Discover Financial Services (Discover Financial Services) GF Value Rank : 9 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is Discover Financial Services GF Value Rank?

Discover Financial Services has the GF Value Rank of 9.

The GF Value Rank is determined by the price-to-GF-Value (P/GF Value) ratio, a proprietary metric calculated based on historical multiples along with an adjustment factor based on a company's past returns and growth and future estimates of the business' performance.

GuruFocus found that for valuation, we cannot simply give stocks a better GF Value rank simply because they have a lower P/GF Value ratio. Backtesting shows that over the long term, the two worst-performing groups are the most expensive group (with the highest P/GF Value ratio) and the least expensive group (with the lowest P/GF Value ratio).

We can understand why the most expensive group underperforms. We were initially puzzled by the underperformance of the least expensive group, but we realized there is a reason why some stocks are super cheap. If they look too undervalued, it is often because the businesses behind them are poor quality. The market realized this and gave them low valuations. In a way, the market is efficient.

After multiple backtesting analyses, we granted the stocks in third-cheapest percentile the highest GF Value rank, as they have performed the best over a full market cycle. Stock performance is actually not as sensitive to valuation as it is to growth and profitability. On average, the companies in the 20%-50% valuation groups have similar performances. Therefore, we should avoid the most expensive and the least expensive stocks. We can be more tolerant of valuation.

Please click GF Score to see more details on the GF Score's 5 Key Aspects of Analysis.

Competitive Comparison of Discover Financial Services's GF Value Rank

For the Credit Services subindustry, Discover Financial Services's GF Value Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and GF Value Rank 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 GF Value Rank Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Discover Financial Services's GF Value Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Discover Financial Services's GF Value Rank falls into.

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Discover Financial Services (Discover Financial Services) Business Description

Industry

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Address

2500 Lake Cook Road, Riverwoods, IL, USA, 60015

Website

https://www.discover.com

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