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Discover Financial Services (Discover Financial Services) Tangible Book per Share

: $54.05 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Tangible book value per share is calculated as the total tangible equity divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Total tangible equity is calculated as the Total Stockholders Equity minus Preferred Stock minus Intangible Assets. Discover Financial Services's tangible book value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $54.05.

Since intangibles such as goodwill cannot be sold when the company liquidates, tangible book value per share is considered more accurate in reflecting how much shareholders will receive when the company liquidates.


Discover Financial Services Tangible Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Discover Financial Services's Tangible Book per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Discover Financial Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Tangible Book per Share
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 35.10 30.91 41.96 48.74 54.05

Discover Financial Services Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Tangible Book per Share Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 48.74 50.60 50.19 51.69 54.05

Competitive Comparison

For the Credit Services subindustry, Discover Financial Services's Price-to-Tangible-Book, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Tangible-Book data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Discover Financial Services Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Discover Financial Services's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Discover Financial Services's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.



Discover Financial Services Tangible Book per Share Calculation

Discover Financial Services's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Tangible Book Value per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock-Intangible Assets)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(14828-1056-255)/250.103
=54.05

Discover Financial Services's Tangible Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Tangible Book Value per Share=(Total Stockholders Equity-Preferred Stock-Intangible Assets)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(14828-1056-255)/250.103
=54.05

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Theoretically it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated. Total equity is a balance sheet item and equal to total assets less total liabilities of the company. Since intangibles such as goodwill cannot be sold when the company liquidates, tangible book value per share is considered more accurate in reflecting how much shareholders will receive when the company liquidates.


Discover Financial Services  (NYSE:DFS) Tangible Book per Share Explanation

Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.

For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.


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Discover Financial Services (Discover Financial Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2500 Lake Cook Road, Riverwoods, IL, USA, 60015
Discover Financial Services is a bank operating in two distinct segments: direct banking and payment services. The company issues credit and debit cards and provides other consumer banking products including deposit accounts, students loans, and other personal loans. It also operates the Discover, Pulse, and Diners Club networks. The Discover network is the fourth-largest payment network in the United States as ranked by overall purchase volume, and Pulse is one of the largest ATM networks in the country.
Executives
Kathy Lonowski director 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015
Michael Shepherd director 567 HALE STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Jason Strle officer: EVP, Chief Information Officer 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015
Jason P. Hanson officer: EVP, Pres. - Payment Services 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015
Daniela O'leary-gill director 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015
Beverley A Sibblies director 2700 SANDERS ROAD, PROSPECT HEIGHTS IL 60070
Robert Andrew Eichfeld officer: EVP - Chief HR & Admin Officer 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015
Carlos Minetti officer: EVP, Pres. - Consumer Banking 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015
Hope Mehlman officer: EVP, Chief Legal Officer & GC 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015
Michael H Moskow director 444 WEST LAKE STREET, STE. 4700, CHICAGO IL 60606
John B Owen director REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 1900 5TH AVENUE NORTH, 21ST FLOOR, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
John Greene officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 51 LIME STREET, LONDON X0 EC3M 7DQ
Shifra Kolsky officer: SVP, Controller and CAO 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015
Michael E Roemer officer: EVP, Chief Risk Officer AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC., 70 PINE STREET, NEW YORK NY 10270
Daniel Peter Capozzi officer: EVP, Pres - Cr Ops & Dec Mgmt 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015