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 year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 4 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 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Discover Financial Services' shares. Their DFS share price forecasts range from $97.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $118.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price.
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Discover Financial Services' stock was trading at $97.83 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, DFS shares have increased by 18.4% and is now trading at $115.83.
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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 trading volume, of 1,950,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are sold short.
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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, beating the consensus estimate of $3.58 by $0.19. The financial services provider earned $3.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 revenue for the quarter was up 27.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.64 earnings per share.
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Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 18th. Investors 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 dividend 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 2.10%. 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 16.66% 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 has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, July 21st 2021, which permits the company to repurchase $2,400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.66%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.31%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.16%), M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.14%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%) and Smith Chas P & Associates PA Cpas (0.12%). 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 $115.83.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) has a market capitalization of $31.65 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.