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Colin Plunkett
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Capital One's 2Q Earnings Benefit Greatly From Stabilizing Credit Losses

Narrow-moat Capital One Financial benefited from stable credit performance during its second quarter. Earnings per share rose to $1.94, a sequential increase of nearly 26%. This was driven by credit card charge-offs of 5.1% of receivables, unchanged from the previous quarter. After the rise in credit losses seen earlier this year, investors seemed to conclude that Capital One’s charge-offs were on a runaway train to recession. After the rise in second-quarter earnings, investors have suddenly be...
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Capital One Financial Corporation

Capital One Financial is a financial services holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides an array of financial products and services. The company's segments are: Credit Card, which consists of the company's domestic consumer and small business card lending, and international card businesses in Canada and the United Kingdom.; Consumer Banking, which consists of the company's deposit gathering and lending activities for consumers and small businesses, and national auto lending; and Commercial Banking, which consists of the company's lending, deposit gathering, capital markets and treasury management services to commercial real estate and commercial and industrial customers.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

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Colin Plunkett

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