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Discover Financial Services (BSP:D1FS34) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.62 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is Discover Financial Services Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-04), Discover Financial Services's current share price is R$575.61. Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was R$124.51. Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.62.

The historical rank and industry rank for Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:D1FS34' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 3.2   Max: 4.65
Current: 4.45

During the past years, Discover Financial Services's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.65. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 3.20.

BSP:D1FS34's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
89.7% of 330 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 1.035 vs BSP:D1FS34: 4.45

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Discover Financial Services's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was R$204.886. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is R$124.51 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Discover Financial Services Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Discover Financial Services Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Discover Financial Services Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Credit Services subindustry, Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Discover Financial Services Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=575.61/124.51
=4.62

* 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.

Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Discover Financial Services's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=204.886/134.9266*134.9266
=204.886

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Discover Financial Services Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 38.073 100.684 51.022
201509 48.813 100.392 65.605
201512 49.306 99.792 66.665
201603 48.012 100.470 64.478
201606 45.629 101.688 60.544
201609 44.260 101.861 58.627
201612 46.428 101.863 61.498
201703 43.782 102.862 57.430
201706 46.989 103.349 61.346
201709 45.472 104.136 58.917
201712 47.544 104.011 61.676
201803 48.091 105.290 61.628
201806 56.614 106.317 71.849
201809 63.548 106.507 80.505
201812 61.904 105.998 78.799
201903 63.125 107.251 79.414
201906 65.956 108.070 82.347
201909 72.939 108.329 90.847
201912 74.743 108.420 93.016
202003 72.599 108.902 89.949
202006 72.699 108.767 90.184
202009 81.010 109.815 99.535
202012 82.457 109.897 101.237
202103 102.192 111.754 123.381
202106 101.118 114.631 119.021
202109 109.311 115.734 127.438
202112 121.128 117.630 138.940
202203 109.610 121.301 121.922
202206 116.516 125.017 125.752
202209 127.056 125.227 136.898
202212 125.934 125.222 135.694
202303 134.360 127.348 142.356
202306 124.283 128.729 130.267
202309 130.155 129.860 135.234
202312 129.096 129.419 134.589
202403 135.763 131.776 139.009
202406 161.012 132.554 163.894
202409 176.938 133.029 179.462
202412 204.751 133.157 207.472
202503 204.886 134.927 204.886

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Discover Financial Services  (BSP:D1FS34) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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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 and 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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