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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 20th. View Discover Financial Services' Dividend History.

Discover Financial Services announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, July 19th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 11.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 25th. The financial services provider reported $2.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $2.05. The financial services provider had revenue of $2.72 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.69 billion. Discover Financial Services had a net margin of 19.51% and a return on equity of 25.49%. View Discover Financial Services' Earnings History.

Discover Financial Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Discover Financial Services.

Discover Financial Services will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 24th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Discover Financial Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate Discover Financial Services' stock price to reach $86.6206 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Discover Financial Services.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Discover Financial Services.

Media stories about DFS stock have trended neutral on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Discover Financial Services earned a media sentiment score of 0.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BTIM Corp. (0.13%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.12%), Arvest Bank Trust Division (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.05%) and LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI (0.03%). 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, Lawrence A Weinbach, 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Denali Advisors LLC, Narwhal Capital Management, Cullinan Associates Inc., Oakbrook Investments LLC, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS and F&V Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Discover Financial Services company stock in the last year include Carlos Minetti, Cynthia A Glassman, Daniel Peter Capozzi, David W Nelms, Diane E Offereins, Edward W Mcgrogan, Glenn P Schneider, Kathryn Mcnamara Corley, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow, R Mark Graf, Richard H Lenny 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 Meeder Asset Management Inc., BTIM Corp., Polianta Ltd, First Midwest Bank Trust Division, Virtu Financial LLC, Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $66.37.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $22.30 billion and generates $11.55 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.98 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]