Discover Financial Services is a credit services business based in the US. Discover Financial Services shares (DFS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Discover Financial Services employs 21,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $11.1 billion.
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| Latest market close | $141.62 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $77.53 - $147.61 |
| 50-day moving average | $127.38 |
| 200-day moving average | $113.51 |
| Wall St. target price | $144.50 |
| PE ratio | 12.5128 |
| Dividend yield | $2.8 (1.98%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $11.33 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $141.62 from 2024-07-25
| 1 week (2024-07-19) | -0.11% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-06-26) | 12.98% |
| 3 months (2024-04-26) | 10.90% |
| 6 months (2024-01-26) | 32.45% |
| 1 year (2023-07-26) | 32.99% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-07-22) | 41.62% |
| 3 years (2021-07-26) | 13.97% |
| 5 years (2019-07-26) | 60.95% |
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.
Discover Financial Services's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Discover Financial Services shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Discover Financial Services's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.2849. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Discover Financial Services's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
| Revenue TTM | $11.1 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 45.85% |
| Gross profit TTM | $10.5 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.01% |
| Return on equity TTM | 19.44% |
| Profit margin | 26.31% |
| Book value | $64.01 |
| Market Capitalization | $35.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 18.88% of net profits
Recently Discover Financial Services has paid out, on average, around 18.88% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.98% 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 1.98% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Discover Financial Services's case, that would currently equate to about $2.8 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 5 June 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 21 August 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Discover Financial Services's shares have ranged in value from as little as $77.5266 up to $147.61. 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 1.43. 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 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. .
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