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Discover Financial Services (Discover Financial Services) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 3.25 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Discover Financial Services Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Discover Financial Services's current share price is $127.70. Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $39.24. Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 3.25.

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

DFS' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.12   Med: 3.66   Max: 4.94
Current: 3.25

During the past years, Discover Financial Services's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 4.94. The lowest was 1.12. And the median was 3.66.

DFS's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
52.04% of 367 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 2.87 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 PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Discover Financial Services's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $16.717. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $39.24 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Discover Financial Services Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

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

Discover Financial Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.77 3.62 3.95 2.87 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 PS 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 2.78 3.17 2.26 2.86 -

Competitive Comparison of Discover Financial Services's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

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

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

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



Discover Financial Services Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

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

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

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=127.70/39.24
=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 Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

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

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=16.717/129.4194*129.4194
=16.717

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Discover Financial Services Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201403 4.403 99.695 5.716
201406 4.651 100.560 5.986
201409 4.751 100.428 6.123
201412 4.517 99.070 5.901
201503 4.846 99.621 6.296
201506 4.921 100.684 6.325
201509 5.041 100.392 6.499
201512 5.140 99.792 6.666
201603 5.333 100.470 6.870
201606 5.392 101.688 6.862
201609 5.724 101.861 7.273
201612 5.985 101.863 7.604
201703 6.060 102.862 7.625
201706 6.383 103.349 7.993
201709 6.806 104.136 8.458
201712 7.281 104.011 9.060
201803 7.254 105.290 8.916
201806 7.480 106.317 9.105
201809 7.965 106.507 9.679
201812 8.354 105.998 10.200
201903 8.424 107.251 10.165
201906 8.830 108.070 10.574
201909 9.148 108.329 10.929
201912 9.466 108.420 11.299
202003 9.377 108.902 11.144
202006 8.699 108.767 10.351
202009 8.869 109.815 10.452
202012 8.853 109.897 10.426
202103 9.104 111.754 10.543
202106 11.773 114.631 13.292
202109 9.319 115.734 10.421
202112 9.966 117.630 10.965
202203 10.182 121.301 10.863
202206 11.516 125.017 11.922
202209 12.657 125.227 13.081
202212 13.531 125.222 13.985
202303 14.324 127.348 14.557
202306 15.328 128.729 15.410
202309 16.176 129.860 16.121
202312 16.717 129.419 16.717

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue 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 PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue 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 PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS 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

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