Discover Financial Services (DFS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Discover Financial Services, through its subsidiaries, provides digital banking products and services, and payment services in the United States. It operates in two segments, Digital Banking and Payment Services. The Digital Banking segment offers Discover-branded credit cards to individuals; personal loans, home loans, and other consumer lending; and direct-to-consumer deposit products comprising savings accounts, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, IRA certificates of deposit, IRA savings accounts and checking accounts, and sweep accounts. The Payment Services segment operates the PULSE to access automated teller machines, debit, and electronic funds transfer network; and Diners Club International, a payments network that issues Diners Club branded charge cards and/or provides card acceptance services, as well as offers payment transaction processing and settlement services. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Riverwoods, Illinois.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $198.70 to $203.02
• 50-Day Range: $188.20 to $204.08
• 52-Week Range: $122.37 to $207.42
• Volume: 31.29 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.87 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $49.77 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.39
• Dividend Yield: 1.42%
• Price Target: $198.90
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Discover Financial Services Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Discover Financial Services scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 592nd out of 949 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Discover Financial Services has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.64, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Discover Financial Services is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Discover Financial Services has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.83%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Discover Financial Services are expected to grow by 13.83% in the coming year, from $13.88 to $15.80 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Discover Financial Services is 12.39, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 281.54.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Discover Financial Services is 12.39, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 244.06.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Discover Financial Services has a PEG Ratio of 1.51. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Discover Financial Services has a P/B Ratio of 2.77. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DFS.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Discover Financial Services pays a meaningful dividend of 1.37%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Discover Financial Services has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Discover Financial Services is 14.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Discover Financial Services will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.72% next year. This indicates that Discover Financial Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.24

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DFS.

News and Social Media

• Score: N/A
• News Sentiment: N/A

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Discover Financial Services insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.69% of the stock of Discover Financial Services is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

86.94% of the stock of Discover Financial Services is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

DFS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How were Discover Financial Services' earnings last quarter?

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $4.25 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.33 by $0.92. The financial services provider earned $4.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.25 billion. Discover Financial Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.18% and a net margin of 17.29%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Discover Financial Services have any subsidiaries?

Discover Financial Services subsidiaries include these companies: Home Loan Center, Student Loan Corporation, First National Bank Alaska, Diners Club International, DFS Corporate Services LLC, DFS GSD Corp., DFS International Inc., and others.

Who are Discover Financial Services' major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Discover Financial Services include DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale (0.02%), Osaic Holdings Inc. (0.01%), IFP Advisors Inc and Oliver Lagore Vanvalin Investment Group. Insiders that own company stock include Carlos Minetti, Michael H Moskow, Robert Andrew Eichfeld and John Greene.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Discover Financial Services own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Discover Financial Services investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Chevron (CVX), Meta Platforms (META), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), Broadcom (AVGO), Salesforce (CRM) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/23/2025
• Today: 9/18/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Personal credit institutions
• Sub-Industry: Consumer Finance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DFS
• CIK: 1393612
• Web: www.discover.com
• Phone: (224) 405-0900
• Fax: 224-405-4993
• Employees: 20,200
• Year Founded: 1985

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Discover Financial Services: $198.90
• High Price Target: $239.00
• Low Price Target: $129.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +0.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.64
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $19.11
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.39
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.25
• P/E Growth: 1.51
• Net Income: $4.54 billion
• Net Margins: 17.29%
• Pretax Margin: 25.70%
• Return on Equity: 26.18%
• Return on Assets: 2.72%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.09
• Current Ratio: 1.09
• Quick Ratio: 1.03

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $18.00 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.76
• Cash Flow: $11.59 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 17.06
• Book Value: $71.33 per share
• Price / Book: 2.77

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 251,653,000
• Free Float: 249,577,000
• Market Cap: $49.77 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.16