Analyst Activity – William Blair Reiterates Outperform on Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)

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Analyst Ratings For Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)

Today, William Blair reiterated its Outperform rating on Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS).

There are 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings, 17 buy ratings on the stock.

The current consensus rating on Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) is Buy (Score: 2.67) with a consensus target price of $74.28 per share, a potential 21.63% upside.

Some recent analyst ratings include

  • 7/18/2017-William Blair Reiterated Rating of Outperform.
  • 7/13/2017-Barclays PLC Reiterated Rating of Equal Weight.
  • 7/12/2017-Instinet Reiterated Rating of Buy.
  • 7/6/2017-Morgan Stanley Reiterated Rating of Overweight.
  • 6/16/2017-Jefferies Group LLC Reiterated Rating of Buy.
  • 6/1/2017-BMO Capital Markets Reiterated Rating of Hold.
  • 5/21/2017-Wells Fargo & Company Reiterated Rating of Outperform.

Dividend information for Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) pays an annual dividend of Community Ranking: with a yield of 1.96% and an average dividend growth of 16.20% based on a 3 Year Average.

Dividend History for Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)

  • On 4/20/2017 Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend of $0.30 1.81% with an ex dividend date of 5/9/2017 which will be payable on 5/25/2017.
  • On 1/19/2017 Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend of $0.30 1.71% with an ex dividend date of 2/7/2017 which will be payable on 2/23/2017.
  • On 10/13/2016 Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend of $0.30 with an ex dividend date of 11/1/2016 which will be payable on 11/17/2016.
  • On 7/14/2016 Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend of $0.30 with an ex dividend date of 8/2/2016 which will be payable on 8/18/2016.
  • On 4/14/2016 Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend of $0.28 with an ex dividend date of 5/3/2016 which will be payable on 5/19/2016.
  • On 1/14/2016 Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend of $0.28 with an ex dividend date of 2/2/2016 which will be payable on 2/18/2016.
  • On 10/15/2015 Discover Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend of $0.28 with an ex dividend date of 11/3/2015 which will be payable on 11/19/2015.

Recent Insider Trading Activity For Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)
Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) has insider ownership of 0.96% and institutional ownership of 84.46%.

  • On 7/3/2017 Carlos Minetti, EVP, sold 8,000 with an average share price of $62.42 per share and the total transaction amounting to $499,360.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 7/3/2017 David W. Nelms, CEO, sold 30,000 with an average share price of $62.52 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,875,600.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 7/3/2017 Roger C Hochschild, COO, sold 15,258 with an average share price of $62.48 per share and the total transaction amounting to $953,319.84. View SEC Filing
  • On 5/1/2017 David W Nelms, CEO, sold 30,000 with an average share price of $62.18 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,865,400.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 5/1/2017 Julie A Loeger, EVP, sold 5,000 with an average share price of $62.54 per share and the total transaction amounting to $312,700.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 5/1/2017 Roger C. Hochschild, COO, sold 15,258 with an average share price of $62.28 per share and the total transaction amounting to $950,268.24. View SEC Filing
  • On 4/27/2017 James V Panzarino, EVP, sold 9,500 with an average share price of $64.34 per share and the total transaction amounting to $611,230.00. View SEC Filing

Recent Trading Activity for Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)
Shares of Discover Financial Services closed the previous trading session at 60.78 down -0.29 -0.47% with 2,510,075 shares trading hands.