Discover Retained Earnings from 2010 to 2024

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USD 179.29 4.38 2.50%

Discover Financial Retained Earnings yearly trend continues to be comparatively stable with very little volatility. Retained Earnings are likely to outpace its year average in 2024. Retained Earnings is the cumulative amount of net income that Discover Financial Services retains for reinvestment in its operations, rather than distributing it to shareholders as dividends. View All Fundamentals

Retained Earnings

First Reported

2005-09-30

Previous Quarter

30.5 B

Current Value

31.9 B

Quarterly Volatility

9.1 B

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Check Discover Financial financial statements over time to gain insight into future company performance. You can evaluate financial statements to find patterns among Discover Financial's main balance sheet or income statement drivers, such as Interest Expense of 5 B, Total Revenue of 9.1 B or Gross Profit of 21.6 B, as well as many indicators such as Price To Sales Ratio of 2.99, Dividend Yield of 0.0323 or PTB Ratio of 1.72. Discover financial statements analysis is a perfect complement when working with Discover Financial Valuation or Volatility modules.

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Latest Discover Financial's Retained Earnings Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Retained Earnings of Discover Financial Services over the last few years. It is the cumulative amount of net income that a company retains for reinvestment in its operations, rather than distributing it to shareholders as dividends. Discover Financial's Retained Earnings historical data analysis aims to capture in quantitative terms the overall pattern of either growth or decline in Discover Financial's overall financial position and show how it may be relating to other accounts over time.

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Last Reported 30.45 B

10 Years Trend

Slightly volatile

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Retained Earnings

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Discover Retained Earnings Regression Statistics

	Arithmetic Mean	17,132,101,533
	Geometric Mean	14,192,641,433
	Coefficient Of Variation	53.43
	Mean Deviation	7,448,491,902
	Median	16,687,000,000
	Standard Deviation	9,153,260,657
	Sample Variance	83782180.7T
	Range	29.5B
	R-Value	0.99
	Mean Square Error	1175850.9T
	R-Squared	0.99
	Slope	2,033,350,918
	Total Sum of Squares	1172950529.1T

