DFS vs. VICI, EXR, HIG, VTMX, SLF, PUK, CBRE, AVB, BBD, and DB
Should you be buying Discover Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Discover Financial Services include VICI Properties (VICI), Extra Space Storage (EXR), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (VTMX), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), CBRE Group (CBRE), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Banco Bradesco (BBD), and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) and Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, VICI Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Discover Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for VICI Properties and 7 mentions for Discover Financial Services. Discover Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat VICI Properties' score of 0.89 indicating that VICI Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VICI Properties has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Discover Financial Services has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
VICI Properties has a net margin of 70.13% compared to VICI Properties' net margin of 10.56%. VICI Properties' return on equity of 17.07% beat Discover Financial Services' return on equity.
VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Discover Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. VICI Properties pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Discover Financial Services pays out 31.9% 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. VICI Properties has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Discover Financial Services has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
VICI Properties presently has a consensus price target of $34.18, indicating a potential upside of 12.51%. Discover Financial Services has a consensus price target of $126.29, indicating a potential upside of 0.70%. Given Discover Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe VICI Properties is more favorable than Discover Financial Services.
97.7% of VICI Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Discover Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Discover Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Discover Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than VICI Properties. VICI Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Discover Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Discover Financial Services received 982 more outperform votes than VICI Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.68% of users gave Discover Financial Services an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave VICI Properties an outperform vote.
Summary
Discover Financial Services beats VICI Properties on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DFS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
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