$15.35 -0.07 (-0.45%)
11/20/2009 4:00 PM

Discover Financial Services (DFS)

CAPS Rating: 2 out of 5

The Company is in the business of credit card issuer and electronic payment services.

Current Price $15.35 Mkt Cap $8.33B
Open $15.19 P/E Ratio 5.63
Prev. Close $15.42 Div. (Yield) 0.08 (0.50%)
Daily Range $15.08 - $15.38 Volume 4,235,454
52-Wk Range $4.73 - $17.35 Avg. Daily Vol. 7,916,000

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Caps

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All Members

457 Outperform
117 Underperform
 

All-Star Members

129 Outperform
36 Underperform
 

Wall Street

11 Outperform
3 Underperform
 

Top DFS Bull/Bear Pitches

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phwting (72.84)
Submitted November 14, 2008

Cash on hand worth $20.

jacobhsieh (< 20)
Submitted July 15, 2008

shorting this and AXP because both companies hold debt

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Recent Community Commentary

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Recs

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Member Avatar HooDaHeckNose (99.51) Submitted: 11/13/2009 8:57:06 AM : Underperform Start Price: $15.40 DFS Score: +0.43

Another bet against credit cards

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Member Avatar stocklook (52.78) Submitted: 10/26/2009 1:26:55 PM : Outperform Start Price: $15.14 DFS Score: -0.82

I am going to do a Cross Sectional Analysis on five of the largest credit card companies, analyze the risk involved with the industry and determine on a relative basis which stock is undervalued. The companies I am evaluating are Discover Financial, American Express, Visa, Capital One and MasterCard…

Read the report at
http://stocklook.blogspot.com/

Or after Wednesday, October 28
http://stocklook.blogspot.com/2009/10/credit-card-stocks-dfs-axp-v-cof-and-ma.html

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Member Avatar Capsperson (99.75) Submitted: 10/7/2009 2:40:41 PM : Outperform Start Price: $16.75 DFS Score: -12.13

P/E ratio is 6.25x. Great earnings growth. Although I can honestly say I don't know a single person who carries a Discover card, somebody must be using them.

Leaderboard

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Score Leader

dlgone

dlgone (94.39) Score: +155.73

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in DFS.

Top
Pick
Member Name Member
Rating
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Date
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Frame
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Stock
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This player feels very strongly about this pick and has marked it a Top Pick. Top Picks do not affect a player’s score. dlgone 94.39 3/5/2009 Outperform 3Y $4.84 +217.16% +61.43% +155.73
brasscityfool 52.87 3/2/2009 Outperform 3Y $5.34 +187.63% +56.93% +130.70
koda300 99.55 3/4/2009 Outperform NS $5.42 +183.41% +55.89% +127.51
Qweezy 93.06 3/4/2009 Outperform 1Y $5.44 +182.12% +55.33% +126.79
TARPedBanks < 20 3/23/2009 Outperform NS $5.99 +156.15% +40.43% +115.72
Gunsmoke2008 67.19 3/31/2009 Outperform NS $6.07 +152.85% +38.98% +113.88
wallen99 82.27 2/18/2009 Outperform 5Y $6.15 +149.52% +39.57% +109.96
clantagne 62.65 2/18/2009 Outperform 3W $6.17 +148.73% +41.16% +107.57
CoolT 96.30 4/7/2009 Outperform 5Y $6.44 +138.37% +34.56% +103.81
byrchaos < 20 3/26/2009 Outperform NS $6.48 +136.90% +34.44% +102.46

Wall Street

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Member Name Member
Rating
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Date
Call Time
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Stock
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Score End Date Commentary
TrackWMBlair < 20 9/25/2009 Outperform NS $15.78 -2.73% +4.44% -7.17
TrackBarclaysCap 86.21 8/25/2009 Outperform NS $14.14 +8.54% +6.35% +2.19
TrackLadenburg 36.87 8/10/2009 Underperform NS $12.51 +22.66% +8.65% -14.01
TrackSterneAgee 81.63 7/15/2009 Outperform NS $10.44 +61.63% +16.20% +45.43 10/8/2009 @ $16.87
TrackKBW 59.80 6/29/2009 Outperform NS $10.24 +49.94% +19.34% +30.59
TrackEinhorn 99.37 6/8/2009 Outperform 1Y $9.21 +50.35% +10.28% +40.06 8/25/2009 @ $13.85 1 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 73.72 5/28/2009 Outperform NS $8.96 +71.29% +22.23% +49.05
TrackJefferies 31.78 4/28/2009 Outperform NS $8.00 +91.76% +30.12% +61.64
TrackStifel 93.96 3/10/2009 Outperform NS $5.67 +44.02% +21.95% +22.07 4/14/2009 @ $8.17
TrackHAndW 24.72 6/16/2008 Outperform 5Y $15.23 +0.80% -16.74% +17.54 1 Comment
TrackChrisDavis < 20 6/3/2008 Outperform 1Y $16.10 -4.65% -18.53% +13.88 1 Comment
TrackUBS 88.39 2/4/2008 Underperform NS $16.92 -23.17% -8.72% +14.45 7/1/2008 @ $13.00
TrackEinhorn 99.37 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $14.96 +1.82% -12.84% +14.66 8/27/2008 @ $15.23 2 Comments
TrackCalyonSec < 20 10/26/2007 Outperform NS $18.13 -15.34% -25.10% +9.75
TrackJohnKeeley < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $20.13 -23.76% -24.86% +1.10 1 Comment
TrackRichPzena < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $20.13 -23.76% -24.86% +1.10 2 Comments
TrackEveillard 88.00 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $20.40 -34.90% -23.98% -10.92 9/30/2008 @ $13.28 1 Comment
TrackKBW 59.80 8/6/2007 Outperform NS $22.18 -22.17% +5.51% -27.68 12/11/2007 @ $17.26
TrackCitigroup < 20 7/24/2007 Underperform NS $24.72 -37.91% -24.77% +13.14
TrackLehmanBros 66.51 7/12/2007 Outperform NS $25.52 -25.23% -1.97% -23.26 10/22/2007 @ $19.08
TrackJimCramer 36.31 7/9/2007 Underperform 3W $24.72 -37.91% -24.71% +13.20
TrackPatDorsey 71.52 7/6/2007 Outperform 5Y $24.82 -38.15% -24.69% -13.46
TrackCalyonSec < 20 7/2/2007 Underperform NS $28.55 -12.36% +0.11% +12.47 7/11/2007 @ $25.02

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