NYSE:DFSDiscover Financial Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Discover Financial Services' stock was trading at $53.20 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DFS shares have decreased by 6.8% and is now trading at $49.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Discover Financial Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Discover Financial Services.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The financial services provider reported ($0.25) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $2.34. The financial services provider earned $2.89 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.88 billion. Discover Financial Services had a net margin of 15.39% and a return on equity of 20.38%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.15 earnings per share. View Discover Financial Services' earnings history.

Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, May 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 20th. View Discover Financial Services' dividend history.

Discover Financial Services declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, July 19th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $3,000,000,000.00 in 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 programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

17 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $94.00. On average, they anticipate Discover Financial Services' stock price to reach $65.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Discover Financial Services.

Press coverage about DFS stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Discover Financial Services earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutDiscover Financial Services.

Discover Financial Services saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,550,000 shares, an increase of 12.5% from the April 30th total of 6,710,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,930,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Discover Financial Services' Current Options Chain.

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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 BlackRock Inc. (6.97%), Capital World Investors (5.62%), State Street Corp (4.39%), Primecap Management Co. CA (3.88%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.34%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.68%). 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, John Greene, Kathryn Mcnamara Corley, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow, R Mark Graf, Robert Andrew Eichfeld, Roger C Hochschild and Wanjiku Juanita Walcott. View institutional ownership trends for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Bessemer Group Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., and Primecap Management Co. CA. Company insiders that have sold Discover Financial Services company stock in the last year include Diane E Offereins, Edward W Mcgrogan, Mary K Bush, and R Mark Graf. View insider buying and selling activity for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, First Trust Advisors LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Avalon Investment & Advisory. Company insiders that have bought Discover Financial Services stock in the last two years include John Greene, Robert Andrew Eichfeld, Roger C Hochschild, and Wanjiku Juanita Walcott. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of DFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.60.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $15.19 billion and generates $13.99 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.96 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.08 on an earnings per share basis. Discover Financial Services employs 17,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Discover Financial Services is 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]