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 Thursday, October 18th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, December 6th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 20th. 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 buyback $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 11.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 25th. The financial services provider reported $2.05 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.05. The financial services provider earned $2.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.69 billion. Discover Financial Services had a net margin of 19.51% and a return on equity of 25.49%. View Discover Financial Services' Earnings History.

Discover Financial Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Discover Financial Services.

Discover Financial Services will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 24th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their predictions range from $75.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect Discover Financial Services' share price to reach $86.6206 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Discover Financial Services.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Discover Financial Services.

Media coverage about DFS stock has trended positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.12%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.05%), LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI (0.03%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), Vision Capital Management Inc. (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). 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, James V Panzarino, Julie A Loeger, Kathryn Mcnamara Corley, Lawrence A Weinbach, 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Denali Advisors LLC, Narwhal Capital Management, Cullinan Associates Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C. and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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, Glenn P Schneider, Kathryn Mcnamara Corley, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow, R Mark Graf, Richard H Lenny and Roger C Hochschild. View Insider Buying and Selling for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polianta Ltd, Virtu Financial LLC, LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Vision Capital Management Inc. and Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 $64.03.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $21.23 billion and generates $11.55 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.98 on an earnings per share basis. Discover Financial Services employs 16,500 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]