4 Fastest Growing Blue Chip Stocks
Blue chip stocks can be an ideal addition to your portfolio if you are risk-averse. These companies enjoy a favorable reputation and historic stability in the markets. Based on the latest activity, these 4 blue chip stocks have been gaining fast.
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Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 306,344,992 |
| Shares Float | 304,600,084 |
| Shares Short | 4,422,020 |
| Insider Holdings | 53% |
| Institution Holdings | 88.75% |
About Discover Financial Services
Discover Financial Services, through its subsidiaries, operates as a digital banking and payment services company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Digital Banking and Payment Services. The Digital Banking segment offers Discover-branded credit cards to individuals; and other consumer products and services, including private student loans, personal loans, home loans, and other consumer lending, as well as deposit products, such as certificates of deposit, money market accounts, IRA certificates of deposit, IRA savings accounts, checking accounts, and sweep accounts. The Payment Services segment operates the PULSE network, an automated teller machine, debit, and electronic funds transfer network; Diners Club International, a payments network that issues Diners Club branded charge cards and/or provides card acceptance services; and Discover Network that processes transactions for Discover-branded credit and debit cards, as well as provides payment transaction processing and settlement services. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Riverwoods, Illinois.
General
| Name | Discover Financial Services |
| Ticker | DFS |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Industry | Credit Services |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 17,600 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 108.89 |
| Market Cap | 29,311,088,640 |
| PE Ratio | 14.17 |
| PEG Ratio | 0.36 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 9.14 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 2.24 |
| Profit Margin | 0.19 |
| Return on Assets | 0.01 |
| Return on Equity | 0.10 |
| Revenue | 5,953,999,872 |
| Earnings Per Share | 3.60 |
| Revenue Per Share | 19.39 |
| Gross Profit | 5,414,000,000 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.09 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 26.61 |
| Forward PE | 11.52 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 2.74 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 3.09 |
Dividend
Discover Financial Services pays out a dividend of $1.76 per share, with a dividend yield of 2.23%.
DFS's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on March 4, 2021.
They pay out 44.64% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Mar 7, 2024 | $0.70 |
| Dec 7, 2023 | $0.70 |
| Sep 7, 2023 | $0.70 |
| Jun 8, 2023 | $0.70 |
| Mar 9, 2023 | $0.60 |
| Dec 8, 2022 | $0.60 |
| Sep 8, 2022 | $0.60 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | $0.60 |
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