at the mandate tier.