Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, bank holding company Discover Financial Services (DFS 2.41%) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Discover and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Discover facts
Headquarters (founded) |
Riverwoods, Ill. (1960) |
Market Cap |
$22.0 billion |
Industry |
Consumer finance |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$6.8 billion |
Management |
Chairman/CEO David Nelms |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
22.2% |
Dividend Yield |
1.3% |
Competitors |
American Express |
On CAPS, 86% of the 693 members who have rated Discover believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, stockclubpicks, succinctly summed up the Discover bull case for our community:
Margin of safety: low [P/E], slope bottoming out.
Fundamental: EPS consensus too low, EPS growth accelerating, operating leverage observed, higher growth expected, good balance sheet, good overall product, best among its peers, transforming.
Macro: industry is top 10% performance, and market is in an uptrend.
Want to see how well (or not so well) the stocks in this series are performing? Follow the TrackPoisedTo CAPS account.