Discover Financial Services (DFS) Competitors $172.80 +0.30 (+0.17%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends DFS vs. COF, CACC, SLM, NNI, ECPG, PRAA, WRLD, EZPW, GDOT, and RMShould you be buying Discover Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Discover Financial Services include Capital One Financial (COF), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), Nelnet (NNI), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Green Dot (GDOT), and Regional Management (RM). These companies are all part of the "consumer finance" industry. Discover Financial Services vs. Capital One Financial Credit Acceptance SLM Nelnet Encore Capital Group PRA Group World Acceptance EZCORP Green Dot Regional Management Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) and Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings. Does the media favor COF or DFS? In the previous week, Capital One Financial had 14 more articles in the media than Discover Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Capital One Financial and 23 mentions for Discover Financial Services. Capital One Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Discover Financial Services' score of 0.95 indicating that Capital One Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Capital One Financial 21 Very Positive mention(s) 5 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Discover Financial Services 17 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has stronger valuation and earnings, COF or DFS? Capital One Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Discover Financial Services. Discover Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital One Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCapital One Financial$49.48B1.39$4.89B$10.5917.06Discover Financial Services$17.40B2.49$2.94B$12.3913.95 Do institutionals and insiders believe in COF or DFS? 89.8% of Capital One Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Discover Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Capital One Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Discover Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is COF or DFS more profitable? Discover Financial Services has a net margin of 13.78% compared to Capital One Financial's net margin of 8.80%. Discover Financial Services' return on equity of 21.38% beat Capital One Financial's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Capital One Financial8.80% 9.00% 1.11% Discover Financial Services 13.78%21.38%2.10% Which has more risk & volatility, COF or DFS? Capital One Financial has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Discover Financial Services has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate COF or DFS? Capital One Financial presently has a consensus price target of $160.18, suggesting a potential downside of 11.35%. Discover Financial Services has a consensus price target of $138.81, suggesting a potential downside of 19.67%. Given Capital One Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Capital One Financial is more favorable than Discover Financial Services.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Capital One Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 11 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.39Discover Financial Services 0 Sell rating(s) 12 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.37 Is COF or DFS a better dividend stock? Capital One Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Discover Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Capital One Financial pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Discover Financial Services pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Discover Financial Services has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Discover Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Does the MarketBeat Community favor COF or DFS? Discover Financial Services received 61 more outperform votes than Capital One Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.41% of users gave Discover Financial Services an outperform vote while only 64.85% of users gave Capital One Financial an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCapital One FinancialOutperform Votes121264.85% Underperform Votes65735.15% Discover Financial ServicesOutperform Votes127372.41% Underperform Votes48527.59% SummaryCapital One Financial and Discover Financial Services tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart DFS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDiscover Financial ServicesPersonal credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$43.39B$6.37B$10.35B$19.85BDividend Yield1.59%4.60%10.18%3.52%P/E Ratio13.9529.6249.6042.73Price / Sales2.492.433,386.8319.27Price / Cash15.0310.9630.6817.86Price / Book3.142.292.895.52Net Income$2.94B$349.72M$994.27M$986.45M7 Day Performance-0.55%1.01%-0.05%0.45%1 Month Performance17.91%11.24%7.13%1.05%1 Year Performance101.07%61.98%24.11%24.67% Discover Financial Services Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DFSDiscover Financial Services4.0076 of 5 stars$172.80+0.2%$138.81-19.7%+98.7%$43.39B$17.40B13.9521,100COFCapital One Financial4.5018 of 5 stars$180.69-0.2%$160.18-11.4%+68.6%$68.94B$49.48B17.0651,987Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsCACCCredit Acceptance3.1455 of 5 stars$447.57+0.6%$416.00-7.1%+1.7%$5.39B$2.06B30.062,232Positive NewsSLMSLM4.6411 of 5 stars$23.97+0.4%$25.45+6.2%+66.2%$5.07B$2.84B8.351,740NNINelnet4.4809 of 5 stars$105.33-0.9%$98.00-7.0%+22.4%$3.86B$2.06B34.657,550ECPGEncore Capital Group3.4898 of 5 stars$47.60-2.1%$62.33+31.0%+7.8%$1.15B$1.22B0.007,400Analyst DowngradePRAAPRA Group4.5633 of 5 stars$20.92-6.3%$32.00+53.0%+14.4%$880M$802.55M19.023,155News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownWRLDWorld Acceptance1.952 of 5 stars$116.69+0.5%$10.00-91.4%+3.7%$667.35M$573.21M7.932,872Positive NewsEZPWEZCORP3.7324 of 5 stars$12.09+0.4%$16.00+32.3%+44.1%$661.81M$1.16B10.898,000GDOTGreen Dot2.0457 of 5 stars$10.23-4.0%$10.75+5.1%+26.5%$550.24M$1.63B-9.741,200RMRegional Management4.249 of 5 stars$29.65-0.8%$35.50+19.7%+27.9%$303.88M$551.40M12.462,081 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Capital One Financial Alternatives Credit Acceptance Alternatives SLM Alternatives Nelnet Alternatives Encore Capital Group Alternatives PRA Group Alternatives World Acceptance Alternatives EZCORP Alternatives Green Dot Alternatives Regional Management Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:DFS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Crypto That’s Making Wall Street SweatThe Crypto Wall Street Is Desperate to Hide It's happening now, right under everyone's radar. 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