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

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

Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 21st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Thursday, March 5th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 19th. View Discover Financial Services' Dividend History.

Discover Financial Services announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan 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 purchase up to 11.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The financial services provider reported $2.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.29 by $0.07. The financial services provider earned $2.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.89 billion. Discover Financial Services had a return on equity of 26.79% and a net margin of 20.97%. The business's revenue was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.05 EPS. View Discover Financial Services' Earnings History.

Discover Financial Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Discover Financial Services.

17 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Discover Financial Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $99.00. On average, they anticipate Discover Financial Services' share price to reach $86.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.0% 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 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Discover Financial Services.

News articles about DFS stock have trended extremely negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Discover Financial Services earned a coverage optimism score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Discover Financial Services.

Discover Financial Services saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,780,000 shares, an increase of 17.7% from the December 15th total of 4,910,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,500,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Discover Financial Services' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Discover Financial Services include American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), FirstCash (FCFS), Nelnet (NNI), Pra Group (PRAA), Green Dot (GDOT), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Regional Management (RM), Nicholas Financial (NICK) and Asta Funding (ASFI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Discover Financial Services investors own include CVS Health (CVS), Visa (V), Walt Disney (DIS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (vz), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AbbVie (ABBV) and Bank of America (BAC).

Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.15%), PGGM Investments (0.14%), Hexavest Inc. (0.13%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.12%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.09%). 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, 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 Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, United Services Automobile Association and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 and R Mark Graf. View Insider Buying and Selling for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, PGGM Investments, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Winmill & CO. Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Trinity Legacy Partners LLC and Bowling Portfolio Management 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $85.85.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $26.91 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 16,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Discover Financial Services.

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]