Discover Retained Earnings History

	2024	32 B
	2023	30.4 B
	2022	28.5 B
	2021	24.8 B
	2020	20 B
	2019	21.3 B
	2018	18.9 B

Other Fundumenentals of Discover Financial

Retained Earnings Total Equity

Discover Financial Retained Earnings component correlations

	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Total Liab	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Long Term Debt	Net Receivables	Good Will	Short Term Investments	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Common Stock	Property Plant Equipment	Current Deferred Revenue	Treasury Stock	Deferred Long Term Liab	Net Tangible Assets	Long Term Debt Total	Capital Surpluse	Long Term Investments	Short Long Term Debt	Earning Assets	Net Invested Capital	Capital Stock
Total Assets		0.93	0.01	0.56	0.81	0.06	0.7	0.46	-0.34	-0.18	-0.19	0.03	0.41	0.86	0.65	0.44	-0.84	0.82	0.87	0.37	0.89	-0.4	-0.72	0.56	-0.36	0.64
Total Stockholder Equity	0.93		0.2	0.65	0.76	0.15	0.69	0.47	-0.21	-0.11	-0.14	0.06	0.41	0.85	0.57	0.34	-0.76	0.74	0.92	0.3	0.79	-0.3	-0.55	0.39	-0.44	0.57
Net Debt	0.01	0.2		0.33	-0.11	0.22	0.37	0.28	0.07	-0.03	-0.16	0.16	0.12	0.24	-0.37	0.07	0.21	-0.02	0.16	0.4	-0.07	0.17	0.36	-0.54	0.35	-0.4
Total Liab	0.56	0.65	0.33		0.69	0.16	0.37	0.69	-0.5	-0.39	-0.35	-0.04	0.77	0.57	0.11	0.6	-0.55	0.43	0.72	0.31	0.64	-0.51	-0.41	-0.09	-0.44	0.49
Retained Earnings	0.81	0.76	-0.11	0.69		0.13	0.47	0.51	-0.68	-0.48	-0.25	-0.01	0.7	0.63	0.67	0.59	-0.97	0.78	0.83	0.33	0.93	-0.52	-0.86	0.59	-0.65	0.79
Accounts Payable	0.06	0.15	0.22	0.16	0.13		-0.08	-0.38	-0.08	0.05	-0.07	-0.22	0.08	0.2	0.15	-0.06	-0.16	0.09	0.28	-0.41	0.11	-0.16	-0.19	0.1	-0.52	0.3
Long Term Debt	0.7	0.69	0.37	0.37	0.47	-0.08		0.45	-0.14	0.07	-0.19	0.37	0.03	0.79	0.1	-0.01	-0.51	0.66	0.45	0.8	0.45	-0.23	-0.33	0.14	0.04	0.02
Net Receivables	0.46	0.47	0.28	0.69	0.51	-0.38	0.45		-0.42	-0.43	-0.36	0.06	0.63	0.46	0.04	0.54	-0.36	0.23	0.48	0.62	0.46	-0.05	-0.22	-0.06	0.03	0.09
Good Will	-0.34	-0.21	0.07	-0.5	-0.68	-0.08	-0.14	-0.42		0.8	0.51	-0.09	-0.73	-0.18	-0.35	-0.69	0.59	-0.52	-0.44	-0.35	-0.65	0.42	0.54	-0.32	0.33	-0.55
Short Term Investments	-0.18	-0.11	-0.03	-0.39	-0.48	0.05	0.07	-0.43	0.8		0.09	-0.02	-0.7	0.01	-0.35	-0.73	0.34	-0.28	-0.38	-0.2	-0.51	0.15	0.31	-0.18	0.15	-0.4
Total Current Assets	-0.19	-0.14	-0.16	-0.35	-0.25	-0.07	-0.19	-0.36	0.51	0.09		-0.14	-0.33	-0.2	0.03	-0.29	0.2	-0.3	-0.21	-0.26	-0.26	0.18	0.14	0.03	0.09	-0.14
Short Term Debt	0.03	0.06	0.16	-0.04	-0.01	-0.22	0.37	0.06	-0.09	-0.02	-0.14		-0.18	-0.03	-0.03	-0.14	-0.02	0.2	-0.03	0.4	-0.01	0.14	0.16	-0.09	0.16	-0.19
Intangible Assets	0.41	0.41	0.12	0.77	0.7	0.08	0.03	0.63	-0.73	-0.7	-0.33	-0.18		0.36	0.36	0.92	-0.5	0.28	0.64	0.16	0.69	-0.3	-0.46	0.22	-0.35	0.63
Common Stock	0.86	0.85	0.24	0.57	0.63	0.2	0.79	0.46	-0.18	0.01	-0.2	-0.03	0.36		0.36	0.28	-0.62	0.61	0.72	0.43	0.65	-0.25	-0.54	0.37	-0.24	0.41
Property Plant Equipment	0.65	0.57	-0.37	0.11	0.67	0.15	0.1	0.04	-0.35	-0.35	0.03	-0.03	0.36	0.36		0.43	-0.71	0.57	0.69	-0.17	0.74	-0.03	-0.67	0.88	-0.51	0.78
Current Deferred Revenue	0.44	0.34	0.07	0.6	0.59	-0.06	-0.01	0.54	-0.69	-0.73	-0.29	-0.14	0.92	0.28	0.43		-0.42	0.3	0.6	0.15	0.72	-0.27	-0.4	0.27	-0.11	0.61
Treasury Stock	-0.84	-0.76	0.21	-0.55	-0.97	-0.16	-0.51	-0.36	0.59	0.34	0.2	-0.02	-0.5	-0.62	-0.71	-0.42		-0.85	-0.79	-0.31	-0.91	0.56	0.91	-0.66	0.66	-0.78
Deferred Long Term Liab	0.82	0.74	-0.02	0.43	0.78	0.09	0.66	0.23	-0.52	-0.28	-0.3	0.2	0.28	0.61	0.57	0.3	-0.85		0.71	0.43	0.81	-0.57	-0.72	0.48	-0.42	0.61
Net Tangible Assets	0.87	0.92	0.16	0.72	0.83	0.28	0.45	0.48	-0.44	-0.38	-0.21	-0.03	0.64	0.72	0.69	0.6	-0.79	0.71		0.14	0.89	-0.32	-0.61	0.44	-0.54	0.74
Long Term Debt Total	0.37	0.3	0.4	0.31	0.33	-0.41	0.8	0.62	-0.35	-0.2	-0.26	0.4	0.16	0.43	-0.17	0.15	-0.31	0.43	0.14		0.28	-0.16	-0.17	-0.07	0.34	-0.22
Capital Surpluse	0.89	0.79	-0.07	0.64	0.93	0.11	0.45	0.46	-0.65	-0.51	-0.26	-0.01	0.69	0.65	0.74	0.72	-0.91	0.81	0.89	0.28		-0.51	-0.81	0.6	-0.47	0.83
Long Term Investments	-0.4	-0.3	0.17	-0.51	-0.52	-0.16	-0.23	-0.05	0.42	0.15	0.18	0.14	-0.3	-0.25	-0.03	-0.27	0.56	-0.57	-0.32	-0.16	-0.51		0.55	-0.04	0.45	-0.53
Short Long Term Debt	-0.72	-0.55	0.36	-0.41	-0.86	-0.19	-0.33	-0.22	0.54	0.31	0.14	0.16	-0.46	-0.54	-0.67	-0.4	0.91	-0.72	-0.61	-0.17	-0.81	0.55		-0.71	0.62	-0.76
Earning Assets	0.56	0.39	-0.54	-0.09	0.59	0.1	0.14	-0.06	-0.32	-0.18	0.03	-0.09	0.22	0.37	0.88	0.27	-0.66	0.48	0.44	-0.07	0.6	-0.04	-0.71		-0.42	0.67
Net Invested Capital	-0.36	-0.44	0.35	-0.44	-0.65	-0.52	0.04	0.03	0.33	0.15	0.09	0.16	-0.35	-0.24	-0.51	-0.11	0.66	-0.42	-0.54	0.34	-0.47	0.45	0.62	-0.42		-0.74
Capital Stock	0.64	0.57	-0.4	0.49	0.79	0.3	0.02	0.09	-0.55	-0.4	-0.14	-0.19	0.63	0.41	0.78	0.61	-0.78	0.61	0.74	-0.22	0.83	-0.53	-0.76	0.67	-0.74

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About Discover Financial Financial Statements

Discover Financial shareholders use historical fundamental indicators, such as Retained Earnings, to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Although Discover Financial investors may analyze each financial statement separately, they are all interrelated. The changes in Discover Financial's assets and liabilities, for example, are also reflected in the revenues and expenses on on Discover Financial's income statement. Understanding these patterns can help investors time the market effectively. Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

	Last Reported	Projected for Next Year
Retained Earnings	30.4 B	32 B
Retained Earnings Total Equity	32.7 B	34.4 B

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