Discover Financial Services - DFS Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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12 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Discover Financial Services' shares. Their DFS share price forecasts range from $96.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $117.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.1% from the stock's current price.
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Discover Financial Services' stock was trading at $97.83 at the beginning of the year. Since then, DFS shares have increased by 18.5% and is now trading at $115.94.
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Discover Financial Services saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,700,000 shares, an increase of 43.3% from the December 15th total of 3,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,950,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) posted its earnings results on Thursday, January, 19th. The financial services provider reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.58 by $0.19. The financial services provider had revenue of $3.73 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.68 billion. Discover Financial Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 33.21% and a net margin of 28.89%. Discover Financial Services's quarterly revenue was up 27.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.64 EPS.
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Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share on Thursday, March 9th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.07%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 22nd.
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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 2.05%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 15.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DFS will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.13% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Discover Financial Services announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, July 21st 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 6.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Partners (1.51%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.66%), Nordea Investment Management AB (0.42%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.35%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.31%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.31%). 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, 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 $115.94.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) has a market capitalization of $31.68 billion and generates $15.20 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $4.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $15.49 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.