Discover Financial Services Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Discover Financial Services stock.
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Discover Financial Services saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 3,870,000 shares, a decline of 29.9% from the January 14th total of 5,520,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,800,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Discover Financial Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 28th 2021.
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) released its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 19th. The financial services provider reported $2.59 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.17. The financial services provider earned $2.82 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.81 billion. Discover Financial Services had a net margin of 7.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.00%. The business's revenue was down 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.25 earnings per share.
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Discover Financial Services' stock was trading at $53.20 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, DFS stock has increased by 76.8% and is now trading at $94.07.
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Discover Financial Services declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Thursday, March 4th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 17th.
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Discover Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.85%. Discover Financial Services does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Discover Financial Services is 19.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Discover Financial Services will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.03% next year. This indicates that Discover Financial Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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18 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $115.00. On average, they expect Discover Financial Services' stock price to reach $85.12 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.5%.
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291 employees have rated Discover Financial Services CEO Roger Hochschild on Glassdoor.com. Roger Hochschild has an approval rating of 86% among Discover Financial Services' employees.

Some companies that are related to Discover Financial Services include American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), Nelnet (NNI), Green Dot (GDOT), PRA Group (PRAA), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), Regional Management (RM), EZCORP (EZPW) and Nicholas Financial (NICK).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Discover Financial Services investors own include AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), AbbVie (ABBV), CVS Health (CVS), Bank of America (BAC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), The Walt Disney (DIS), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Visa (V).

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

Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (6.78%), BlackRock Inc. (6.37%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.94%), Primecap Management Co. CA (1.85%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.53%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.36%). Company insiders that own Discover Financial Services stock include Brian Hughes, Carlos Minetti, Cynthia A Glassman, Daniel Peter Capozzi, David W Nelms, Diane E Offereins, Edward W Mcgrogan, John Greene, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow, R Mark Graf, Robert Andrew Eichfeld, Roger C Hochschild and Wanjiku Juanita Walcott.
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DFS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Primecap Management Co. CA, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, Korea Investment CORP, Panagora Asset Management Inc., and Columbus Hill Capital Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Discover Financial Services company stock in the last year include Brian Hughes, Carlos Minetti, Mary K Bush, and Robert Andrew Eichfeld.
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DFS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, FIL Ltd, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Janus Henderson Group PLC, and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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.
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Shares of DFS 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 $94.07.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $28.85 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.

Discover Financial Services was founded in 1985.

The official website for Discover Financial Services is www.discover.com.

Discover Financial Services is headquartered at 2500 Lake Cook Road, Riverwoods IL, 60015.

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]