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Discover Financial Services is a credit services business based in the US. Discover Financial Services stocks (DFS.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $103.32 – an increase of 2.86% over the previous week. Discover Financial Services employs 20,200 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $10.9 billion.
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| Latest market close | $102.74 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $85.96 - $118.43 |
| 50-day moving average | $98.65 |
| 200-day moving average | $102.48 |
| Wall St. target price | $116.44 |
| PE ratio | 6.7209 |
| Dividend yield | $2.4 (2.8%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $15.23 |
Note: The dollar amounts in the table below are in Canadian dollars.
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Historical closes compared with the close of $102.74 from 2023-05-31
| 1 week (2023-05-25) | 2.86% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2023-05-01) | 3.14% |
| 3 months (2023-02-27) | -7.82% |
| 6 months (2022-11-27) | N/A |
| 1 year (2022-06-01) | -7.61% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2021-05-28) | -12.38% |
| 3 years (2020-06-01) | 106.14% |
| 5 years (2018-06-01) | 38.82% |
Valuing Discover Financial Services stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Discover Financial Services's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
| Revenue TTM | $10.9 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 50.92% |
| Gross profit TTM | $10.5 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 3.43% |
| Return on equity TTM | 29.74% |
| Profit margin | 37.92% |
| Book value | $51.67 |
| Market capitalisation | $26 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Discover Financial Services.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 28.56
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Discover Financial Services's overall score of 28.56 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 39th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Discover Financial Services is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 7.61/100
Discover Financial Services's environmental score of 7.61 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Discover Financial Services is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 19.64/100
Discover Financial Services's social score of 19.64 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Discover Financial Services is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 16.82/100
Discover Financial Services's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Discover Financial Services is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 1/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Discover Financial Services scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Discover Financial Services has managed to keep its nose clean.
Dividend payout ratio: 16.84% of net profits
Recently Discover Financial Services has paid out, on average, around 16.84% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.8% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Discover Financial Services shareholders could enjoy a 2.8% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Discover Financial Services's case, that would currently equate to about $2.4 per share.
While Discover Financial Services's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Discover Financial Services is investing more in its future growth.
Discover Financial Services's most recent dividend payout was on 8 June 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 24 May 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Discover Financial Services's shares have ranged in value from as little as $85.9567 up to $118.4316. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Discover Financial Services's is 1.4261. This would suggest that Discover Financial Services's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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; private student loans, 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, an automated teller machine, 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. .
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