NYSE:DFSDiscover Financial Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Discover Financial Services' stock was trading at $53.20 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DFS stock has decreased by 12.6% and is now trading at $46.49. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Discover Financial Services.

Discover Financial Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Discover Financial Services.

Discover Financial Services will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The financial services provider reported ($0.25) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $2.34. The financial services provider had revenue of $2.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.88 billion. Discover Financial Services had a return on equity of 20.38% and a net margin of 15.39%. Discover Financial Services's revenue for the quarter was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.15 earnings per share. View Discover Financial Services' earnings history.

Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, May 21st will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 20th. View Discover Financial Services' dividend history.

Discover Financial Services announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, July 19th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $3,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 11.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

16 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $94.00. On average, they expect Discover Financial Services' share price to reach $63.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 36.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Discover Financial Services.

News coverage about DFS stock has been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Discover Financial Services earned a media sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Discover Financial Services.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.10%), Robecosam AG (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Stolper Co (0.01%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC (0.00%). 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, John Greene, Kathryn Mcnamara Corley, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow, R Mark Graf, Robert Andrew Eichfeld, Roger C Hochschild and Wanjiku Juanita Walcott. View institutional ownership trends for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robecosam AG, DNB Asset Management AS, Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC, Stolper Co, and Webster Bank N. A.. Company insiders that have sold Discover Financial Services company stock in the last year include Diane E Offereins, Edward W Mcgrogan, Mary K Bush, and R Mark Graf. View insider buying and selling activity for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., E&G Advisors LP, Birch Capital Management LLC, Ellevest Inc., M&R Capital Management Inc., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $46.49.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $14.24 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.

The official website for Discover Financial Services is 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]