Discover Fin Sv (DFS)
Price: $26.08
Industry: Finance Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Wed Jul 27 11:30 EDT 2011 DFS Discover Fin Sv
$26.08
Power Gauge Rating
DFS - Neutral TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for DFS is neutral with very attractive financial metrics, very strong earnings performance, very bullish price/volume activity and very positive expert opinions.
Financial Metrics
DFS's financial metrics are excellent due to a high return on equity. Earnings Performance
DFS's financial metrics are excellent due to a high long term debt to equity ratio.
Price/Volume Activity
Despite these bullish factors, Chaikin Power Tools has identified a negative trend resulting in a neutral rating.
Expert Opinions
News Sentiment Rating
Neutral DFS Discover Fin ..
July 20, 2011
TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for DFS is neutral. Stories concerning DFS have a balanced or neutral sentiment.
News Sentiment :Neutral
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
The Power Gauge distills a 20 factor model into a concise picture of a stock's potential.
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High Potential
Neutral
Low Potential
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Financials & Earnings
Financial Metrics
Financial Metrics Rating
Very Bullish
LT Debt/Equity Ratio
DFS's financial metrics are excellent. The company yields a high return on shareholder's equity and generates high free cash flow relative to market capitalization.
Price to Book Value
Return on Equity
The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio, high return on equity and relatively high cash flow.
Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities
Valuation
Returns
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Current Ratio
1.44
Price/Book
2.20
Return on Invest
6.7%
LT Debt/Equity
2.74
Price/Sales
1.73
Return on Equity
24.7%
Earnings Performance
Earnings Performance Rating
Very Bullish
Earnings Growth
DFS's earnings performance has been very strong. The company has a history of strong earnings growth and has outperformed analysts' earnings estimates.
Earnings Surprise
The rank is based on high earnings growth over the past 3-5 years, better than expected earnings in recent quarters, an upward trend in earnings this year, a relatively low projected P/E ratio and inconsistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Earnings Trend
Projected P/E Ratio
Earnings Consistency
5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth
Revenue(M) Rev % Growth EPS EPS % Growth
EPS Estimates
11/06
11/07
11/08
11/09
11/10
5,997.46
5,051.87
6,957.02
10,378.75
8,241.22
Quarterly EPS
17.32%
-15.77%
37.71%
49.18%
-20.60%
Yearly EPS
$2.26
$1.18
$1.93
$2.42
$1.23
86.78%
-47.79%
63.56%
25.39%
-49.17%
EPS Surprise
Factor
Factor
Actual EPS Prev
EST EPS Current
Change
$0.47
$0.80
+0.33
$1.23
$3.49
+2.26
Actual EPS Growth
Est EPS Growth
Change
13.57%
12.33%
-1.24
3-5 year EPS
EPS Quarterly Results Estimate
Actual
Difference
% Difference
Latest Qtr
$0.72
$1.09
$0.37
51.39
1 Qtr Ago
$0.53
$0.84
$0.31
58.49
2 Qtr Ago
$0.42
$0.64
$0.22
3 Qtr Ago
$0.35
$0.47
$0.12
FY
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Total
11/09
$0.25
$0.43
$1.09
$0.63
$2.40
11/10
$-0.22
$0.34
$0.47
$0.64
$1.23
52.38
11/11
$0.84
$1.09
-
-
-
34.29
Fiscal Year End Month is November.
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Price Trend & Expert Opinions Price/Volume Activity
Price/Volume Activity Rating
Very Bullish
Relative Strength vs Market
Chaikin Money Flow
Price and volume activity for DFS is very bullish. DFS has outperformed the S&P 500 over 26 weeks and is experiencing sustained buying.
Price Trend
The rank for DFS is based on its price strength versus the market, positive Chaikin money flow, a positive Chaikin price trend, a negative Chaikin price trend ROC and an increasing volume trend.
Price Trend ROC
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index
Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether DFS is performing better or worse than the market.
Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.
Price Activity
Price Activity
Factor
Value
Factor
52 Week High
27.52
52 Week Low
13.91
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500
31.05%
Expert Opinions
Volume Activity Value
Factor
% Change Price - 4 Weeks
5.20%
Average Volume 20 Days
7,344,930
% Change Price - 24 Weeks
26.54%
Average Volume 90 Days
6,437,471
% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P
0.19%
% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P
24.54%
Value
Chaikin Money Flow Persistency
80%
Expert Opinions
Very Bullish
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Expert opinions about DFS are very positive. Analysts are raising their EPS estimates for DFS and shorting of DFS is low.
Short Interest
Insider Activity
The rank for DFS is based on analysts revising earnings estimates upward, a low short interest ratio, insiders not purchasing significant amounts of stock and optimistic analyst opinions.
Analyst Opinions
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Current Current Qtr Next Qtr
0.82 0.78 Current
Current FY
3.55
Analyst Recommendations
7 Days Ago % Change 0.80 0.77
+2.50% +1.30%
30 Days Ago % Change 3.33
0.22
Factor Mean this Week Mean Last Week
EPS Estimates Revision Summary Value
Buy 0.00
Mean 5 Weeks Ago
Buy
Last 4 Weeks
Down
Up
Down
Curr Qtr
0
0
2
0
Curr Yr
0
0
4
0
Next Qtr
0
0
2
0
Next Yr
0
0
4
0
Buy
Change
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The Company & Its Competitors
News Headlines for DFS
DFS's Competitors in Finance Company
Power Gauge
Historic EPS growth
Projected EPS growth
Profit Margin
PEG
PE
Revenue(M)
DFS
13.57%
12.33%
22.75%
0.61
8.58
8,241
EZPW
28.83%
15.00%
13.64%
0.86
13.59
733
4.31%
15.00%
6.71%
0.62
10.43
600
CACC
17.31%
-
39.20%
-
13.56
442
COF
10.77%
9.80%
19.17%
0.69
6.43
19,067
NNI
1.51%
17.00%
17.91%
0.28
3.94
1,062
WRLD
15.15%
-
18.57%
-
12.15
491
SLM
42.41%
10.00%
1.88%
0.89
7.80
6,776
AEA
Business events scheduled for Thursday - Jun 22, 2011 Discover Financial to buy back $1 billion in stock - Jun 15, 2011 Discover Financial Services Announces $1 Billion Share Repurchase Program - Jun 15, 2011 Tree.com sells mortgage unit to Discover Financial - May 12, 2011 Discover to Acquire Mortgage Origination Business from Tree.com for $55.9 Million - May 12, 2011
Company Details
Company Profile
DISCOVER FIN SV 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD RIVERWOODS, IL 60015 USA Phone: 224-405-0900 Fax: 224-405-4993 Website: http://www.discoverfinancial.com Full Time Employees: 10,300 Sector: Finance
Discover Financial Services operates the Discover Card with more than fifty million cardmembers, the Discover Network with millions of merchant and cash access locations, and the Goldfish credit card business in the United Kingdom. Discover Financial Services also operates the pulse ATM/debit network, which serves more than four thousand four hundred financial institutions and includes nearly two lakhs sixty thousand ATMs, as well as POS terminals, nationwide.
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