Discover Financial Services Stock Beta

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USD 174.91 2.84 1.65%

Discover Financial Services fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Discover Financial's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Discover Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Discover Financial's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Discover Financial stock.

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Discover Financial Services Company Beta Analysis

Discover Financial's Beta is one of the most important measures of equity market volatility. Beta can be thought of as asset elasticity or sensitivity to market. In other words, it is a number that shows the relationship of an equity instrument to the financial market in which this instrument is traded. For example, if Beta of equity is 2, it is expected to significantly outperform market when the market is going up and significantly underperform when the market is going down. Similarly, Beta of 1 indicates that an asset and market will generate similar returns over time.

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Current Discover Financial Beta

1.4

Most of Discover Financial's fundamental indicators, such as Beta, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Discover Financial Services is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.

Discover Beta Driver Correlations

Understanding the fundamental principles of building solid financial models for Discover Financial is extremely important. It helps to project a fair market value of Discover Stock properly, considering its historical fundamentals such as Beta. Since Discover Financial's main accounts across its financial reports are all linked and dependent on each other, it is essential to analyze all possible correlations between related accounts. However, instead of reviewing all of Discover Financial's historical financial statements, investors can examine the correlated drivers to determine its overall health. This can be effectively done using a conventional correlation matrix of Discover Financial's interrelated accounts and indicators.

	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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In a nutshell, Beta is a measure of individual stock risk relative to the overall volatility of the stock market. and is calculated based on very sound finance theory - Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM).However, since Beta is calculated based on historical price movements it may not predict how a firm's stock is going to perform in the future.

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In accordance with the recently published financial statements, Discover Financial Services has a Beta of 1.402. This is 70.98% higher than that of the Consumer Finance sector and 22.98% higher than that of the Financials industry. The beta for all United States stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

Discover Beta Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Discover Financial's direct or indirect competition against its Beta to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Discover Financial could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Discover Financial by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.

Discover Financial is currently under evaluation in beta category among its peers.

Discover Financial ESG Sustainability

Some studies have found that companies with high sustainability scores are getting higher valuations than competitors with lower social-engagement activities. While most ESG disclosures are voluntary and do not directly affect the long term financial condition, Discover Financial's sustainability indicators can be used to identify proper investment strategies using environmental, social, and governance scores that are crucial to Discover Financial's managers, analysts, and investors.

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Discover Financial Institutional Holders

Institutional Holdings refers to the ownership stake in Discover Financial that is held by large financial organizations, pension funds or endowments. Institutions may purchase large blocks of Discover Financial's outstanding shares and can exert considerable influence upon its management. Institutional holders may also work to push the share price higher once they own the stock. Extensive social media coverage, TV shows, articles in high-profile magazines, and presentations at investor conferences help move the stock higher, increasing Discover Financial's value.

		Shares
Balyasny Asset Management Llc	2024-06-30	2.4 M
Amvescap Plc.	2024-06-30	2.4 M
Northern Trust Corp	2024-09-30	2.2 M
Legal & General Group Plc	2024-06-30	2 M
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp	2024-06-30	2 M
Southpoint Capital Advisors Lp	2024-06-30	2 M
Capital Research & Mgmt Co - Division 3	2024-09-30	1.9 M
Millennium Management Llc	2024-06-30	1.8 M
Goldman Sachs Group Inc	2024-06-30	1.8 M
Vanguard Group Inc	2024-09-30	30.8 M
Capital World Investors	2024-09-30	20.9 M

As the market goes up, the company is expected to outperform it. However, if the market returns are negative, Discover Financial will likely underperform.

Discover Fundamentals

	Return On Equity	0.2
	Return On Asset	0.0216
	Profit Margin	0.27 %
	Operating Margin	0.34 %
	Current Valuation	35.12 B
	Shares Outstanding	251.07 M
	Shares Owned By Insiders	0.57 %
	Shares Owned By Institutions	86.20 %
	Number Of Shares Shorted	4.27 M
	Price To Earning	7.05 X
	Price To Book	2.51 X
	Price To Sales	3.71 X
	Revenue	9.84 B
	Gross Profit	10.46 B
	EBITDA	4.01 B
	Net Income	2.92 B
	Cash And Equivalents	10 B
	Cash Per Share	36.61 X
	Total Debt	21.33 B
	Debt To Equity	1.41 %
	Current Ratio	1.24 X
	Book Value Per Share	68.77 X
	Cash Flow From Operations	8.56 B
	Short Ratio	3.24 X
	Earnings Per Share	12.42 X
	Price To Earnings To Growth	4.39 X
	Target Price	162.67
	Number Of Employees	21.1 K
	Beta	1.4
	Market Capitalization	43.38 B
	Total Asset	151.61 B
	Retained Earnings	30.45 B
	Working Capital	(50.73 M)
	Current Asset	120.27 M
	Current Liabilities	171 M
	Annual Yield	0.02 %
	Five Year Return	2.14 %
	Net Asset	151.61 B
	Last Dividend Paid	2.8

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