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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, March 7th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.07%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 20th. View Discover Financial Services' Dividend History.

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

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 24th. The financial services provider reported $2.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $2.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.81 billion. Discover Financial Services had a return on equity of 26.22% and a net margin of 21.25%. The firm's revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.51 EPS. View Discover Financial Services' Earnings History.

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

Discover Financial Services will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 6:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $74.00 to $91.00. On average, they anticipate Discover Financial Services' share price to reach $81.3023 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Discover Financial Services.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Discover Financial Services.

Media headlines about DFS stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Discover Financial Services earned a coverage optimism score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BTIM Corp. (0.14%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.12%), Arvest Bank Trust Division (0.08%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.08%), Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc. (0.07%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%). 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, James V Panzarino, Julie A Loeger, 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 Strs Ohio, Denali Advisors LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, First Manhattan Co., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Virtu Financial LLC and Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Discover Financial Services company stock in the last year include Carlos Minetti, Cynthia A Glassman, David W Nelms, Edward W Mcgrogan, Glenn P Schneider, Kathryn Mcnamara Corley, Mary K Bush and Michael H Moskow. View Insider Buying and Selling for Discover Financial Services.

DFS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gradient Investments LLC, BTIM Corp., Pacer Advisors Inc., KAMES CAPITAL plc, Meeder Asset Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV and Valicenti Advisory Services Inc.. 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 $77.15.

Discover Financial Services has a market capitalization of $25.34 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]