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

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discover Financial Services in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" DFS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in DFS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Discover Financial Services' stock. Their DFS share price forecasts range from $102.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $119.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.1% from the stock's current price.
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Discover Financial Services' stock was trading at $97.83 at the start of the year. Since then, DFS shares have increased by 3.0% and is now trading at $100.74.
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Discover Financial Services saw a decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,170,000 shares, a decline of 8.8% from the April 15th total of 4,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,070,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 19th 2023.
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 19th. The financial services provider reported $3.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.84 by $0.26. The financial services provider had revenue of $3.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.71 billion. Discover Financial Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.30% and a net margin of 24.65%. Discover Financial Services's revenue was up 29.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $4.22 earnings per share.
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Discover Financial Services declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 25th will be given a dividend of $0.70 per share on Thursday, June 8th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 24th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.60.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF (FTXO), ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments ETF (IPAY), iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), Principal Millennial Global Growth ETF (GENY), Invesco Zacks Mid-Cap ETF (CZA), First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY), FT Cboe Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF (RDVI) and 2ndVote Life Neutral Plus ETF (LYFE).

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.39%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 16.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DFS will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.90% 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 has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, April 19th 2023, which permits the company to buyback $2,700,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is 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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Discover Financial Services trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DFS."

Discover Financial Services' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.47%), State Street Corp (4.33%), FMR LLC (2.26%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.22%), Boston Partners (2.20%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.16%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Hughes, Carlos Minetti, Cynthia A Glassman, Daniel Peter Capozzi, Diane E Offereins, John Greene, Mary K Bush, Mary K Bush, Michael H Moskow, Robert Andrew Eichfeld, Shifra Kolsky and Wanjiku Juanita Walcott.
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Shares of DFS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of DFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $100.74.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) has a market capitalization of $25.58 billion and generates $15.20 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $4.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $14.85 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 20,200 workers across the globe.

Discover Financial Services' mailing address is 2500 Lake Cook Road, Riverwoods IL, 60015. The official website for the company is www.discover.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (224) 405-0900, via email at investorrelations@discover.com, or via fax at 224-405-4993.