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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, March 7th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 20th. 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 buyback $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 11.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) posted its earnings results on Thursday, January, 24th. The financial services provider reported $2.03 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $2.81 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.81 billion. Discover Financial Services had a net margin of 21.25% and a return on equity of 25.87%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.51 EPS. View Discover Financial Services' Earnings History.

Discover Financial Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Discover Financial Services.

14 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Discover Financial Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $74.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Discover Financial Services' stock price to reach $81.7638 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Discover Financial Services.

14 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 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Discover Financial Services.

News coverage about DFS stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Discover Financial Services earned a news sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely 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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.68%), Boston Partners (3.70%), LSV Asset Management (1.97%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.37%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.16%). 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, 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 Epoch Investment Partners Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Boston Partners. Company insiders that have sold Discover Financial Services company stock in the last year include Carlos Minetti, Cynthia A Glassman, David W Nelms, Diane E Offereins, Edward W Mcgrogan, Glenn P Schneider, Kathryn Mcnamara Corley, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow and Roger C Hochschild. View Insider Buying and Selling for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Principal Financial Group Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, APG Asset Management N.V., Eaton Vance Management and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.46.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $24.01 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 16,500 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]