Discover Financial Services (DFS): Price and Financial Metrics
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DFS POWR Grades
- DFS scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 58.92% of US stocks.
- DFS's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
- DFS ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 20th percentile.
DFS Stock Summary
- DFS has a higher market value than 91.31% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $24,320,612,940.
- Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 8.48 for DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES; that's greater than it is for 87.28% of US stocks.
- The volatility of DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES's share price is greater than that of just 12.77% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES are CCEP, MT, MTB, CHD, and NTRS.
- DFS's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES's official web site, go to www.discover.com.
DFS Valuation Summary
- DFS's price/sales ratio is 2.2; this is 120% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
- Over the past 192 months, DFS's price/sales ratio has gone down 1.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for DFS.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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DFS | 2023-03-17 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 5.6 | 6.3 |
DFS | 2023-03-16 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
DFS | 2023-03-15 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 6.4 |
DFS | 2023-03-14 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
DFS | 2023-03-13 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 6.5 |
DFS | 2023-03-10 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
DFS Growth Metrics
- The 3 year revenue growth rate now stands at 46.81%.
- The 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 29.46%.
- Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -13.99%.

The table below shows DFS's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).
Date | Revenue | Operating Cash Flow | Net Income to Common Stock |
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2022-12-31 | 10,978 | 7,140 | 4,304 |
2022-09-30 | 10,802 | 6,307 | 4,339 |
2022-06-30 | 10,688 | 6,309 | 4,427 |
2022-03-31 | 11,457 | 6,245 | 5,010 |
2021-12-31 | 11,869 | 6,019 | 5,351 |
2021-09-30 | 11,489 | 6,310 | 5,084 |
DFS's Quality Factors
The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.- DFS has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 62.91% of graded US stocks.
- DFS's asset turnover comes in at 0.103 -- ranking 47th of 430 Banking stocks.
- MRLN, FNMA, and SFST are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with DFS.
The table below shows DFS's key quality metrics over time.
Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
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2021-09-30 | 0.103 | 1 | 0.057 |
2021-06-30 | 0.094 | 1 | 0.050 |
2021-03-31 | 0.069 | 1 | 0.028 |
2020-12-31 | 0.051 | 1 | 0.011 |
2020-09-30 | 0.050 | 1 | 0.010 |
2020-06-30 | 0.052 | 1 | 0.010 |
DFS Price Target
For more insight on analysts targets of DFS, see our DFS price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.
Average Price Target | $136.22 | Average Broker Recommendation | 1.59 (Moderate Buy) |
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DFS Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $99.03 | 52-week high | $121.17 |
Prev. close | $97.68 | 52-week low | $87.64 |
Day low | $98.47 | Volume | 86,551 |
Day high | $99.29 | Avg. volume | 2,546,036 |
50-day MA | $108.02 | Dividend yield | 2.54% |
200-day MA | $102.47 | Market Cap | 25.68B |
Discover Financial Services (DFS) Company Bio
Discover Financial Services is an American financial services company that owns and operates Discover Bank, which offers checking and savings accounts, personal loans, home equity loans, student loans and credit cards. It also owns and operates the Discover and Pulse networks, and owns Diners Club International. Discover Card is the third largest credit card brand in the United States, when measured by cards in force, with nearly 50 million cardholders. Discover is currently headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Riverwoods, Illinois. (Source:Wikipedia)
Latest DFS News From Around the Web
Below are the latest news stories about DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate DFS as an investment opportunity.
Discover Financial Services Announces First Quarter 2023 Earnings Release on April 19, 2023, and Conference Call on April 20, 2023RIVERWOODS, Ill., March 28, 2023--Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) plans to report its first quarter 2023 results after the market closes on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. The earnings release will be available through Discover's Investor Relations website at https://investorrelations.discover.com. |
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DFS Price Returns
1-mo | -11.58% |
3-mo | 1.79% |
6-mo | 10.13% |
1-year | -10.59% |
3-year | 182.15% |
5-year | 53.87% |
YTD | 1.79% |
2022 | -13.55% |
2021 | 29.78% |
2020 | 10.13% |
2019 | 46.94% |
2018 | -21.80% |
DFS Dividends
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Continue Researching DFS
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