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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.49%. 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 approved a share buyback plan 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 purchase up to 11.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) issued 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 return on equity of 25.49% and a net margin of 19.51%. 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 1-year price targets for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their predictions range from $75.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect Discover Financial Services' stock price to reach $86.6206 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.6% 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 stories about DFS stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Discover Financial Services earned a news impact score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by a number of 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., Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC and Fox Run Management L.L.C.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polianta Ltd, First Midwest Bank Trust Division, Virtu Financial LLC, LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Vision Capital Management Inc., Legacy Financial Advisors 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 $64.36.

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]