Discover Financial Services - DFS Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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13 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Discover Financial Services' shares. Their DFS share price forecasts range from $97.00 to $143.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $121.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.0% from the stock's current price.
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Discover Financial Services' stock was trading at $115.56 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, DFS shares have decreased by 21.7% and is now trading at $90.48.
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Discover Financial Services saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,650,000 shares, an increase of 10.3% from the August 31st total of 3,310,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,710,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 19th 2022.
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 20th. The financial services provider reported $3.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.75 by $0.21. The financial services provider earned $3.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.18 billion. Discover Financial Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 36.35% and a net margin of 34.89%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 9.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $5.55 EPS.
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Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share on Thursday, September 8th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.65%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 24th.
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.56%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 15.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DFS will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.91% 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 approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, July 21st 2021, which permits the company to buyback $2,400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.43%), FMR LLC (3.65%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.79%), Northern Trust Corp (1.24%), Primecap Management Co. CA (1.14%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.85%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Hughes, Carlos Minetti, Cynthia A Glassman, Daniel Peter Capozzi, Diane E Offereins, John Greene, Mary K Bush, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow, Robert Andrew Eichfeld, Roger C Hochschild, 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 $90.48.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) has a market capitalization of $24.72 billion and generates $13.22 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $5.45 billion in net income (profit) each year or $15.36 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 16,700 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.