Discover Financial Services (DFS) will begin trading ex-dividend on August 18, 2021. A cash dividend payment of $0.5 per share is scheduled to be paid on September 02, 2021. Shareholders who purchased DFS prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 13.64% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $134.77, the dividend yield is 1.48%.
The previous trading day's last sale of DFS was $134.77, representing a -0.68% decrease from the 52 week high of $135.69 and a 175.49% increase over the 52 week low of $48.92.
DFS is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as American Express Company (AXP) and Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN). DFS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $15.63. Zacks Investment Research reports DFS's forecasted earnings growth in 2021 as 366.09%, compared to an industry average of 13.8%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the DFS Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to DFS through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have DFS as a top-10 holding:
- Fidelity (DFS)
- Ecofin Digital Payments Infrastructure Fund (DFS)
- ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments ETF (DFS)
- Invesco DWA Financial Momentum ETF (DFS)
- Principal Millennials Index ETF (DFS).
The top-performing ETF of this group is FCPI with an increase of 16.59% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of DFS at 69%.
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