Discover Financial Services (DFS)

Discover Financial Services is a holding company. It operates under the Digital Banking and Payment Services segments. The Digital Banking segment focuses on consumer banking and lending products, specifically Discover-branded credit cards issued to individuals on the Discover Network and other consumer banking products and services including private student loans, personal loans, home loans, and deposit products. The Payment Services segment includes PULSE, Diners Club, and the Network Partners business, which provides payment transaction processing and settlement services on the Discover Global Network. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Riverwoods, IL.

Address

2500 LAKE COOK ROAD
RIVERWOODS, IL 60015

Founded

1960

Number of Employees

21,100

Buyback

Buyback Data 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
$ Amount Purchased
($ in 000s )
$1,564,379 $1,714,685 $1,906,249 $2,080,724 $2,064,547 $1,767,448 $347,965 $2,259,154 $2,358,272 $1,937,572 $53,971 $1,641,361
Average Price $60.40 $57.17 $55.02 $65.17 $74.19 $76.54 $72.43 $117.65 $108.16 $105.13 $117.39 $75.83
# Shares Purchased 25,900,510 29,994,705 34,646,848 31,929,484 27,828,498 23,090,487 4,804,273 19,201,812 21,802,639 18,429,677 459,746 21,644,425
Buyback Performance 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
Total Return to Date 116.9% 129.2% 138.1% 101.0% 76.6% 71.1% 80.9% 11.3% 21.1% 24.6% 11.6% 72.7%
S&P 500 Return to Date 181.9% 173.0% 168.6% 129.7% 104.9% 93.1% 74.8% 31.7% 37.3% 31.3% 7.4% 94.0%
Excess Total Return -65.0% -43.8% -30.5% -28.7% -28.3% -22.0% 6.0% -20.3% -16.2% -6.7% 4.2% -21.2%
Quartile Rank
Percentile Rank 62% 66% 68% 69% 66% 67% 67% 56% 64% 65% 64% 79%
Buyback returns calculated using weighted average buyback price over the last 10 years and comparing to current day stock price value. S&P 500 used as benchmark for excess return.

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