As of today (2024-04-19), Discover Financial Services's share price is $124.27.
Discover Financial Services's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $32.61. Hence, Discover Financial Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 3.81.
The historical rank and industry rank for Discover Financial Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
DFS'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.37 Med: 5.46 Max: 10.26
Current: 3.82
During the past 13 years, Discover Financial Services's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 10.26. The lowest was 1.37. And the median was 5.46.
DFS's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 63.6% of 239
companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 6.62
vs DFS: 3.82
Discover Financial Services's Free Cash Flow per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.19.
Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $32.61.
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Discover Financial Services was 30.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 18.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 15.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 16.20% per year.
During the past 13 years, Discover Financial Services's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 41.90% per year. The lowest was -11.30% per year. And the median was 14.80% per year.
Discover Financial Services Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Discover Financial Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
4.59
4.68
5.95
3.94
3.46
Discover Financial Services Quarterly Data
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
Mar24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
3.88
4.58
2.97
3.46
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Competitive Comparison
For the Credit Services subindustry, Discover Financial Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Discover Financial Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Discover Financial Services's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Discover Financial Services's Share Price of today is $124.27.
Discover Financial Services's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $32.61.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Discover Financial Services (Discover Financial Services) Business Description
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.
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