During 2018 Q4 the big money sentiment increased to 0.81. That’s change of 0.01, from 2018Q3’s 0.8. 61 investors sold all, 259 reduced holdings as Discover Financial Services ratio is positive. 190 increased holdings while 69 funds amassed holdings. Funds hold 277.98 million shares thus 0.83% less from 2018Q3’s 280.30 million shares.

Arvest Fincl Bank Trust Division accumulated 273,945 shs. Guardian Life Ins Of America holds 0.01% or 970 shs. Amp Capital holds 0.08% in Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) or 227,328 shs. Hrt Fincl Limited Liability Co accumulated 8,353 shs or 0.07% of the stock. Sentinel Trust Lba has invested 0.87% in Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS). Inverness Counsel Lc New York holds 0.08% in Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) or 19,729 shs. Fred Alger Mgmt Inc holds 0% or 179 shs. 638 are owned by Gemmer Asset Mngmt Ltd Liability Corporation. Johnson Grp Inc accumulated 5,177 shs. Shell Asset Mngmt holds 0.13% of its capital in Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) for 89,316 shs. The Maryland-based Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc has invested 0.58% in Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS). 37,470 are owned by Regentatlantic Ltd Liability Corp. Silvercrest Asset Mngmt Grp Inc Limited Liability reported 0% of its capital in Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS). 1.45M are owned by Wells Fargo Com Mn. Employees Retirement System Of Ohio reported 0.05% stake.

Reiterated Discover Financial (NYSE:DFS) Rating.

New York: On Wednesday, 6 March, an analyst note was shared with investors of Discover Financial (NYSE:DFS). Its “Overweight” Rating reaffirmed by Analysts at Morgan Stanley. Equities researchers have target of $91 which indicates 27.63 % upside potential on firm’s stock.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) Ratings Coverage

A total of 5 analysts rate Discover Financial (NYSE:DFS) as follows: 3 “Buy”, 2 “Hold” and 0 “Sell”. Тherefore 60% are bullish. (NYSE:DFS) has 6 ratings reports on Mar 7, 2019 according to StockzIntelligence. The company rating was maintained by Wells Fargo on Friday, October 26. On Tuesday, October 2 the company was upgraded by JP Morgan. On Thursday, November 1 the stock of Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) has “Neutral” rating given by Citigroup. In Monday, October 1 report Wells Fargo maintained it with “Market Perform” rating and $82 target. The stock rating was maintained by Bank of America with “Buy” on Friday, September 21. On Wednesday, March 6 the rating was maintained by Morgan Stanley with “Overweight”.

Ticker’s shares touched $71.3 during the last trading session after 0.38% change.Discover Financial Services has 2.60M shares volume, 3.39% up from normal. DFS is downtrending and has moved 5.01% since March 7, 2018. The stock underperformed the S&P 500 by 9.38%.

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)’s earnings report is anticipated by WallStreet on April, 25, as reported by Faxor. Last year’s earnings per share was $1.82, while now analysts expect change of 10.44 % up from current $2.01 earnings per share. This could reach $660.06M profit for DFS assuming the current $2.01 earnings per share will become reality. After $2.03 EPS report last quarter, Wall Street now sees -0.99 % negative EPS growth of Discover Financial Services.

Discover Financial Services, through its subsidiaries, operates as a direct banking and payment services firm in the United States.The firm is worth $23.41 billion. The Direct Banking segment offers Discover-branded credit cards to individuals; and other consumer services and products, including private student loans, personal loans, home equity loans, and other consumer lending, as well as deposit products, such as certificates of deposit, money market accounts, savings accounts, checking accounts, and individual retirement arrangement certificates of deposit.The P/E ratio is 9.15. The Payment Services segment operates the Discover Network, which processes transactions for Discover-branded credit cards, and provides payment transaction processing and settlement services; and PULSE network, an electronic funds transfer network that provides financial institutions issuing debit cards on the PULSE network with access to automated teller machines and point-of-sale terminals.

A couple more Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) news were announced by: Seekingalpha.com which released on February 13, 2019 “Capital One: Long-Term Gains Ahead – Seeking Alpha”, also Fool.com on March 06, 2019 announced “Visa Is the New AmEx, and Not in the Good Way – Motley Fool”, the next Fool.com is “The Most Important Number From Discover’s 4th Quarter – The Motley Fool” on February 10, 2019. Businesswire.com has article titled “Discover Partners with ZestFinance to Implement AI-Based Underwriting Platform – Business Wire”.