Discover Financial Services reports results for the quarter ended December 31 - Earnings Summary

Discover Financial Services

22/01/2025 22:01

* Discover Financial Services  DFS.N  reported quarterly
adjusted
earnings of $5.11​​ per share for the quarter ended December 31,
higher than the same quarter last year, when the company
reported EPS of $1.54.  The mean expectation of
eighteen analysts for the quarter was for earnings of $3.25 per
share. Wall Street expected results to range from $2.35 
to $4.50 per share.
    * Revenue rose 13.4% to $4.76 billion from a year ago;
analysts
expected $4.46 billion. 
    * Discover Financial Services's reported EPS for the quarter
was
$5.11​.
    * The company reported quarterly net income of $1.28
billion.
    * Discover Financial Services shares had risen by 9.3% this
quarter.

FORECAST CHANGES
    * The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by
about 6.7%
in the last three months.​ 
    * In the last 30 days, one analyst negatively revised an
earnings
estimate

RECOMMENDATIONS
    * The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is 6 "strong buy" or "buy," 10
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell." 
    * The average consensus recommendation for the banks peer
group is
 "hold."

Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Discover
Financial Services is $194.00 
This summary was machine generated from LSEG data January 22 at
10:01 p.m. UTC. ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise
stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report,
contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or
feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com) QUARTER ENDING    ESTIMATE       ACTUAL         BEAT, MET,
                                                 MISSED
 Dec. 31 2024      3.25           5.11           Beat
 Sep. 30 2024      3.42           3.69           Beat
 Jun. 30 2024      3.07           6.06           Beat
 Mar. 31 2024      2.95           1.10           Missed