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Discover Financial Services (Discover Financial Services) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 3.25 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Discover Financial Services Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Discover Financial Services's current share price is $127.70. Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $39.35. Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 3.25.

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

DFS' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 3.19   Max: 4.64
Current: 3.25

During the past years, Discover Financial Services's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.64. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 3.19.

DFS's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
83.33% of 258 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 0.875 vs DFS: 3.25

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 Dec. 2023 was $55.065. 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 $39.35 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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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 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.37 3.37 3.71 2.75 2.86

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
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 2.68 3.09 2.23 2.86 -

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.



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
=127.70/39.35
=3.25

* 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 Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Discover Financial Services's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=55.065/129.4194*129.4194
=55.065

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Discover Financial Services Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 22.334 99.695 28.993
201406 23.256 100.560 29.930
201409 23.586 100.428 30.395
201412 23.540 99.070 30.751
201503 23.958 99.621 31.124
201506 24.471 100.684 31.455
201509 25.012 100.392 32.244
201512 25.410 99.792 32.954
201603 25.966 100.470 33.448
201606 26.657 101.688 33.927
201609 27.210 101.861 34.572
201612 27.685 101.863 35.175
201703 27.998 102.862 35.227
201706 28.518 103.349 35.712
201709 29.032 104.136 36.081
201712 28.858 104.011 35.908
201803 29.333 105.290 36.055
201806 30.026 106.317 36.551
201809 30.933 106.507 37.588
201812 31.882 105.998 38.927
201903 32.872 107.251 39.667
201906 34.212 108.070 40.971
201909 35.412 108.329 42.306
201912 36.420 108.420 43.474
202003 29.716 108.902 35.315
202006 28.024 108.767 33.345
202009 30.004 109.815 35.360
202012 32.055 109.897 37.749
202103 36.270 111.754 42.003
202106 40.218 114.631 45.406
202109 41.413 115.734 46.310
202112 42.840 117.630 47.134
202203 44.052 121.301 47.000
202206 46.166 125.017 47.792
202209 48.462 125.227 50.085
202212 49.696 125.222 51.362
202303 51.591 127.348 52.430
202306 51.211 128.729 51.486
202309 52.708 129.860 52.529
202312 55.065 129.419 55.065

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  (NYSE:DFS) 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 (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