NYSE:DFS - Discover Financial Services Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Discover Financial Services trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DFS."

Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, March 7th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 20th. View Discover Financial Services' Dividend History.

Discover Financial Services declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, July 19th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 11.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 24th. The financial services provider reported $2.03 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $2.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.81 billion. Discover Financial Services had a net margin of 21.25% and a return on equity of 25.87%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.51 earnings per share. View Discover Financial Services' Earnings History.

Discover Financial Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Discover Financial Services.

14 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $74.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Discover Financial Services' share price to reach $81.7638 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Discover Financial Services.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Discover Financial Services.

News stories about DFS stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Discover Financial Services earned a media sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.68%), Boston Partners (3.70%), LSV Asset Management (1.97%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.37%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.16%). Company insiders that own Discover Financial Services stock include Carlos Minetti, Cynthia A Glassman, Daniel Peter Capozzi, David W Nelms, Diane E Offereins, Edward W Mcgrogan, Glenn P Schneider, James V Panzarino, Julie A Loeger, Kathryn Mcnamara Corley, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow, Michele Marrandino, R Mark Graf, Richard H Lenny and Roger C Hochschild. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Epoch Investment Partners Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Boston Partners and Foresters Investment Management Company Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Discover Financial Services company stock in the last year include Carlos Minetti, Cynthia A Glassman, David W Nelms, Diane E Offereins, Edward W Mcgrogan, Glenn P Schneider, Kathryn Mcnamara Corley, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow and Roger C Hochschild. View Insider Buying and Selling for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Principal Financial Group Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Eaton Vance Management, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Seizert Capital Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Discover Financial Services stock in the last two years include Michele Marrandino and Roger C Hochschild. View Insider Buying and Selling for Discover Financial Services.

Shares of DFS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.29.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $23.95 billion and generates $12.85 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.74 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.79 on an earnings per share basis. Discover Financial Services employs 16,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Discover Financial Services is http://www.discover.com.

Discover Financial Services' mailing address is 2500 Lake Cook Road, Riverwoods IL, 60015. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 224-405-0900 or via email at [email protected]