Corrects fourth para to show revenue rose:
Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) reported that net income available to common stockholders for the first quarter of 2013 was $1.1 billion, or $1.79 per share, down from $1.4 billion or $2.72 per share, for the same quarter of 2012.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report earnings of $1.60 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.
Results for the first quarter of 2013 reflected higher non-interest expenses that rose to $3.028 billion from $2.504 billion in the year-ago quarter.
Total net revenue for the quarter rose to $5.551 billion from $4.935 billion in the year ago quarter. Nineteen analysts had consensus revenue estimate of $5.49 billion for the quarter.
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