NYSE:DFS - Discover Financial Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, February 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Thursday, March 5th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 19th. View Discover Financial Services' Dividend History.

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

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $2.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.24 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $2.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.94 billion. Discover Financial Services had a net margin of 20.94% and a return on equity of 26.25%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.03 EPS. View Discover Financial Services' Earnings History.

Discover Financial Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Discover Financial Services.

18 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $99.00. On average, they expect Discover Financial Services' stock price to reach $87.07 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Discover Financial Services.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Discover Financial Services.

News coverage about DFS stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Discover Financial Services earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Discover Financial Services.

Discover Financial Services saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,780,000 shares, an increase of 17.7% from the December 31st total of 4,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,450,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Discover Financial Services' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Discover Financial Services include American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), FirstCash (FCFS), Nelnet (NNI), Green Dot (GDOT), Pra Group (PRAA), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), Regional Management (RM), EZCORP (EZPW), Nicholas Financial (NICK) and Asta Funding (ASFI).

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Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.44%), FMR LLC (2.91%), Boston Partners (2.37%), LSV Asset Management (1.77%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.09%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.06%). 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, Michele Marrandino, R Mark Graf, 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 Eaton Vance Management, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, AJO LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., Mackay Shields LLC and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Discover Financial Services company stock in the last year include Carlos Minetti, Cynthia A Glassman, Daniel Peter Capozzi, David W Nelms, Diane E Offereins, Edward W Mcgrogan, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow and R Mark Graf. View Insider Buying and Selling for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., FMR LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, M&G Investment Management Ltd., NorthCoast Asset Management LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC and KBC Group NV. Company insiders that have bought Discover Financial Services stock in the last two years include John Greene, Michele Marrandino, Roger C Hochschild and Wanjiku Juanita Walcott. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.42.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $23.96 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 16,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Discover Financial Services.

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]