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 2.48%. View Discover Financial Services' Dividend History.

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

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) announced its quarterly earnings results 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 earned $2.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.69 billion. Discover Financial Services had a return on equity of 25.49% and a net margin of 19.51%. 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Discover Financial Services' shares. Their predictions 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 34.2% 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.

News headlines about DFS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Discover Financial Services earned a coverage optimism score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BTIM Corp. (0.13%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.12%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.05%), LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI (0.03%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). 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 $64.54.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $21.62 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]