Discover Financial S Dividend yield

Discover Financial S is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. Discover Financial S is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Discover Financial S stock dividend

Discover Financial S paid a total dividend of 711 million USD last year, for a market value of 22,878 millions (Market Cap 22,787 millions). Discover Financial S dividend per share is 2.80 USD, and his stock market price 90.07 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Discover Financial S has a dividend yield of 3.11%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Discover Financial S stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Discover Financial S Dividend Payout

About the ability of Discover Financial S to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.80 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.11%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Discover Financial S payout on ernings is currently 15.23%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Discover Financial Scan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Discover Financial S is USD 28.15 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.80, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Discover Financial S, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Financial Services sector companies.

Discover Financial S Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Discover Financial S's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.11%	2.80	15.23%	254
2022	2.45%	2.40	11.53%	273
2021	1.73%	2.00	42.02%	293
2020	1.94%	1.76	16.91%	306
2019	2.07%	1.76	18.47%	314
2018	2.71%	1.60	24.13%	336
2017	1.82%	1.40	21.67%	363
2016	1.77%	1.20	21.62%	404
2015	1.97%	1.12	21.29%	435

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Discover Financial S dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Financial Services stocks.

Discover Financial S Stock performance

Finally, last moth Discover Financial S showed a return of -14.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -10.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Financial Services firms.