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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, June 6th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 23rd. View Discover Financial Services' Dividend History.

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

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 25th. The financial services provider reported $2.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.02 by $0.13. The financial services provider earned $2.76 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.76 billion. Discover Financial Services had a return on equity of 26.34% and a net margin of 20.98%. The company's revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.82 EPS. View Discover Financial Services' Earnings History.

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

16 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their predictions range from $56.00 to $96.00. On average, they expect Discover Financial Services' share price to reach $81.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Discover Financial Services.

16 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 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Discover Financial Services.

Media coverage about DFS stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Discover Financial Services earned a media sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.36%), Primecap Management Co. CA (3.99%), Boston Partners (3.71%), FMR LLC (2.69%), LSV Asset Management (1.92%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.60%). 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, 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 Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, Bank of Montreal Can, Bridgewater Associates LP, Strs Ohio, Wells Fargo & Company MN, LSV Asset Management and Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC. 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, Edward W Mcgrogan, Glenn P Schneider, Kathryn Mcnamara Corley, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow and R Mark Graf. View Insider Buying and Selling for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Geode Capital Management LLC, Morgan Stanley and FIL Ltd. 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 $76.90.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $24.89 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 16,600 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]