Discover Financial Services (DFS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" DFS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in DFS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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14 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their DFS share price forecasts range from $99.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $113.13 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.2% from the stock's current price.
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Discover Financial Services' stock was trading at $97.83 at the start of the year. Since then, DFS stock has decreased by 9.8% and is now trading at $88.24.
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Discover Financial Services saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,830,000 shares, a decline of 24.2% from the August 15th total of 5,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,490,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 23rd 2023.
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 20th. The financial services provider reported $3.54 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.70 by $0.16. The financial services provider had revenue of $3.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.88 billion. Discover Financial Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.65% and a net margin of 21.51%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 20.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $3.96 EPS.
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Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.70 per share on Thursday, September 7th. This represents a $2.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.17%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 23rd.
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.15%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 19.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DFS will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.28% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Discover Financial Services declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, April 19th 2023, which permits the company to buyback $2,700,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

291 employees have rated Discover Financial Services Chief Executive Officer Roger Hochschild on Glassdoor.com. Roger Hochschild has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

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

Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital World Investors (8.45%), BlackRock Inc. (7.22%), State Street Corp (4.26%), Boston Partners (2.20%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.18%) and Capital Research Global Investors (1.70%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Hughes, Carlos Minetti, Cynthia A Glassman, Daniel Peter Capozzi, Diane E Offereins, John Greene, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow, Robert Andrew Eichfeld, Shifra Kolsky and Wanjiku Juanita Walcott.
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Shares of DFS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of DFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.24.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) has a market capitalization of $22.06 billion and generates $15.20 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $4.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $14.43 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 20,200 workers across the globe.

Discover Financial Services' mailing address is 2500 Lake Cook Road, Riverwoods IL, 60015. The official website for the company is www.discover.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (224) 405-0900, via email at investorrelations@discover.com, or via fax at 224-405-4993.