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

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" DFS shares.
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15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their DFS share price targets range from $94.00 to $135.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $107.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%.
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Discover Financial Services' stock was trading at $97.83 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, DFS shares have increased by 14.9% and is now trading at $112.40.
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Discover Financial Services saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,220,000 shares, a drop of 19.8% from the November 30th total of 5,260,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,330,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 17th 2024.
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Discover Financial Services will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 18th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 19th. The financial services provider reported $2.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.18 by $0.59. The financial services provider earned $4.04 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.95 billion. Discover Financial Services had a net margin of 18.39% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 27.23%. Discover Financial Services's revenue for the quarter was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.54 EPS.
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Discover Financial Services declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 18th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.70 per share on Thursday, December 7th. This represents a $2.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 21st.
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.49%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 20.77%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DFS will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.24% 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 of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, April 19th 2023, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,700,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 9.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors 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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